So it's Friday and as you know it's time for another chapter. There's a rather lengthy author's note at the end just to inform you of a few things; get you thinking on a few things. Enjoy.
Later that week, on a lovely Friday morning, Mike wandered through the hallway with Tina swinging their entwined hands while humming a song. He was thoroughly enjoying his time with Tina and even hummed along with her as they made their way to her next class. Mike turned to her and smile before gently shoulder bumping her which caused her to giggle and do the same. Mike laughed and looked down the hall and spotted Santana. He was just about to wave at her when Santana looked in his direction and quickly walked the other way without acknowledging him in the least bit. Mike frowned in confusion; was Santana avoiding him?
"Is something wrong?" Tina asked.
Mike turned to her and saw concern written all over her face, "No. I'm fine."
"Oh okay." Tina replied and continued to swing their hands. Mike decided he'd figure out why Santana is avoiding him later.
"Hey my parents are working late today, do you want to come over? I could help you study. You've got that competition this weekend right?" Tina asked quickly.
Mike smiled, "Sure that sounds great. You could quiz me."
"So you'll come by my place after football practice?" Tina asked.
"Yeah." Mike answered before leaning down and kissing her. The kiss quickly turned into a full blown make out session. It was moments like this that reminded Mike why he stayed with Tina even when they had fights.
"We should probably get to class." Tina said as she broke away when the need for air became too much to ignore. Mike pouted and Tina giggled before giving him another quick kiss. He smiled and they both made their way to class.
It was official, Santana was avoiding him. All throughout the day Mike had seen her purposefully ignore him or turn the other way when they were walking down the same hallway, she didn't even sit with him at lunch today. Mike sighed as he threw his football stuff in the trunk of his car and made his way to Tina's house; he'd figure what's wrong with Santana later, when he can finally get her to stop ignoring him. Making his way up the driveway, Mike was enthusiastically met by Tina who quickly ushered him in the house and they both sat down in the living room. Mike smiled at Tina's eagerness and reached down to get his binder.
Tina looked down at the admittedly large binder and stared at Mike, "What in the world? Why is it so huge?"
Mike laughed, "It's all the study material that I need for the season."
"So, where do we start?" Tina asked
"It's the economics section. There are some sample test questions in there that you can ask me."
"Okay." Tina nodded as she looked through the material. There was a brief moment of silence as Tina looked at what questions she wanted to ask first and Mike mentally went over all the information that he had studied.
"First question, what is economics?" Tina asked looking at Mike expectantly.
"You know you've could've started me off with a harder question, right?" Mike stated.
"Mike, everyone knows that it's often the easiest question that you make the mistake on. Now answer the question." Tina admonished.
"It's the study of how to allocate scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants." Mike stated.
"Correct." Tina announced as she leaned over and
"Hey." Mike pouted. gave him a kiss. Mike had tried to deepen the kiss but Tina had already pulled away.
"That was for getting the question right. If you want another kiss, answer another question correctly." Tina teased. Mike stared at her for a moment before he smiled; he had never before been this motivated to get the right answer.
"Alright then, next question." Mike said and Tina smiled before looking down to choose another question.
Mike made it home, after a rather successful study session (he didn't mind having another one soon), at the same time as his parents were pulling into the garage.
"Hey stranger, where have you been all this time?" Mr. Chang asked as he got out of the car.
Mike walked over to his parents and hugged them, "I was at Tina's house. She was helping me study."
"Were you really studying?" Mrs. Chang asked suspiciously.
"Yes. You know I have that competition tomorrow and Tina wanted to help. What do you think I am a walking sack of hormones?" Mike asked. He was met with silence as his parents just stared at him and then looked at one another before turning back to Mike.
"You do don't you?" Mike asked.
Mr. Chang placed his hand on Mike's shoulder and looked him in the eye, "Don't take it personally but you are a teenager."
Mike's jaw dropped and it wasn't before long that his parents burst into laughter, "That's not funny! I thought you were serious!"
"You should've seen your face." Mrs. Chang said through her laughter. Mike shook his head and walked into the house leaving his parents to continue giggling in the garage.
Today was the big day; the second event of this year's academic decathlon will soon be well on its way. Mike sat in the backseat on his dad's car mentally preparing himself and reviewing the material that he learned.
"Don't worry so much, you'll do fine." Mr. Chang said looking at Mike through the rearview mirror. Mrs. Chang turned around and smiled warmly at him before patting him comfortingly on the leg.
"Thanks." Mike replied to the both of them and stared out of the window until they made it to the completion area. Getting out of the car Mike noticed that Artie had also arrived and was making his way over.
