A/N: Previously on Glee, Rachel thought that she possibly could have been pregnant from what happened to Hunter but it turns out that she was just stressed over all the events happening so fast. Finn found out that he's going to be the director of the play Les Miserables. Brody and Cassandra try to plot against Rachel and Finn and attempt to break them up. Not cool at all. And that's what you missed on, GLEE!
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee. If I did, Finchel would have never broken up.
"Santana! Finn! Rachel! I got the mail!" Kurt yelled as he came into the apartment holding multiple envelopes. Kurt started to head to Rachel and Finn's room but noticed that there was a 'Do Not Disturb' sign—and he could have sworn he heard constant squeaking from Rachel's old bed. "Fine, I'll take it that you're busy!" Kurt yelled out, putting Rachel and Finn's mail on the counter. Santana entered the room, rubbing her eyes after taking a nap. "Santana, you took a nap? It's three in the afternoon."
"I didn't get sleep last night." Santana sat down at the table, opening her mail. "Berry and Finnenweenie have been screwing ever since three in the morning."
"You do realize you have to go to bed early. Besides, just wear earplugs. That's what I do." Kurt shrugged. "They're adults and they're going to get married soon."
"It's just that…"Santana turned towards the room door then back at Kurt. "Rachel had a pregnancy scare last week, and I don't think she's ready for a child. Especially with someone as incompetent as Finnenstein."
"So would you rather that Rachel have sex with Finn or with some random stranger off the street?" Kurt asked.
"I'd rather they respect everyone in the house and keep it down. That or get a hotel room." Santana shrugged her shoulders. "Besides, I don't know why Rachel likes being with Finn. He was terrible in bed."
"I never understood why you slept with him." Kurt shook his head.
"He needed to lose the V-Card." Santana simply replied.
"And that couldn't have been with Rachel and…why are we talking about them like that? Change the subject." Kurt shuddered, distracting himself by looking at the mail. "Oh look, a card from dad. And he sent me a postcard with the Phantom of The Opera building on Broadway on it."
"All right, as much as this is interesting." Santana's comment oozed in sarcasm as she stood up to go to her room to change. "I need to go and take a shower."
"So Santana, I don't mean to be pushy but what are you going to do while you're here?" Kurt asked.
"I don't know. I'll find something. Maybe I should start by going to Starbucks." Santana thought aloud.
"You're going to apply at Starbucks?" Kurt didn't mean for Santana to serve other people coffee in the big city. There were many possibilities. Why stop there?
"No, I just need to get some coffee. And to get some quiet in this house…" Santana walked over to Rachel and Finn's door and started banging on it. "Berry, get off your fiancé and get dressed! We're getting coffee!" Santana pressed her ear to the door to hear Finn yell in pain, meaning that Santana got rid of the bliss for the moment.
"Santana!" Santana heard Finn yell from the other side of the door. Santana clapped her hands together and started walking to her room.
"Mission accomplished." Santana smiled. "You're welcome."
"Yeah, until Rachel gets back from Starbucks." Kurt muttered under his breath, still reading his postcard.
An hour and a half later, Rachel and Santana were in a Starbucks in Manhattan while Rachel tried to fix her bangs in her mirror. She felt bad that she had to leave Finn at home but she thought that she could have taken the opportunity to get some coffee for him. However, she had to wonder why Santana wanted her out of all people to go with her.
"Santana, will you explain why we're really here?" Rachel put her pocket mirror away, staring at Santana. "I was perfectly comfortable at home."
"Sure you were. You were comfortable tangled in the sheets with Finn." Santana said a little too loudly, getting looks from people around her.
"Santana, shh…!" Rachel hushed her friend. "No one needs to know about my love life. Especially at Starbucks."
"Sorry, it's just…ever since Finn moved to New York you've been doing everything with him." Santana pointed out. "You go to school together, you eat together, you sleep together, you go everywhere together. A little bit of distance is good. Look, you were the one that was freaking out last week when you were having a pregnancy scare. I don't think having constant sex with Finn will help with not getting pregnant."
"Again with discussing my love life aloud at Starbucks." Rachel sighed. "Look, Finn and I protect ourselves every time so there's almost no chance of that happening. Can we stop talking about it now? I don't feel comfortable talking about that with you at Starbucks."
"All right, we'll drop it for now." Santana agreed. Santana and Rachel were relieved that they were the next ones in line to get their drinks and get out of there—until someone cut in front of them in line. "Whoa, hold up." Santana put up her hand, staring at Rachel.
