Chapter 49
"Alright guys!" Hiram Berry said excitedly once everyone was in the choir room. Coach Sylvester wasn't going to join the meetings until the following year. It was Mr. Berry's first Glee meeting and he was excited.
"Hey Mr. B." Puck replied with everyone else throwing in a greeting.
"Since there are no more competitions left this year and I know you are all stressed out with finals, I thought today would be a completely free day. You can sing anything that's on your mind or dance if you want… what do you guys think?" Brittany raised her hand quickly and everyone turned to her curiously. She had been quiet the past few days and some of her friends were kind of worried about her.
"I have something I'd like to sing to someone in this room." She said and Mr. Berry nodded happily.
"Come on up. Who are you singing this for?"
"They know who they are." Santana's eyes widened slightly at the bitter tone of her friend's voice. The blonde was whispering to the band that nodded and got ready to play.
It's not her fault that she's so irresistible
But all the damage she's caused isn't fixable
Every twenty seconds you repeat her name
But when it comes to me you don't care
If I'm alive or dead, so
The blonde looked straight at her boyfriend as she sang and Santana's eyebrows slammed together in confusion.
Objection
I don't want to be the exception
To get a bit of your attention
I love you for free,
And I'm not your mother
But you don't even bother
Objection
I'm tired of this triangle
Got dizzy dancing tango
I'm falling apart in your hands again
No way
I've got to get away
By this point Santana was glaring at Artie while it seemed Quinn and Rachel were just catching on.
Next to her cheap silicone I look minimal
That's why in front of your eyes I'm invisible
But you've got to know small things also count
Better put your feet on the ground
And see what it's about, so
Objection
I don't want to be the exception
To get a bit of your attention
I love you for free,
And I'm not your mother
But you don't even bother
Objection
The angels of this triangle
Got dizzy dancing tango
I'm falling apart in your hands again
No way
I've got to get away
Quinn, Rachel and Adriana were now also glaring at Artie who looked like he wanted to disappear. The entire club was split between watching Brittany perform and Artie.
I wish there was a chance for
You and me
I really wish you couldn't find a place
To be away from me
Brittany had tears flowing down her cheeks as she sang and danced hard; throwing her emotion into her dancing.
This is pathetic
And sardonic
And sadistic
And psychotic
Tango is not for three
Was never meant to be
But you can try it
Rehearse it
Or train it like a horse
But don't you count on me
Don't you count on me boy
Objection
I don't want to be the exception
To get a bit of your attention
I love you for free,
And I'm not your mother
But you don't even bother
Objection
I'm tired of this triangle
Got dizzy dancing tango
I'm falling apart in your hands again
No way
I've got to get away
Brittany completely broke down once the song ended and ran from the room. Just as Santana was about to go after Artie, her wife pulled her arm slightly. "Go after her." Adriana whispered. "You know she's going to want you right now." Santana looked torn, but eventually nodded and jogged out of the room to catch up to her best friend. Artie gulped when Quinn, Rachel, Adriana and Puck stood around him and glared down at him. "What did you do?" Adriana asked; her green eyes burning into the boy.
"I think that's between me and Brittany." Artie said nervously.
"Au contraire, you made Brittany cry and that is unacceptable." Artie gulped and looked around at the three angry girls before a whirlwind came into the room screaming in Spanish. Adriana's eyes widened and she grabbed her wife around the waist. "Woah!" She gripped her wife's waist tightly and was being dragged slightly across the floor with her. "Santana, calm down." She couldn't really understand all of the Spanish flying from her wife's mouth, as she only knew some. "Where's Brittany?" Adriana yelled over Santana's yelling.
"I'm here." Brittany was still crying and Quinn and Rachel moved forward to hug her quickly. "When I told her what happened she just took off running and I chased her." The blonde dancer was slightly out of breath.
"What did happen?" Quinn asked softly.
"He slept with another girl." Brittany said sadly. "It was our anniversary last week, remember?" Quinn nodded for her friend to continue. The other four girls had helped Brittany plan her anniversary with her boyfriend. "Well he said something about a video game tournament so he couldn't meet me at the park so I went to his house. I figured he just forgot it was our anniversary. I thought if I went there he could finish playing his game and I could still be with him for the day." She sobbed slightly and Quinn's arms around her tightened. "When I got there his mom let me in like always, but when I got to his room he was with another girl, and they weren't playing video games…" Adriana's eyes flashed dangerously and she let go of her wife, holding her hands up in front of her. Santana was in front of Artie in a flash and punched him hard. His head whipped to the side and his nose was already bleeding.