"Hey Mike ready to win this one?" Artie asked full of confidence.
"Yeah, Perry doesn't stand a chance." Mike agreed before they all started to make their way into the building. In the lobby the boys had split from their parents in order to meet up with the rest of the team.
"So, Brittany and I are dating now." Artie suddenly broke the silence.
Mike looked at him out of the corner of his eye, "Yeah, I noticed."
"I still can't believe how lucky I am to have a girl as beautiful and as popular as Brittany. I mean look at me, I'm in a wheelchair and I wear suspenders." Artie continued. Mike stayed silent. Was there a point to all of this?
Artie continued on despite Mike's silence. "There's just something so innocent about her and you know, I thought that I would have a hard time after Tina but Brittany has filled that gaping hole in my chest."
There it was; the point to this whole random one sided conversation. Mike sighed before stopping and turning to face Artie.
"Look, I know that Tina broke your heart and I'm sorry about that. I didn't know that she hadn't broken up with you when we got together. I know you got this thing with Brittany now and I'm happy for you, I really am but you shouldn't brag. It's very unbecoming." Mike stated before walking off and leaving a stunned Artie behind him.
Walking into the auditorium Mike's eyes narrowed, he had spotted his long time rival Jason Thompson. They had been rivals since the eighth grade when they were fighting for class rep, trying to get the highest test scores, trying to get the attention of the same girl, and who would get valedictorian. Mike shook his head to clear it of memories of that time and continued to make his way towards the stage. He wasn't very far from his destination when his path was blocked by none other than Jason himself.
"Michael." Jason said smugly.
"Jason." Mike replied and they stared at each other in silence for a few moments before Jason smiled.
"It must have just been my imagination but it almost seemed as if you were trying to walk past me without saying hello. But that wouldn't be possible because that would be incredibly rude of you." Jason said.
Mike sighed and resisted the urge to roll his eyes, "No, Jason why on earth would I want to do a thing like that."
"Exactly. Well, it is almost time for the event to start. I hope you're happy with being in second place."
"I wouldn't count me out just yet."
Jason laughed, "May the best man win then."
Jason stuck his hand out for Mike to shake which he did begrudgingly. As soon as he could Mike made his way to the stage and met up with the rest of his teammates that had already gathered. Taking his seat, Mike looked over to the audience and quickly spotted his parent and to his surprise Tina was there also. He sent them a quick wave and waited patiently for the completion to begin.
Mike ran up to his parents and proudly presented his new gold medal after giving Jason a friendly handshake. Mrs. Chang quickly wrapped him up in a tight hug and kissed him on the cheek, while his father patted him on the back.
"Congratulations." Mr. Chang said.
"Thanks." Mike replied. His mother finally let go of him and Mike saw Tina a few feet away waiting for him to finish up with his parents. Mr. Chang noticed where he was looking and smiled.
"Go on and talk to her. Your mother and I will see you at the house." He said while Mrs. Chang smiled in agreement.
"Be home by dinner, I'm making your favorites." Mrs. Chang said before his parents said goodbye and started making their way to the parking lot. Mike walked over to Tina and gave her a hug.
"I knew you were going to win." Tina said in way of greeting.
Mike laughed, "Thanks."
"So I guess we have some free time to spend together?" Tina questioned.
"Yeah, but I have to be home by dinner." Mike replied.
"Good"
They smile at each other before Tina takes his hand and they make their way to her car. Mike briefly wondered what they would end up doing but in the end as long as he spends time with his girlfriend it really didn't matter. Mike was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize that Tina had driven them to the park.
"What are we doing at the park?" Mike questioned.
"Well I wanted to spend some alone time with you and my parents are home." Tina answered.
"Oh." Mike shrugged and they started to wander down a random trail. It was silent as they both took in the scenery and Mike decided to take a hold of Tina's hand. It was quiet mostly, except for a few children playing at the playground but it was enjoyable. It was even more enjoyable when Tina decided to give Mike a celebratory make out session under a tree in a secluded area of the park. Tina dropped him off at his house some time later and Mike was sure that he walked into his house with the biggest smile on his face.
Mike walks into school Monday morning in an extremely good mood after the amazing weekend that he had. He walked up to his locker to get everything that he need for his morning classes when Tina walked up.
"Hey, what's got you smiling so much?" Tina asked smiling just as brightly.
"Well, there's this really cute girl. She nice and super smart and she helped me win my acadec competition." Mike said as he turned to face Tina.
"Is that so? That's very nice of her." Tina replied as Mike hummed in agreement before leaning down to give her a kiss.