"Santana, that happens. It's New York. It's fine." Rachel shook her head, allowing the person to go ahead of them but Santana didn't seem to be taking it lightly.
"Rachel, no one is allowed to cut in front of me anywhere." Santana began to sound annoyed.
"What if the person is holding a gun or a knife and you decide to confront them?" Rachel thought of the possibilities. However, once Rachel heard the person make their order she knew exactly who it was. "Or it could be my dance teacher…"
"Your dance teacher?" Santana rolled her eyes, now beginning to take charge towards Cassandra.
"Santana, no…" Rachel said in a hushed whisper, but it was too late. Santana had walked towards Cassandra, crossing her arms and giving her the signature 'Santana glare'.
"Hey, you cut in front of us." Santana plainly said. Cassandra turned around, facing Santana with a smirk.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Did you and your imaginary friend want to get some coffee?" Cassandra mocked. Santana raised an eyebrow towards Cassandra, letting out a hollow chuckle.
"Oh that was rich. An imaginary friend. For your information, I haven't had an imaginary friend since I was three years old so who do you think you're talking to like that?" Santana growled.
"I think I'm talking to a little brat that needs to be put in her place." Cassandra began to walk away until she noticed Rachel standing in line, trying to avoid her teacher. "Schwimmer, is that you?" Rachel gulped, turning her head towards Cassandra and trying her best to hold her tongue.
"Hi Cassandra." Rachel spoke in an almost monotone voice.
"You know Schwimmer; I would have expected you to be at McDonalds getting a Happy Meal than at Starbucks getting a coffee. That's a grown up step." Cassandra said in a mocking tone. Santana turned to Rachel, unbelieving that Rachel was just taking Cassandra's insults.
"Well, aren't you going to say anything to her?" Santana said to Rachel. Cassandra then realized that Santana and Rachel were standing in line together.
"Wait a minute; Schwimmer actually has a friend besides Jack the Giant?" Cassandra let out a laugh before her face turned serious. "That's cute."
"What did you just call my fiancé?" Rachel shook her head disbelievingly.
"Jack the Giant. He's freakishly tall and he needed a nickname." Cassandra walked towards Rachel, giving her a sneer. "Do you have a problem with it, because if you do then your grade can just dip."
"You can't threaten Rachel with school here." Santana stepped in, standing by her friend. "It's not school hours. So I suggest that you step back and keep walking because your threats don't work here."
"Well, we have an attitude now don't we?" Cassandra scoffed. "Whatever, I don't have time for you." Cassandra started to walk out of the Starbucks but Santana had other plans.
"Listen Pointy McBoo Boobs, this was just about you cutting in line—but now it's something so much bigger. It's not over between us." Santana vowed. Cassandra rolled her eyes, walking out of Starbucks while Rachel appeared flabbergasted.
"Santana, you can't just go threatening my dance teacher. She already gives me a hard time. I don't need her giving Finn a hard time too." Rachel sighed.
"Trust me Rachel, I won't get you and Finn involved in anyway. I promise." Santana headed over to the line to make their orders while Rachel let out a groan. She had better hoped that Santana kept her promise and left them out of it. She didn't need Cassandra giving Finn hell because of Santana's temper.
On Monday afternoon, Finn stood in front of the mirror in the dance studio, waiting for Rachel to finish with working on a monologue with one of the theatre teachers for her class. As he continued to stare at himself, he heard someone come in, and judging by the footsteps, he knew that it wasn't Rachel. Finn turned around to find Brody entering and staring over at Finn.
"Um, hey…" Finn waved and turned back to the mirror. He was still a little hurt that Brody openly poked fun at him in front of Rachel. Brody walked over and gave him an apologetic look.
"I didn't mean to embarrass you in front of your girl, Finn. Sorry." Brody said. Finn looked to Brody and then nodded his head, meaning that he accepted the apology.
"It's fine. It's just I want her to be proud of me. She strives for greatness and I don't want her to think that I'm a loser and that I'm holding her back." Finn revealed.
"Don't worry about it. I'm sure that she thinks that you're just as special." Brody walked away to put his bag down before taking off his white shirt, showing his abs. Finn felt a bit self-conscious at that moment. He didn't have a six pack like that for Rachel to fawn over. "But just remember Finn, girls love six packs. After all, it's what makes their hormones get into a tizzy." Finn was about to say something but when he saw Rachel run in the room with a wide grin on her face, he knew that something big had happened.
