The next day, Santana picked Rachel up for school. As she drove her girl to get some breakfast on the way to school, Santana asked a delicate question. "Hey Tiny?" she asked. Rachel looked over from her chocolate doughnut.
"What?" she asked, taking a sip from her bottle of apple juice.
"What do you think about me rejoining the Cheerios?" Santana asked. Rachel choked on her apple juice.
"You want to rejoin the Cheerios?" Rachel asked. Santana nodded. "Personally, I think it's an awful idea." Santana's face dropped. "However, it is your life and your decision. If you want to rejoin the Cheerios, you have my blessing." Rachel continued. Santana smiled.
"You're sure you're okay with it?" Santana asked. Rachel nodded.
"If that's what you want, then I'm not going to keep you from it." Rachel said. Santana grinned. As soon as they were in the building, Santana went straight to the gym, where she knew the Cheerios were finishing up practice. She watched as a couple Cheerios blew a couple of easy moves, before looking over and seeing Coach Sylvester. Santana made a beeline for her.
"Coach Sylvester, I'd like to talk to you about rejoining the Cheerios." Santana said. Coach Sylvester looked up at her.
"Have you broken up the the singer?" Coach Sylvester asked. Santana shook her head.
"Coach, I don't think that who I'm dating matters, as long as I'm able to do the moves that is required of the Cheerios." Santana said. Coach contemplated this. "Think about how the Cheerios have been without me. You barely won Regionals. That routine I walked in on? I would have had that routine perfect. You even had to beg Kurt and Weezy to join the Cheerios." Santana said. Mercedes cleared her throat and Santana looked over. "No offense, guys. You know I love you." Santana said before looking back at Coach Sylvester. "Coach, I was an excellent head cheerleader. Your head cheerleader is Brittany. I love Brittany to death, but she's not head cheerleader material." Santana said.
"It's true." Brittany said, offering a smile and waved at Santana. Santana smiled and waved at her best friend.
"Fine. You're back on the squad. You can even be head cheerleader again." Coach Sylvester said. Santana smiled. "I'm not finished." Coach Sylvester continued. Santana stopped smiling. "Keep your relationship with the diva out of the Cheerios. I'm not saying you can't see her, but I don't want any drama on my squad and lately, drama seems to follow you everywhere you go." Coach Sylvester said. Santana nodded.
"Yes Coach Sylvester." Santana said. She smiled as she took the duffel bag that held the uniform and shoes. As soon as she turned around, Brittany hugged her.
"I'm so happy for you, S." Brittany said as the two walked to the locker room for Santana to change.
"Thanks B. Are you sure you aren't mad?" Santana asked. Brittany shook her head.
"No. I don't want to be number one. You're better suited for the role of head cheerleader." Brittany said. Santana smiled and finished up changing. The second she stepped out of the locker room in her uniform, the HBIC in her came flowing out. She strutted down the hall, smirking with every step. She enjoyed the looks she was getting. Jealousy from the girls and want from the guys. Not that she would ever acknowledge any of them. She loved her girl. It was just nice to get those looks again. However, as soon as she turned the corner and saw Rachel, the HBIC persona instantly dropped and the real Santana came out. She smiled a genuine smile and jogged down the hall to her girl. She reached Rachel, where the girl was getting stuff out of her locker. She took a book out of the diva's hand.
"Let me help you with that." Santana said, coming around to smile at Rachel. Her girlfriend gave her a nod of acknowledgement, looking for something in her locker. Slowly, Rachel's head came back out of her locker and looked at Santana. She looked at her girlfriend's body up and down a few times before realization actually hit her. She opened her mouth, closed it, and then smiled.
"Oh my god." Rachel said. Santana nodded. "Oh my god." Rachel repeated. Santana grinned and leaned up against the lockers. "You're... you're... you're back on the... oh my god!" Rachel said, jumping into Santana's arms.
"Whoa there chica. Calm down, baby." Santana said. Rachel laughed. "I'm serious Rachel. Be careful, Tiny. I don't want you to get hurt." Santana said. Rachel slightly pulled back. Santana stayed leaning against the lockers, slightly spread her legs, and pulled Rachel to stand between them. She leaned down and kissed Rachel.
"I'm so damn proud of you." Rachel said.
"Hey, you should be ecstatic right now." Santana said. Rachel's brow furrowed.
"Why's that?" Rachel asked.
"You get to make out with the head cheerleader." Santana said.
"Wait... I thought Brittany was the head cheerleader." Rachel said.
"She doesn't want to be." Santana said.
"Are you sure?" Rachel asked.
"Brittany is incapable of lying, Rach." Santana said.
"Yea... I guess you're right. I'm so happy for you." Rachel said. Santana hugged her girlfriend.
A couple of Cheerios watched Rachel and Santana from down the hall. The leader of the group of freshmen cheerleaders watched in disgust. "Unbelievable. Lopez quits to be with the freak of the Gleeks and then Coach just lets her waltz back in and rejoin. This is not okay. We need to do something." she turned to the Cheerio on her right. "Chloe, you and Santana have a type of relationship right?" she asked.
"Uh... she's my next door neighbor. We talk sometimes. Why?" Chloe asked. The first Cheerio smirked. "What are you thinking, Haley?" Chloe asked. She shared a look with the third cheerleader, Emma.
