CHAPTER 26
Santana's POV
The next day was hard. Walking down the hallways were hard. Listening to whispers and gossip was hard. I feel hundreds of eyes plastered across my body. Quinn latched onto my arm, walking slowly in time with each other. I know they know, I mean we know they know. We try to ignore it as best as possible but too many people are so intrusive. I can't count how many times people averted their vision towards me even though I knew they were staring, I'm sick of this. During math, I hear a ping from my hoodie pocket. I pull out my phone to see a new text from Britt, It read,
[From Babe]
Hey San, how's school treating you?
I swiftly hide my phone beside me and my chair, just enough room to text back with one hand.
[To Babe]
Not the best, people keep staring :(
She doesn't bother texting back, instead, she calls me. I look over to the teacher and she let me take it. I walk out of the class and answer it on the way out. "Hey babe, I miss hearing your voice," I say in the hallway, kids still looking at me and I just give a scowl. "Aw me too babe, Are you sure you're okay? I can come over and take you and Quinn home or something" She generously offers, God I love how generous she is, another reason why I love her. "No it's okay, I think we can handle the rest of the day, but thank you" I politely decline her offer, "Anything for my girlfriend. How's Quinn anyway, is she okay? How's she feeling today?" It sounded like Britt was concerned about more than Q's emotional damage but I was too distracted giving a pair of sophomores the evil glare.
"Yeah she's okay, I haven't seen her since this morning but I think she's okay, why are you so concerned?" I question, Quinn out of all people would be fine right now, other than being pregnant of course. "Uhh, no reason, just Quinn is like a sister to you and I look out for her too" she manages to blurt. I see a kid run past with a camera and quickly take a photo of me without even stopping. "You little shit!" I shout at him, Brittany receiving it too, "What? What happened?" Britt sounded concerned, "Nothing Babe, just a nosy freshman who is probably on the school magazine snapped a photo of me" I explain, "Oh, enough of this rumours talk, I'll see you after school right?" She changes the subject. "Yes definitely, I need a break from all the looks and the talks" I sigh into the microphone.
Just then I see a classroom door swung open and a blonde blur run out of it. It took me a second to see who it was and finally, the blur cleared and revealed who it was. Quinn. She raced through the hallway towards the bathroom. "Uhh, Britt, I gotta go, something happened to Quinn" I start running after her, my phone still at my ear. "What happened? Is she okay?" Britt sounded just as panicked as I was. "I'm not sure, but I gotta go, love you, bye," I say in the rush before ending the call and shoving my phone in my pocket and catch up to Quinn as the girl's bathroom door shut.
"Quinn? It's San, are you okay?" before I got an answer I heard a loud retch and a cough coming from the middle stall. I slowly walk over to it and lightly knock on the stall door, "Q? It's me" I say again, even lighter, almost sounding like a loud whisper. All I hear is the toilet flush, the lock click and the squeaky hinges screech as the door slowly opens to reveal Quinn, on the floor, knees to her chest crying. I walk in and close the door behind me, the stall is small but it just fit the both of us. I kneel down to reach her level and lift her chin up to display her puffy swollen eyes spewing out tears. "Oh, Quinn, you're gonna be okay, I promise" I pull her into a hug and I can feel her tears seep into the shoulder of my hoodie but I don't care, I just let her.
I hear the bathroom door open, a couple footsteps and the person leave again, "For fuck sake" I frustratedly whisper. This day has become a disaster. Quinn looks up after crying for a solid 5 minutes and we just sit together for a good 10. "What are we gonna do San?" Quinn says in a croaky tone, "I don't know Quinn, I really don't know. I just got off the phone with Brittany though, she was asking if you were okay" I grab her warm hands and hold them in mine. "Brittany asked if I was okay? Why, does she know?" Quinn began to panic and hyperventilate. "No I don't think so, I didn't tell her without your permission, I think she was asking because I told her about the kiss rumours and she was wondering how you were handling the attention" I tell her and she relaxed. "Oh okay, you can tell her if you want," Quinn says in relief.
