A/N: This chapter is short :( but I worked really hard on my halloween chapter on my other fic and I couldn't handle it again. sorry :(. anyway the song this chapter is Ghost by Sleeping With Sirens.disclaimer: don't own glee or SWS lyricsChapter 14: Ghost
With Santana's birthday over, Halloween was fast approaching and somehow Santana had been crowned the party planner. To say she wasn't pleased would be an understatement. Despite usually hating the spotlight, even she could resist a day all about her. But a holiday she'd never celebrated? With people she didn't know bound to show up? No way.
"San, I'll help. And we can watch all the fun Halloween movies in preparation!" Brittany pouted, as Santana grumbled the Monday before Halloween, which fell on Friday. She poked the pouty lip back, giving in.
"Alright, but just the Glee club. No one else. I don't want any Cheerios or jocks wandering around." Santana said nervously. How would she recognize them out of their usual varsity jackets and skirts? No way.
"What about the new kid Sam? We dont really know him." Brittany glances at the boy sat next to Artie chatting about guitar.
"I trust him B." Santana shrugged.
"Okay, now what about our couples costume?" Brittany crossed her arms pointedly.
"Britt we aren't doing anything cheesy okay? Whatever you want, we can go pick it out today. As long as my costume has long sleeves."
"Okay Wonder Woman. We'll get you long sleeves." Brittany giggles "Supergirl will get pants."
"You're cute. Deal." Santana sighs.
With their costumes settled and claimed, Santana making a rule of no same costumes unless it was a group costume, she had to figure what was expected at a Halloween party.
"Santana, honestly, its like any other party. Except you tell scary stories around the campfire, stream Halloween movies and hang some skeletons around your house." Artie exclaimed, tired of the Latinas endless complaints.
"Leave her alone Artie." Tina said from the back row, stopping her convincing of Mike to go as vampires.
"A vampire doesn't count as a costume when you dress as one everyday!" Artie spat back.
"GUYS!" Mr.Schue interrupted "My choir room isn't a party planning arena. Santana sit down. You're all going to perform a song that you feel fits Halloween. Got it? Great. Also. We need one more member or sectionals are completely lost." Mr.Schue groans and leaves the room.
"Guys" Kurt says meekly.
"Whats up bro?" Finn asks from his place in his mow designated corner.
"I am not your bro." Kurt cringes "I'll bring our new member tomorrow. His name is Blaine. He's my boyfriend, and I convinced him to transfer here." Kurt smiles.
"Way to go Kurt!" Rachel claps happily "We needed a gay male duo to balance out our two lesbian couples."
"Honestly, how are Sam, Artie and I expected to date?" Finn groans. Sam shrugs,looking to Mercedes, and Artie nods in agreement. They spend the rest of the time pairing up for the performance, picking songs.
(A/N: here's a recap of the members of the glee club: quinn, rachel, britt, santana, Mike, Tina, kurt, blaine, finn, Sam,artie and mercedes)
Mercedes goes to Sam, who seems lost after Artie ditched him for Finn.
"Hey blondie. Looking for a duet partner?" she asks, sitting next to the boy.
"Can I play my guitar?" he asks.
"Sure thing, white chocolate." Mercedes winks.
Santana can't help but groan as she puts up the final decoration Friday morning before heading to school. Sat on the counter are pumpkins carved by Ali, Brittany, Diego and herself along with plenty of pumpkins for the club to carve at the party. Fake ghosts and skeletons are scattered amongst the house. A cauldron sits in the corner ready for apple bobbing and orange lights are strung outside. Bags of candy are dumped into the bowl by the door for the kids trick-or-treating and another bowl sits on the coffee table to sate the high schoolers sugar tooth. Santana is relieved when she finally sits down to eat breakfast. Brittany comes through the front door 5 minutes later and pouts seeing Santana still in her pajamas.
"San! You need to put your costume on!" Brittany points out. Santana slurps down the rest of her cereal before being dragged to her bedroom and dress we in a wonderwoman costume. Her wonder woman was modernized with long sleeves and a proper shirt rather than a bikini top. The skirt was knee length, but the gladiator sandals were classic. The symbolic W was stamped on her chest and she put the crown on. She had to admit she looked hot. Brittany said up beside her, and kissed her cheek. That was hotter.