"Okay! Stop!" Mr. Berry said quickly and Adriana wrapped her arms around her wife from behind once more and leaned in to whisper in her ear.
"Nice hit." Santana's muscles relaxed slightly but Adriana knew not to let go yet.
"Finn can you please make sure Artie gets to the nurse." Finn nodded and started pushing Artie from the room. Adriana was massaging Santana's abs slightly to get her to relax. "Santana I'm afraid you will have to go to the office." Santana tensed again but didn't argue. She pulled out of her wife's arms abruptly and headed for the door. Before she left she jogged back and kissed her wife quickly, which made the brunette dancer smile.
"I'll be there in a minute, okay?" Santana nodded and headed off for the office. "Are you alright Brittany?" As soon as the words left her mouth she had her arms full of her fellow dancer. "Shh, it's alright." She cooed and rubbed the blonde's back soothingly. "Do you want to spend the night at our house tonight?" Brittany nodded and wiped her eyes. "We can pick up some bread to feed the ducks after school if you want." Adriana smiled when her fellow dancer's eyes lit up slightly.
"We'll come too." Rachel said as she grabbed Quinn's hand. "Maybe we can have a picnic for dinner." Brittany bounced slightly in Adriana's arms.
"Can we?"
"Sure." Adriana said.
"Oh can I come!?" Puck asked quickly.
"Of course silly!" Brittany said and went to hug the mohawked boy.
"Me too?" Kurt asked and Mercedes nodded her agreement.
"I want to come too!" Mike stated enthusiastically. The group planned the picnic for a while until Finn came back into the room by himself.
"What are we all excited about?" He asked with a smile.
"Do you want to come to our picnic Finn?" Brittany asked with a giddy smile. "We're going to feed the ducks!"
"Cool, I love feeding the ducks." He said and nodded in agreement.
"Well I'm going to go make sure Santana actually went to the office." Adriana said after a minute and left the room. She came saw Santana sitting outside the office waiting to be seen. Figgins was inside his office talking with someone. Adriana sat down and took her wife's hand with a gasp. "You're hand!" She said as she took in the bruised knuckles.
"It's nothing." Adriana raised an eyebrow and brought her wife's hand up to kiss her knuckles. They sat for a minute before they were joined by Artie and his mother. Santana tensed when the boy wheeled into the room and Adriana moved to sit on her lap to keep her sitting.
"Hello girls." The woman said when she saw them. "What is going on?" Santana was mumbling in Spanish and buried her head into her wife's back; trying to calm down. "I hear there was a fight. Are you two both okay?" Santana mumbled some more and sighed when Adriana pulled her hand up to kiss her knuckles.
"We're alright. It wasn't much of a fight." She felt Santana smirk into her shoulder.
"Yeah it was more Santana assaulting me." Artie said quietly.
"You deserved it." Adriana said angrily and felt herself get angry quickly. She was just starting to calm down herself; trying to keep that way so she could calm Santana down. The Latina's arms tightened around the dancer, holding her in place on her lap. "You hurt her really bad Artie…" Her voice shook with barely contained rage.
"I know." He looked down at his lap and his mother looked curiously between the three. "I didn't really mean to…"
"Don't." Adriana interrupted. "At least be a man and admit it. You did it because you wanted to. You may feel bad about it but it wasn't just some mistake." Tears started falling from the dancer's eyes. Santana suddenly squeezed her wife harder; her mind flashing back to what she did to the girl before they got married. She knew that's what the dancer was thinking about and felt incredibly guilty. Quinn and Rachel came into the room and Quinn ran up to the pair when she saw Adriana's tears.
"Adriana, what's wrong?" She asked quickly and tried to wipe the tears away.
"I'm fine." Adriana replied. Quinn looked up and saw the guilty look in Santana's eyes.
"Mrs. Abrams, Mr. Abrams, Ms. Lopez." Figgins called suddenly and the three went into the office. Quinn and Rachel sat on either side of their friend who was still crying slightly.
"What's wrong Adriana?" Rachel asked helplessly. She hated seeing her friends cry.