Suddenly both our phones chimed simultaneously. We both pull out our phones to display the same article. I furrowed my eyebrows as I read out the title, "Santana Lopez meets up with lady lover Quinn Fabray in the girls bathroom after sexy phone call, What the fuck is this?!" I wasn't just annoyed now, I was furious. I was about to storm out of the bathroom when Quinn stopped my by grabbing my arm, "San, calm down, breathe and relax" Quinn always knew how to calm me down even when we were kids. "Let's just brainstorm right now" I sit back down on the bathroom floor, cross legged and facing Quinn, "Who were you on the phone with when I was coincidentally on the phone too?" she asks, "Britt obviously" I answer as if it wasn't an obvious answer, "thought so, and I was on the phone with Sam" She says. "You know what I just thought of?" I had a epiphany, "What?" I could tell that Q was curious, "What of we give what the people what they want, you and me in a 'relationship'" I air quote relationship, "But you just got into one and it's going so good" Quinn protests, "I know and they'll be in on it too, Both Sam and Britt, let's confirm all the rumours and stop people from snooping around our private lives and just tell them that we go out," I suggest. "Not a bad idea" Quinn smirks, "But we have to tell them too" I was already dialing our group chat video call, "Already on it".
Brittany's POV
"Oh my God, are you guys okay?" I ran out of class without any notice to answer the video call. I lifted the phone to display my face clearly, "God your beautiful" I hear Santana through the phone and I instantly blush."Seriously S, now is not the time to compliment on the beauty of your girlfriend" I hear Quinn argue."Thank you for calling her beautiful" she replies with a smirk. Just then, Sam connected and the screen split so all of us were together. "Hey Quinn, San, Britt, You look beautiful today Q" He compliments, what a sucker. "Aww, thanks Sam" Quinn turned soft and San turned to her with furrowed eyebrows and her mouth hung open. "Hypocrite" I hear her say masked in a cough and I giggle.
"What's up?" He asks. "We'll you both know about the rumours of San and I right?" Quinn explains, I look at Sam's section of the screen and he just aggressively nods. "Yeah, San told me yesterday, I'm so sorry for that Quinn" I apologize, I really was sorry for dragging her into this. "Don't be Britt, We think we can fix this" My face lit up when Quinn said that. "We made a plan to pretend to actually date to kill all the rumours" she explains, I pressed my lips together and tilted my head in confusion. "I don't understand" Sam and I say at the same time, "whoa, you guys are really twins" I hear San say and Sam and I both look at each other through the screen, "I can't see it" I joke. "Santana and I are going to pretend to date just for a good school social status and to kill off the rumours by confirming them, this was you, Britt, and San's relationship will stay hidden" Quinn explains deeper. "Oh, So you and San are gonna pretend to date so the school will stop assuming you do and stuff" That's all I could comprehend out of what they just said.
"Exactly Babe" San said, "Wait, hold on a second, how far will this relationship go, physically?" he asks looking concerned, "Um, we'll probably hold hands and hug, you know the usual things we do like normal, San will just be more clingy" I hear Santana complain in the background, "Why do I have to be the clingy one, you're the one who's been crying and throwing up all week" I stared at the screen with wide eyes. She knows, she knows that Quinn is pregnant. "Oh my God, are you okay Quinn?" Sam eagerly ask, almost too quickly. "Why do you care Trouts?" snapped Santana, "Because that's my bab-Girlfriend" He instantly correct before San could notice, she was busy looking around the room, I assume checking if anyone was listening.
"So, hypothetically, if we say yes to this plan, how long will it last for? because I want my sweet lady kisses" I curiously ask. "No one said you wont get your sweet lady kisses Babe" Santana winked, " Firstly, Ew, and until it blows over, so maybe couple weeks, maybe a month tops" Quinn looked disgusted in us but we didn't care, as long as I got my sweet, sweet kisses. "I can do that, How about you Sam?" We all looked at Sam's frame, "U-uh yeah I'm okay with it, as long as you guys are safe" He looked slightly uncomfortable, I could feel his awkwardness radiate and detected by our twinepathy. "The it's settle, Lucy Quinn Fabray, you are officially my fake girlfriend" Santana announces, "You're an idiot you know that" Quinn laughed and looks down.
"Well thank you for this chat, and I will see you at my place this afternoon, I guess that is the meeting place now" Quinn thanks them, "Bye Britt, love you, see you later" she blows me a virtual kiss and I pretend to catch it and place it on my heart, "Yeah we're not that corny, Bye Sam, Love you" Quinn was pretending to be disgusted my I know she thought that was cute. "Bye Quinn, stay safe and text me if anything happens with the… you know" I know what he meant and I could see Quinn did too but someone didn't, a certain Latina. Holy Shit. She doesn't know that Sam's the dad. "Okay bye" the screen turns black and I turn it over to expose the polaroid I have of San. I think that the plan is clever, a little awkward and maybe a little difficult to maintain for 4 weeks but it's possible.