Tina broke this kiss first, giving Mike a coy smile she turned and made her way to class. Mike sighed in contentment as he watched Tina walk toward her class when he noticed a blur of Cheerio red out of the corner of his eye. Turning around Mike saw Santana power walking her way down the hallway, pushing those that didn't move out of the way fast enough, as she made her way to class. It was then that Mike remembered that Santana was avoiding him; he had completely forgotten about her during the whirlwind of events that happened over the weekend.
In the locker room, Mike was getting ready for football practice when his thoughts went back to Santana; who was still avoiding him. He really didn't understand why and briefly considered cornering her the next time they had glee to get her to talk to him. Out of the corner of his eye Mike noticed Dave Karofsky staring at him before quickly turning away. Mike narrowed his eyes in confusion but brushed it off and grabbed his shirt to put it on. Walking out on to the football field Mike noticed the cheerios were already practicing on the far end of the field. They were in the process of building a pyramid and in the distance Mike could see Santana at the bottom and it was obvious to him that she was struggling to stay up. Mike sighed before turning to pay attention to Coach Beiste as she rattled off directions.
At the end of football practice Mike happily took off his helmet and wiped the sweat off of his forehead. Just as he was making his way over to the building Mike heard his name being called. Mike turned and saw Puck running up to him.
"Hey, you got a visitor." Puck said as he pointed behind him to the bleachers before entering the building. Mike looked over and saw Santana sitting on the bleachers staring at her shoes. He ran over and stood quietly in front of her as he waited for Santana to speak.
Santana looked up, "Hey, can we talk?"
"You're speaking to me now?" Mike asked. He didn't mean for it to come out as it did but he was a bit upset about her ignoring him.
Santana's shoulders sagged at his cold response, "I guess I deserved that. I'm…. I'm sorry for avoiding you."
"Why?" Mike blurted out.
"Why? Are you asking me why I'm sorry?" Santana asked.
"No, why did you avoid me? What did I do wrong?" Mike clarified.
Santana sighed and looked to the ground, "You didn't do anything. It's just; I'm not used to opening up and being vulnerable like that to anyone but Brittany. I didn't know what to do. I was embarrassed for crying in your arms like a loser."
"And so you just decided to avoid me and hope everything would fix its self?" Mike snapped. When he saw Santana fold even more into herself, he felt slightly guilty for losing his temper and decided to cut her some slack.
"I didn't think I'd actually feel bad about it, about ignoring you, but I did." Santana stated quietly and Mike completely softened at the admission. Mike slowly walked up the bleachers and sat next to her.
"I'm really sorry." Santana apologized again.
"I know. I forgive you but you can't just ignore me anytime things get awkward."
"Yeah, bad habit." Santana said.
Mike turned and looked at her, "You make a habit of ignoring all your friends?"
"No, I ignore my problems." Santana clarified.
"That's really bad." Mike replied.
"I'm working on it." Santana sighed out and they sat in silence for a few moments before Mike decided to speak.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah, go ahead." Santana replied.
"Why did Mrs. Sylvester put you at the bottom of the pyramid?" Mike asked.
Santana sighed, "Remember on the first day back, Quinn and I got into that fight?"
Mike nodded and Santana continued, "Well, Coach Sylvester has a very strict 'no plastic' rule and when Quinn told her that I got work done, I got demoted."
"Wow, that really sucks. I don't understand why she would punish you for something like that." Mike replied.
"Who knows what goes on in that woman's head. What pisses me off the most though is that Quinn completely stabbed me in the back in order to get ahead. So much for us being a family huh?"
Mike sat there silently as he absorbed the information that Santana just revealed to him. He was completely at a lost on how to respond but Santana broke the silence.
"I'm sorry but you stink."
Mike stared at her with his jaw dropped and noticed that Santana was leaning slightly away from him covering her nose. Mike lifted up his arm and smelled himself.
"What? I didn't get a chance to take a shower after practice, I came over to talk to you remember? Plus, it's not that bad, it's a manly smell." Mike said nonchalantly.
"It's disgusting. Go take a shower." Santana replied scooting away from him. Mike laughed at Santana's reaction. It was weird, Tina never seemed to mind if he didn't take a shower after practice, sometimes it seemed as if she liked the way he smelled but every girl is different it seems.
"Fine, I'll go take a shower." Mike chuckled before standing up and grabbing his helmet.
"Um, if it's not too much trouble, could I possibly get a ride home? Brittany left already since I waited to talk to you instead." Santana asked. Mike nodded and quickly ran off to locker room to clean up.
Riding in the car with Santana was certainly an experience. To be honest Mike didn't really know what to expect from Santana but he certainly didn't expect for her to not complain about him listening to country music; she even knew all the words to some of the songs.