"Why does Santana look so guilty? What did she do?" Quinn asked protectively.
"I'm really fine; just… memories I guess." The blonde finally understood the problem and hugged her friend tightly. "It just brought it up, she shouldn't be feeling guilty and I shouldn't be crying. I'm just emotional." The girl chuckled and wiped her eyes. "I forgave her the minute she came back. I wouldn't have married her otherwise.
Santana sat in the office while the adults talked and waited to hear her punishment. Artie turned to her and started talking quietly. "You know you really have no right to get angry about this… is this any worse than what you did?" Santana felt tears fill her eyes and tried to keep them from falling. She just stared straight ahead. "I mean you slept with Brittany while she was with Quinn and you were with Adriana; engaged to Adriana… you hurt a lot of people during that time." The Latina was starting to shake slightly. "You don't even deserve Adriana." Artie said angrily; he was upset that Santana almost broke his nose and found himself taking his anger on the whole situation out on the Latina.
"Can we just get this over with… what's my punishment?" Santana asked quickly.
"Since it's so close to the end of the year I will not suspend you."
"What?!" Artie asked quickly and his mother shushed him.
"You're being immature Artie." She admonished and Artie scoffed.
"You will have detentions for the rest of the week."
"Great… can I go now?" She asked as she stood up. The Principal nodded and she practically ran from the room and past her wife and friends.
"Santana?" Adriana called as Santana disappeared around a corner. By the time Adriana started chasing her she couldn't find her. "Santana!?" She called again and spun around to look for her wife. She pulled out her phone and tried to call the girl, but it went straight to voicemail. They decided to see if she headed back to the choir room, but when they got there she was nowhere to be found. Artie wheeled into the room and Adriana spun to face him. "What happened in there?" She asked quickly.
"She got detention for the rest of the week." He stated with a shrug and Adriana furrowed her eyebrows. Santana was no stranger to detention and wouldn't run off because of that. "You were talking to her… what did you say?" Adriana's voice trembled with emotion.
"The truth." Artie said angrily. "That she has no right to be angry about this after what she did before." Brittany gasped slightly. "That she doesn't deserve you because of it." Adriana looked beyond angry as she stepped forward calmly.
"I'm sorry what did you just say?"
"I said…" He was cut off by a very strong punch to the face. There was a noticeable crunch and it took Quinn, Puck and Mike to get a hold of the dancer who was now screaming in French. Finn sighed and started wheeling Artie to the nurse again without even being asked to. Quinn moved around to stand in front of Adriana who was still yelling in French.
"Calm down Adriana!" She yelled over the other girl who was still struggling. They were interrupted by a loud whistle blowing as Coach Sylvester walked into the room.
"WHAT IS GOING ON IN HERE?" She yelled and Adriana stopped struggling. Mike and Puck reluctantly released their hold and sighed in relief when the girl didn't storm out of the room to find Artie.
"I'm going to make him sorry he was ever born." She was muttering to herself and Quinn stood next to her; ready to grab her again if needed.
"Someone better start talking." The Coach said angrily.
"Artie cheated on me and it made Santana mad so she punched him and then they went to the office. Then Artie told Santana bad stuff about her and Adriana and Santana ran away I think. Adriana found out what he said and Adriana punched him in the face." Brittany stated all in one breath.
"I think you actually broke his nose." Puck said slightly impressed.
"Good." Adriana stated venomously. "He's lucky that's all I got to do before you decided to stop me…" She glared at her three friends who shrunk back slightly.
"Come on Lopez… office." Sue said as she led the steaming girl out of the room.
"Don't worry Adriana, we'll find Santana." Brittany yelled to her friend and turned to the rest of the glee club. "Search and rescue." She said quickly and everyone nodded. "Quinn, you go to your house and see if Santana went there. I'll check the park. Puck, you know where to check." The mohawked boy nodded and left quickly followed by Quinn. "Kurt, you should check your house in case she went there to see Reed." Kurt nodded and left next. "Mercedes, can you check around the girl's bathrooms and maybe the Cheerio's locker room?"
"Sure thing Brittany." Mercedes said softly as she left the room quickly. Finn went to check around the bleachers and the track, Mike and Tina went to look for her around town, and Rachel helped Mercedes check around the school.
