disclaimer: still dont own anything, (except 4 Santana) and i never will.
Chapter 2
They walked backstage and went back to their lockeroom. They checked Santana out to see if she was alright. Physically, she was fine, but mentally, she was hurt. The way Paul had kissed her had reminded her of her past that she tried so hard to forget. More things had happened to her, some that Kevin knew, most that Shawn knew, but no one ever heard the whole story, Shawn thought he did, but she didn't want to tell hi. She didn't know what he would do. Shawn wrapped his arms around his daughter as they sat on the couch in his lockeroom. She was all he had left after his wife had died in a car accident a little over a year ago and he couldn't let anything happen to her.
"Dad, why did you do that? I could have handled them." Santana said.
"Because I don't want anything to happen to you baby." he replied.
"Bit I'm not a baby." she argued back.
They continued to argue as Kevin got up and got the door to see who was knocking. He opened the door and saw Jeff, Matt, and Amy standing there.
"Is Santana okay?" Jeff asked.
"She's being stubborn again, but other then that, everything's cool. Come on in and see her." Kevin said stepping to one side to let them all in.
"Are you okay?" Jeff asked her.
"I'm fine."
"We were worried about you." Matt said.
"I can take care of myself." Santana replied started to get a little mad by the way everyone was treating her.
"Squirt, when it comes to those two, you need to be protected..." Kevin started to say before he was cut off by Santana.
"No I don't! I can handle them. I'm not a helpless child so stop treating me like one." She yelled then ran out of the room.
"San, wait!" Jeff yelled. "I'll go see if she's okay." With that, Jeff ran out the door down the hall to try and catch up with her.
"She defiantly has my anger." Shawn said.
"And your stubbornness too." Amy, Matt, and Kevin said together.
"San stop!" Jeff called to her, but she just kept walking. "San, you used to be able to tell me everything, now stop and talk to me." Jeff said grabbing her arm lightly turning her around to look at him. He looked into her eyes and saw the anger and pain. "Come on, I know a place where you can clear your head." Jeff said walking her away.
They got into his rental car and drove away.
"Do you know your way around here?" Santana asked worried.
"Yes, I know this area of Cleveland very well. The Gund arena is one of my favorite places to work, and the area around here is beautiful." he replied as he pulled onto a large area on a cliff. He got out and she followed him. They sat on the edge of the cliff and looked out at the view. Jeff dangled his legs over the edge as she sat there hugging her knees to her chest.
"I can trust you here, right?" Santana asked cautiously.
"Yes, its not like were near a pool or anything." Jeff said with a little laugh.
"Yeah, had to learn that one the hard way." Santana said as she dangled her legs over the edge too thinking about what happened a few years ago at an impromptu pool party they threw at a hotel.
They sat there and looked out at the view. Jeff was right, it was beautiful. You could see the lights on in houses, the carnival that was in town, the river, the waterfall, the trees, but most of all since there were no lights near them, you could see the stars in the sky.
"San, what happened back there?" Jeff asked her after she had calmed down.
"I don't wanna bore you Jeffy." she replied looking down.
"You wont, I love listening to you." he said with a smile.
"Well, okay...A while ago, Paul kept sending threats to my dad. Telling him to keep a close eye on me because his friend liked me and they were gonna get me. Dad didn't want me to leave me home alone in case they went there when dad was on the road. So him and Kevin took me away from my home and friends so they could keep an eye on me here because they think I'm just some little girl who can't take care of herself." Santana explained, starting to get angry again.
"San, calm down." Jeff said trying to sooth her again. He was so nice to her and always has been. They'd always been good friends since the moment they met, and she really wanted to tell him everything, and she didn't even want to tell her dad the whole thing. But for some reason, she just couldn't. "In a way, I know where your coming from. Look, I have Matt for a brother, and you know how protective he is. He always was, but then ever since mom died when I was only eight, he never let me out of his sight like your dad does with you. Him and Kev don't mean to treat you like a baby, they just wanna protect you and keep you safe. Remember, your all Shawn has left. Matt still protects me like he did when I was ten, and he probably will until the day he dies. But Shawn just doesn't wanna lose you, you mean way to much to him. And no matter what, you gotta realize, your always gonna be his little girl." Jeff said with a smile.