"I'm thinking... you can be our distraction. You can distract Santana when we go through with our plan. And I have a plan." Haley said. Chloe looked worried as Haley and Emma walked away, discussing the plan. Santana looked over and saw Chloe looking at her. Santana shot the younger girl a smile and a wave. Chloe smiled and waved back before jogging after her friends.
"Anyway, have you decided what to do about Finn?" Santana whispered. Rachel nodded.
"I'm gonna tell him after school." Rachel said.
"I'll be there." Santana said. Rachel smiled. "Do you wanna have lunch together?" Santana asked, turning her attention back to her girlfriend. Rachel shook her head. Santana raised an eyebrow. "Uh... okay? What's up with that?... Oh. Oh, I get it. You're worried that since I rejoined the Cheerios, all the attention will be focused on me instead of you. Rachel Berry, that's kinda selfish." Santana teased. Rachel hit her shoulder lightly.
"No, it's not that. I just figured that you'd want to be involved in all the attention that'll be focused on you." Rachel said. Santana rolled her eyes and smiled.
"There's only one person's attention that matters to me. And I'm looking at her. So how about we eat in the choir room. Then you can have me all to yourself." Santana said. Rachel smiled.
"I'd love too, San." Rachel said. Santana smiled and kissed her girlfriend quickly before they headed off to class. When the lunch bell rang, Santana went to her locker to get her food.
"Hey San?" she heard a voice from behind her say. She turned around and saw Chloe. She smiled. "Can we talk?" Chloe asked.
"Hey Chloe. What's up? Hey, I've got to go this way, can we walk and talk?" Santana asked. Chloe nodded and fell in step with the older Cheerio. "What do you want to talk about?" Santana asked.
"Uh... I was wondering... how do you know when you're ready for... you know... sex?" Chloe asked. Santana stopped in her tracks with her mouth slightly open.
"Oh! Uh... well... when you think you're ready... and you're... you know... old enough... I'm sorry this is kind of awkward. Let me start over." Santana said as they continued walking. She couldn't believe this. Her friends ahd come to her for advice on sex before and she'd never had a problem with it. But something was different about the girl she saw as a younger sister. They reached her locker. "Okay, look. When you do decide that you want to have sex, you need to make sure you're ready. That's a decision that only you can make. No one else can make it for you. And when you do decide, don't tell me who it is, because I'll probably try to kill him." Santana said, smiling down at the younger girl.
"How old were you when you lost your virginity?" Chloe asked. Santana's eyes widened as she froze her motions.
"Uh... I'm still a virgin." Santana said, closing her eyes at her lame answer. Everyone knew she wasn't a virgin.
"Santana..." Chloe said, smiling.
"Chloe that's a question I don't think you're mom wants me answering." Santana said.
"San..." Chloe said.
"Thirteen, okay?" Santana said. Chloe smiled. "But that doesn't mean you have to run out and lose your virginity." Santana said. She grabbed her lunch out of her locker. "I have to go, because this is kind of embarrassing. Do you have anything else you want to talk about?" Santana asked. Before she could answer, Tina came running up.
"Santana, it's Rachel. She's in trouble." Tina said.
"Where is she?" Santana demanded.
"In front of the choir room." Tina said. Santana pushed her lunch into Tina's hand and sprinted toward the choir room. Her heart stopped as she saw a crowd around the choir room.
"Break it up!" Santana yelled. She pushed three kids out of the way to get through. She saw Rachel pushed up against the wall, surrounded by two Cheerios. "Back away." Santana growled. Haley turned and smirked.
"Why should we Lopez?" Haley sneered.
"Are you forgetting that I'm your head cheerleader again? I can ruin you." Santana said. Emma slowly backed away from Rachel. Haley stood her ground. She punched Rachel in the stomach. The diva screamed in pain, sliding to the floor. "Rach!" Santana yelled. She ran over to her girlfriend, throwing Haley back. "Tiny..." Santana said. Quinn and Brittany walked over to see what the commotion was and saw Rachel on the ground. They ran over.
"Rachel, are you okay?" Quinn asked. Santana looked up at Haley with fury in her eyes.
"You idiot!" Santana yelled. Haley laughed.
"Why? Because someone finally taught the freak of the Gleeks a lesson?" Haley sneered. Santana was up off the floor faster than lightning and next thing Haley knew, she was pinned against the wall.
"She's pregnant, you bitch." Santana yelled. Haley's eyes widened.
"Oh, S, I didn't... I didn't know." Haley stammered.
"Oh you know, its okay. You didn't know." Santana said, turning away.
"Really?" Haley asked. Santana turned and punched her in the face.
"Hell no! Are you insane? You're lucky you're still alive right now!" Santana yelled.
"S! Rachel needs you right now." Quinn yelled. Santana pushed Haley back into the lockers again before turning around. She spotted Chloe looking at her with a guilty expression. Santana shook her head in disgust before going back over to Rachel
"Baby, are you okay? Are you hurt? Do you need anything?" Santana asked. Rachel opened her mouth and attempted to speak. "Baby, talk to me." Santana pleaded
"Hos... hospital, please?" Rachel said. Santana nodded.
"Of course. Let's go. B, help me out." Santana said. Brittany nodded. Santana picked Rachel up and carried her down the hall. Quinn started to follow, but turned. Spotting Haley, Quinn went over and hit her.
"You gonna hit me back? You apparently like hitting pregnant girls." Quinn said.
"I didn't know she was pregnant!" Haley yelled. Quinn rolled her eyes and ran after her friends.