Adriana got detention for the rest of the school year. She was bouncing her legs in her seat as the Principal spoke. Artie had to go to the hospital, but he didn't plan on pressing charges. He felt kind of guilty about what he said; he was just so angry. After she left the office, the dancer checked her phone for messages. There were messages from her fellow glee club members telling her they hadn't found Santana yet but were going to keep looking. She made her way to the parking lot and noticed her car was gone. She texted the club letting them know she obviously left the school before she started walking down the sidewalk toward her house.
Quinn was driving around looking for Santana along with the rest of the glee club, Holly, Conner and Rachel's dads. Adriana sat on their front porch chain smoking. She had tears streaming down her face. "Are you alright?" She looked up at the slightly familiar voice to see Judy Fabray.
"Mrs. Fabray? What are you doing here?" She asked nervously.
"I was hoping to speak with Quinn."
"She's not here." Adriana stated and sighed when she realized her pack of cigarettes was empty.
"Are you alright?" Judy asked again. She felt guilty for the way she had spoken to the girl before. "Is there anything I can do?"
"We can't find Santana… someone said some things to her and she took off and now I can't find her."
"I heard you two got married. I know it's not really the time but I want to say congratulations." Adriana looked up at the woman curiously. She looked so much like her best friend. "I'm sorry about the way I acted before to you both. I also want to apologize to my daughter and tell her I kicked Russell out. I know she lives here now and I don't want to take that away from her or anything, but I hope she will forgive me enough to let me be part of her life." Adriana smiled through her tears. "Maybe I can help find Santana." The woman stated adamantly and stood up. "You should probably stay here in case she comes home. I will check her parent's house, even though I highly doubt that's where she is. Then I will check some around town."
"Thank you Mrs. Fabray."
"Please call me Judy. It's the least I can do after everything you've done for Quinn." The woman left quickly to help search for the missing Latina. Adriana bounced her legs nervously and finally broke down in powerful sobs. When Quinn came home to check on her an hour later, the dancer was still crying heavily and curled up in a ball on the porch.
"Hey." She said softly and pulled the girl into her arms. "It's going to be alright. We're going to find her."
"What if we don't?" Adriana sobbed. "God Quinn… I can't even…" She trailed off and sobbed harder.
"Adriana?" The dancer's head whipped up and she saw her wife. Before she could get to her Quinn ran up and slapped the Latina.
"Don't ever scare us like that again!" She stated angrily. "You just put all of us through hell, especially your wife!"
"I'm sorry." Santana said as she rubbed her cheek. She flinched when Adriana ran up to her, but the dancer just threw her arms and legs around her wife; causing the Latina to stumble slightly before gaining her balance.
"I'm sorry I ever did this to you." Adriana stated through her sobs. "Please don't run away from me like that again. I thought you weren't coming back. You've been gone for hours. Where were you? It doesn't even matter you're back!" She kissed her wife all over her face before pulling her into a passionate kiss.
"I'll text everyone and tell them she's back." Quinn said as she pulled out her phone.
"You will have to call your mom and tell her." Quinn looked startled at her best friend's words. "She came here looking for you; apparently she left your dad and was hoping to apologize to you. She found me crying and decided to help find Santana. She also congratulated us on our marriage." She added looking at her wife's wide eyes before kissing her deeply again.
"Okay… I'll call her. By the way Santana…" The Latina broke the kiss and looked at the blonde. "You're wife broke Artie's nose." Santana raised an eyebrow at Adriana and smirked.
"That's incredibly sexy." She stated and kissed her wife once more; starting to carry her back onto the porch and threw the front door. Quinn shook her head and finished texting the glee club and dialed her mother's cell number. She took a deep breath before pressing send and listening to the phone ringing nervously.
"I love you Santana. You have to know that I forgave you for everything that happened and you do deserve me. It's me that doesn't deserve you." Adriana pushed her wife down to sit on the edge of the bed before moving over to put on some music. Santana smirked when she heard the slow beat start and Adriana turned around to start dancing; slowly stripping off her clothes as she went.
Baby you don't know, what you do to me.
Between me and you, I feel a chemistry.
Won't let no one come and take your place.
Cause the love you give can't be replaced.
See no one else love me like you do.
That's why I don't mind to spend my life with you.
Wanna please you in anyway I can.