"That does make since. I never thought of it like that before. Thanks Jeff."
"Your welcome sweetie."
"Hey Jeff, is there anyway I can get them to back off?" Santana asked. Jeff chuckled as he out his arm around her.
"If you figure that one out, let me know." he replied.
They both laughed then looked up a each other. And for the first time, they saw what Matt and Amy had seen in them for years despite their age difference, they finally realized just how attracted they were to each other. So their lips came closer and closer until they connected. Little did they know, someone was watching them ,and the watcher was not pleased at all.
Jeff and Santana pulled apart and looked at each other not really sure what to think. They both smiled though.
"Uh, you wanna go to the carnival?" Jeff asked breaking the silence between them.
"Sure." she replied.
"Okay, let me just call your dad and let him know your okay."
Jeff called Shawn, and since he trusted Jeff, he said it was okay. He said that him and Kevin would go back to the hotel and wait and that Amy would be rooming with Santana tonight, and to bring her back to hotel later. So they got back into the rental car and drove down to the carnival. They ate cotton candy as they walked through all the people, and as they were walking, Santana started to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Jeff asked.
"The cotton candy looks like your hair." she said while laughing.
"Ya know, there is a river around here I could throw you into, and its probably pretty damn cold..."
"Okay, okay, I'll stop...but it does."
They walked over to one of the game booths. The one where you knock the milk bottles down with a baseball.
"Jeff, that game is rigged man." Santana said eating more cotton candy as she turned around looking at what else was there. Then a minute later, she heard a crash and turned around to see Jeff standing there holding a teddy bear.
"Really?" Jeff asked as he walked over to her. "Still think so?" he said handing her the bear. "Come on, theres something I wanna show you." he said as he grabbed her hand and started running. He ran to the Ferris wheel and they got on.
"Jeff, you know I don't really like these things." Santana said worriedly clutching onto the bear.
"It'll be okay, trust me." Jeff said holding onto her hand.
The Ferris wheel went around a few times, then stopped while they were at the top.
"Jeff, why did it stop?" Santana asked panicky.
"Shh, calm down. Just look out there." Jeff said as he pointed out over the bay. Santana looked, and within seconds, she saw beautiful fireworks light up the sky. She forgot all about being scared and soon relaxed in Jeff's arms.
After that, they went back to the hotel. Jeff walked her to her room.
"You know Amy's in there, right?" he asked.
"Yup. And thanks for tonight." she said with a smile.
"No problem San. I'll see you tomorrow." Jeff said. Then after one quick kiss, he went off to his room. Santana opened the door and saw Amy sitting on the bed in her pajamas looking like she was going to go crazy, and Kevin and Shawn standing in the room/
"Finally you're back." Amy said. "Now they can go to their room and stop bugging me and I can sleep." she said as she fell back onto her bed. Santana giggled. "They've been here the whole dam night, and wouldn't shut up until you walked through that door."
"Are you okay now honey?" Shawn asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." she replied.
"Alright munchkin, we'll see you tomorrow." Kevin said as him and Shawn left.
"So, how was your night?" Amy asked as Santana got changed.
"I thought you wanted to sleep." Santana said as she sat down on her bed.
"Come on, tell me. Where'd you get the bear?" Amy said.
"Jeff won it for me. Then we watched the fireworks. she replied.
"Did you kiss?"
"Amy!" Santana screeched.
"Come on, I wont tell anyone."
"Okay, okay, we did." Santana admitted.
"What kind of kissing?"
"Goodnight Amy." Santana said as she turned out the light. Amy giggled, then laid down and went to sleep. Santana just lay there trying to come up with an idea to make Paul and Chris hate each other instead of going after her, so she could be happy like she was now forever.
Well, thats chappie 2, hope ya'll like it! plz r&r and i'll get the next 1 up A.S.A.P.