"Rachel? Hey, what's going on?" Finn tried to casually greet her but she jumped into his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist while staring into his eyes.
"Guess what? Guess what? Guess what?!" Rachel sounded almost a little too excited.
"You had four cups of coffee and you need me to keep you away from the caffeine? Okay, I'm on it." Finn jokingly said while Rachel's face became wider.
"So you know how they have Funny Girl on Broadway and their doing auditions? Well, my teacher recognized my talents and she put in a few words and got me an audition for the role of Fanny!" When Rachel told him the news, Finn hugged her tightly, pressing a huge kiss on her lips.
"That's fantastic! You see, you're special…I always knew you were. I'm so proud of you, Rachel." Finn continued to hug her tightly as she giggled like a little girl.
"That means that I need you to help me read over my lines, that is if you don't mind." Rachel bit down on her lower lip, but all Finn did was kiss her passionately.
"Of course I'll help you. Rachel, this is huge!" Finn couldn't believe it. Rachel, his Rachel could be on Broadway! Their bliss was short-lived when Cassandra entered the room to see them happy.
"Schwimmer! I don't think that's warming up." Cassandra barked as Rachel almost hit the ground in surprise. Finn was able to prevent her from hitting the ground, looking at Cassandra with a glare. "Can I help you Jack the Giant?"
"Wh…what did you call me?" Finn almost found himself on the verge of walking up to Cassandra and confronting her, until he felt Rachel's hand grab his.
"Don't do it. She isn't worth it." Rachel softly told Finn and he calmed down almost immediately. He wasn't going to let Cassandra get in the way of his happiness for Rachel. One by one the students started filing in as Cassandra walked over to each of her students. When Cassandra reached Finn and Rachel, she gave them both a menacing look, Finn feeling a bit overprotective of Rachel at that moment. Cassandra walked back to the front, looking to the rest of the students.
"All right, now as you all know I have to grade you saps in this class so I'm going to give you a project that's worth 60% of your grade. You're going to pair up with a partner and I'm going to grade you." Cassandra said. Rachel and Finn looked to one another giving each other a smile. Finn was thinking that maybe he and Rachel could come up with some type of sexy tango dance. "Oh, I forgot to mention one last thing…I get to decide who you partner with." Rachel became nervous. What could have caused Cassandra to all of a sudden decide who they had to work with for the rest of the semester. Just then, there was a knock at the door, which caused everyone to turn around. Rachel and Finn's eyes widened, seeing just who it was. It was none other than Santana.
"Santana?!" Finn hissed, Santana turning her head to look at them. "What are you doing here?!"
"Oh God." Rachel slapped her forehead with her hand. Finn looked to Rachel, seeing that she was biting her lip.
"Rachel, what's going on?" Finn sounded a bit panicked.
"We went to Starbucks that day and Cassandra was in line. Santana and Cassandra got into a little spat." Rachel sighed.
"How little is a little spat." Finn calmed down a bit.
"She called Cassandra 'Pointy McBoo Boobs." Rachel whispered.
"Oh man…" Finn knew it. Santana made them dead people.
"What are you doing here? Don't you have other things to do than bug me?" Cassandra sighed.
"Apparently you didn't get to know me during our last…chat." Santana walked over to Cassandra. "I'm from Lima Heights Adjacent and do you know what we do there? We do bad things. I don't know who this fake New York bad girl attitude is fooling. Well, I do…it's fooling Rachel over there, but you're sure as hell not fooling me."
"Please, you think you're bad? You think you've got what it takes?" Cassandra circled around Santana. "I know one way to settle this. Sing-off."
"You want to sing against me?" Santana scoffed. "Then you are sorely going to lose."
"Oh is that so? Brody, play the boom box. Let's show little Miss Ohio how we run things in New York." Cassandra walked over to Santana, giving her a smirk. The next thing anyone knew, Santana and Cassandra were in a duel with everyone except Finn, Rachel and Brody getting involved as the three of them watched intently from the corner of the classroom.