Wanna share my world don't you understand.
Santana licked her suddenly dry lips as she watched her wife grind her hips and move toward her seductively. She was still stripping off her clothes at an agonizingly slow pace.
Your love is a one in a million it goes on and on and on
you give me a really good feeling all day long.
Your love is a one in a million it goes on and on and on
you give me a really good feeling all day long.
Turn me inside out make my heart speak.
Don't want no one else you are all I need.
Personality in everything you do
Makes me love everything bout you.
Your smile your style so fly I can't deny
I got a crush on you and that's true indeed.
I'm digging you, you make me believe.
Your love is a one in a million it goes on and on and on
you give me a really good feeling all day long.
Your love is a one in a million it goes on and on and on
you give me a really good feeling all day long.
I'll give you anything you want from me anything you want anything you need
anything your soul desires
I'll give you anything you want from me anything you want anything you need
anything your soul desires
Adriana sat down in Santana's lap and started grinding into her while she practically whispered the last words of the song.
Your love is a one in a million it goes on and on and on
You give me a really good feeling all day long
Santana leaned up and captured her wife's lips in a slow, passionate kiss. Adriana continued grinding into Santana, and pulled the Latina's shirt over her head; quickly unhooking her bra and letting it fall to the floor. She leaned down and kissed along Santana's neck gently. "I love you so much."
"I love you too mi amor." Santana husked as she turned to throw Adriana onto the bed and hover above her.
Brittany skipped up to the duck pond happily. A lot of the glee club was already there waiting. She sat down on the ground and put her feet in the water as she opened her bag of bread to feed the ducks. The Berry men were there setting up some food they had delivered from Breadstix while they waited for Santana, Adriana and Quinn to arrive. Burt and Carole were there with Reed as they had been babysitting him for the day. Conner and Holly were sitting watching Reed play with Beth who Shelby brought a little while before. Mrs. Pierce went to sit next to her daughter and help feed the ducks. Quinn showed up soon with her mother and everyone looked at the pair nervously. "Where's Adriana and Santana?" Rachel asked as she grabbed her girlfriend's hand.
"I think they may be a little late…" Quinn smirked and pulled Rachel closer. "Mom…" Judy smiled at her daughter. "This is my girlfriend Rachel Berry." Rachel smiled politely and held her hand out.
"It's nice to meet you Mrs. Fabray."
"Call me Judy dear. It's very nice to meet you too. I am glad my daughter found someone that makes her happy."
"Judy?" Brittany asked nervously as she came up to them.
"Brittany, I am so sorry about everything that happened. I'm trying to make it right, but I know it may never be right again. I'm sorry about what you went through." Brittany smiled and hugged the older Fabray. "I left Russell and he won't be a problem anymore."
"Okay." The blonde dancer stated happily and skipped back over to feed the ducks some more. It was almost an hour later when Santana and Adriana finally showed up; neither of them really wanted to leave the house, but couldn't stand up Brittany. The pair were clinging to each other tightly and didn't separate until Santana realized there were Breadstix breadsticks sitting on the table. Her wife rolled her eyes fondly.
"Nice dental imprint." Quinn smirked when she saw Adriana's shoulder. The dancer looked down and pulled her fallen sleeve over her shoulder with a grin. "I think I might find somewhere else to sleep tonight… I have a feeling I won't be able to sleep. You guys get loud when you're like this." Adriana chuckled and nodded. "Plus it's Friday so Conner planned to take Reed didn't he?" Adriana nodded again with a mischievous glint in her eyes. "Hey Rachel." Quinn said as she moved over to her girlfriend. "Do you think your dads would mind if I spent the night tonight?"
"Why?" Rachel asked with a smile.
"I don't think I want to be around the house tonight." She replied as she pointed over her own shoulder at Santana and Adriana who were whispering to each other. Adriana's skin was flushed and she was leaning back into Santana's arms with her eyes closed. The pair only stayed long enough to eat, throw some bread to the ducks and make out behind a tree away from the group. When Brittany found them she giggled and sent them home.
"Are you sure Brittany?" The blonde nodded.
"I was surprised you showed up after everything. Thanks for coming." The two brunettes hugged their friend tightly and practically ran to the car. Brittany giggled as she watched them go.
Songs: Objection-Shakira; One In A Million-Aaliyah