Seeing the entire school decked out in weird costumes was bizarre to Santana. Zombies, sheet ghosts,zombies and vampires dominated the costumes while others were superheroes like herself. She smiled at Sam's Avatar costume, a skin tight blue suit clung to his body but luckily he'd covered up somewhat. She rolled her eyes when she saw Mike messing with the vampire teeth Tina was shoving in his mouth. Tina smiled at her frustrated, showing off her own fangs. Quinn and Rachel had knocked it out of the park with their Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, and Santana envied how they could show bare skin. Brittany told them that their sings were now a hero versus villain battle and Santana dragged her away before they were late to class. She didn't see the rest of the glee club until lunch. She saw Blaine and Kurt dressed in fashionable Men In Black Spy costumes and smiled seeing the Finn had joined them. Artie had gone for zombie and she smirked at the green slime hanging from his wheel chair. Mercedes was dressed as the ever delightful Aretha Franklin. She smiled looking around at her friends and realized what was so great about Halloween. Putting on a mask was something she did almost every day but becoming an entirely different person for fun was an experience she wished she'd had as a kid.
Glee went pretty smoothly, people picking popular songs that could be twisted to be halloween themed. Then it was her and Brittany's turn.
"So this song is called Ghosts
, so no complaints Schue." Santana pointed at him. "But I hope the rest of you realize it means more." Brittany nods before clarifying.
"But to be clear, we are still a solid couple."
Are we just ghosts out in the night?
Are we just waiting for a light that doesn't shine?
Are we just faking or is this real?
'Cause I don't know how to feel
Are we just ghosts now, you and I?
Think it's time to say goodbye
When they finish, Brittany declares them the victors of their tiny battle with Faberry. Rachel and her get in and argument and she looks to Quinn to see if this is something they should get involved in. Quinn shakes her head laughing as the other two girls start accidentally complimenting eachother.
"We're in love with dorks." Santana sinks into the seat next to Quinn.
"Yeah. So what's with the not so sexy wonder woman sleeves?" she whispers.
"I'm a feminist?" Santana tries, unsuccessfully.
"Its okay, you don't have to tell me." Quinn gently strokes a thumb across her wrist "Just know that I've been there."
"You won't tell blabbermouth Berry will you?" Santana glances back to their feuding girlfriends.
"Not a word." Quinn winks.
After the final bell rings, the entire Glee club follows her to her house. Ali is more than happy to entertain. Asher, who is growing at a rapid rate, happily takes all the attention he gets in his Krypto the Superdog costume. Diego smirks at Santana from where he sits on the bottom stairs seeing her having fun. She excuses herself from the party antics and sits next to him. He'd put on a cowboy costume he had from highschiol after Brittany begged him to dress up. Even Ali had engulfed the blonde, dressed as Santana. Santana had blown a fuse when her aunt borrowed her clothes for the costume. Her friends seem to get a laugh out of it though.
"So where are your friend Diego?" Santana cuts the chase "Tia said you should invite them."
"Mami doesn't know how much college kids would've corrupted your little party." Diego grunts. He lights up a cigarette.
"You don't smoke." Sanatana coughs.
"Cowboys do." her cousin deadpans.
"What's wrong?" Santana asks.
"I failed out of my first semester. Mami knows. She just doesn't know that made all my friends kick me to the curb. Its not that I'm a failure Tana, honest. I tried real hard but...some shit went down with the girl I was dating and I didn't want to be like my father." he stuffed out the cigarette on the packet.
"You got her pregnant?" Santana gasps.
"Thought so. Despite using protection. Then turns out she cheated on me. I took her to the appointment anyway. I said I'd support the kid even though he wasn't mine, but its over now." he shrugs.
"I'm sorry Go-Go." Santana hugs her cousin "So what are you going to do?"
"I'm getting my life back on track. I start at Lima community in January. I'll be sticking around a while." Diego smirks at the huge smile that breaks across his little cousins face.
"You'll be my big bro right Go?" Santana akss shyly.
"If you win that apple bobbing contest, you have a deal." Diego kisses her forehead as she runs off to force the completion. She wins by a long shot, everyone else (especially Sam) too worried about messing up their makeup or getting their costumes wet.
Rather than sending everyone home late that night, they set up slumber bags in the living room, streaming th Nightmafe before Christmas on the flat-screen. Diego is designated to chaperone and clams the couch. His services prove unnecessary when everyone besides herself and Brittany passes out from their sugar rushes by the time Jack discovers Christmas Land. Brittany and her stay awake through the entire movie. Diego allows them to go upstairs, Santana afraid of her nightmares waking their friends. They cuddle up after changing into their pajamas, giggling at the thought of Kurt waking up in his suit. Santana has only good dreams of holidays to come with her new family. She thinks that this year that started so badly was slowly becoming the best of her life.
A/N: i have titles for the Thanksgiving/sectionals chapter and Christmas chapter. I might have messed up continuity with weeks somewhere with sectionals timing so sorry about that! if I find it I'll fix it.