[Santana]
This one's for the boys with the booming system
Top down AC with the cooling system
When he come up in the club he be blazing up
Got stacks on deck like he's saving up
[Cassandra]
And he ill, he real, he might got a deal
He pop bottles and he got the right kind of bill
He cold, he dope he might be broke
He's always in the air but he never flies coach
[Santana]
He's a total freaking trip, trip
Sailor of the ship, ship
When he make it drip, drip
Kiss him on the lip, lip
That's the kind of dude I was looking for
And yes you get slapped if you looking, oh
[Cassandra]
I said excuse me you're a hell of a guy
I mean, my, my, my, my you're like pelican fly
I mean, your so shy and I'm loving your tie
You're like slicker than the guy with that thing on his eye
[Santana]
Yes I did
Yes I did
Somebody please tell them who the hell I is
I am Nicki Minaj I mack them dudes up
Back coupes up and chuck the deuce up
[Santana and Cassandra]
Boy you got my heartbeat running away
Beating like a drum and it's coming away
Can't you hear that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass
Can't you hear that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass
He got that super bass
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, boom
boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass
He got that super bass
boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass
He got that super bass
[Santana]
See I need you in my life more me to stay
No, no, no, no, no I know you'll stay
No, no, no, no, no don't go away
[Cassandra]
Boy you got my heartbeat running away
[Santana]
Don't you hear that heartbeat coming your way
[Cassandra]
Oh it be like boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass
[Santana]
Can't you hear that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass, bass, bass
[Santana and Cassandra]
Boy you got my heartbeat running away
Beating like a drum and it's coming away
Can't you hear that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass
Can't you hear that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass
He got that super bass
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, boom
boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass
He got that super bass
boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass
He got that super bass
Santana and Cassandra found themselves face to face after the song while Finn, Rachel and Brody watched from afar. While Finn and Rachel wanted to hide in a corner in hopes of never being seen, Brody looked intrigued, as if Santana was just the person he needed for a plan. Brody walked over to Finn, continuing to stare at Santana.
"So what's the deal with Santana?" Brody asked.
"She doesn't play for your team." Finn simply said, keeping his eyes on his friend. He and Rachel were going to have to have a word with her as soon as they got home.
"And now that I made my point, I am just going to leave." Santana smirked, turning away from Cassandra while heading out the door. Deep down inside, Cassandra was fuming. She couldn't believe that she was stood up in front of her class by a friend of Rachel and Finn's. Cassandra took to the matter at hand and started assigning partners for the dance project. Cassandra walked over to Rachel, Finn and Brody with a smile on her face.
"Schwimmer…you're partnering with Brody." Cassandra then turned to Finn who realized that there were no more girls in the class.
"Then who am I supposed to dance with?" Finn looked around, figuring that maybe he could do a routine by himself.
"Oh, don't worry. I didn't forget about you." Cassandra pretended to care. "You get to partner with me." Once Rachel heard those words, she felt the anger boiling up inside her body. She felt that Cassandra collaborated her with Brody on purpose just so she could have Finn to herself! "All right, class is dismissed. Just so you know Schwimmer, you and Brody are going to dance first in three weeks. Make sure you have something good. I know I'll have some fun with your fiancé." Rachel growled as Cassandra walked away and Brody headed out the door. Finn noticed Rachel's anger, and put an arm around her shoulder, trying to soothe her.
"Everything's going to be all right." Finn promised.
"You know she did that on purpose." Rachel said, staring at Cassandra.
"I know, Rachel. I know." Finn continued to rub Rachel's back.
"I don't want her trying anything funny with you." Rachel muttered, her glare becoming evident.
"Trust me; if she does then I'm going to take matters into my own hands." Finn looked over to Cassandra, the both of them staring at their dance teacher.
Santana walked down the steps of NYADA as she started to head to the subway to go back to Bushwick. However, she didn't make it very far when she noticed Brody walking towards her with a smile appearing on his face. Santana stopped to stare at Brody, trying to figure him out.
"You're Santana, right?" Brody pretended to forget her name in order to spark a conversation.
"Yeah, and you are?" Santana wondered.
"Brody. So, what brings you to New York?" Brody asked.
"I'm still trying to find my way after my breakup with my girlfriend." Santana admitted, still wondering what Brody wanted. Brody went into his pocket and pulled out a card, handing it over to Santana.
"I think I could have a use for you where you'd make a lot of money. Give me a call if you make up your mind." Brody started to walk back to the school, but Santana had made up her mind.
"What do you need me to do?" Santana asked. Brody turned back around, a smirk appearing on his face. Santana returned his smirk, feeling that she finally had a purpose in New York. She was going to make some money…the only thing is that Santana didn't know what she was getting herself into.
Song Featured: Super Bass by Nicki Minaj (Sung by Santana Lopez and Cassandra July)