"You listen to country?" Mike asked surprised.
"Yeah, I blame Brittany." Santana replied while looking out of the window.
"How so?"
"Brittany always says that I shouldn't be so judgmental about music. That all music is beautiful and I never know if I'd like something if I didn't try it first. I think it was after that that she turned the radio on to some random station that was playing country music and, well, I liked it." Santana explained.
"Wow, so did you just stop at that or find different type of music to listen to?" Mike asked.
"Nope, she got a kick out of actually finding something I liked and went on to trying to find a song for me to like from every country and every genre and every decade. Let's just say that's where my deep rooted dislike of show tunes comes from." Santana said and Mike burst into laughter.
Santana laughed along with him and gave him further directions to get to her house. Turning onto the street that would lead to her house, Mike noticed that the area was somewhat secluded and the houses had gotten bigger.
"You live in Lima Heights Adjacent?" Mike asked.
"Yeah, is that a problem?" Santana asked in return.
"No, just didn't expect it." Mike replied.
"My dad wanted to live here. I don't know why we couldn't just move to Lima Heights, it's not like we don't have enough money, but he didn't want to live in a gated community." Santana explained.
"Oh." Mike said and they continued on in silence. There was something very odd about this neighborhood; it was quiet, a little too quiet for his comfort. There weren't many people outside and those that were eerily stared at him as he drove past.
"Santana, what's up with the creepy people who stare at you?" Mike asked as he turned up the street.
"Don't know. They do that all the time, I barely notice it now." Santana stated while inspecting her nails. Mike stared at her incredulously; there was no way he could ever get used to this. This whole neighborhood gave him a bad vibe and put the hairs on the back of his neck on edge. Mike quickly pulled into her driveway and said goodbye to Santana as she exited the car and thanked him for the ride. He was not ashamed to admit to that he most definitely sped the entire way home.
Mike sat down at lunch the next day and felt really good about the day. He had passed his history test and got the highest grade on his physics presentation and felt as if nothing could bring his mood down. Mike happily bit into his pepperoni pizza slice and bounced in his seat as Santana sat down in front of him.
"What the hell are you so happy about?" Santana asked grumpily and violently stabbed at her food.
"I usually get really happy when I pass tests. It's a really good feeling you know?" Mike said as he continued to bounce.
"I wouldn't know, I'm a 'C' 'D' student." Santana replied nonchalantly.
Mike stared at her, "Is that something to be proud of?"
"Hey I worked damn hard for those grades and I won't let society's standards trivialize my hard work!" Santana snapped causing Mike to raise his hands in submission.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you feel bad about your grades." Mike said trying to calm the angry girl.
"I'm bad at tests okay, I try really hard but I just keep mixing things up." Santana continued to grumble.
"Well maybe I could help? Two heads being better than one and all that jazz." Mike said hopefully.
Santana sat silently and contemplated his offer for a moment, "Alright. That's sounds like something I could possibly do."
"Great! You could come over today after glee if you want." Mike offered excitedly, his bouncing starting up again.
"I didn't feel like studying today." Santana groaned.
"Oh, well, you could still come over. We could watch a movie or something or just hang out and goof off." Mike tried again.
Santana smiled, "Fine, I'll come over okay. You don't have to sound so desperate."
"Hey! I'm not that desperate." Mike pouted and Santana burst into laughter. Mike smiled at the sound and took another bite of his pizza. It was then that his skin prickled and he felt like he was being watched. Looking around the lunch room, Mike noticed that Kurt and Mercedes were watching the two of them with suspicious eyes. Mike sighed inwardly, was it really that big of a deal that he was friends with Santana?
Mike was making his way towards glee wondering what they would be doing today when he noticed Santana standing next to her locker looking troubled over the paper in her hands. Mike quickly walked over and when he neared her, Santana quickly turned the paper over.
"What was that?" Mike asked full of concern.
"Nothing." Santana said quietly, voice thick with tears.
"Come on Santana, whatever it is has you close to tears. What's wrong?" Mike asked trying to get Santana to look at him.
Santana stayed silent and stared at the floor as she handed him the paper in his hand. Mike realized that it wasn't just a piece of paper but a small packet.
"It's my math test." Santana said somberly.
Mike immediately knew that she had failed the test based on her demeanor but nothing could prepare him for what he saw when he flipped the test over. Staring at him in bright red ink was a big fat fourteen and a sad face. Mike continued to look down the error infested test and saw many simple mistakes and blank questions that littered the pages.
"Santana." Mike started sadly.
"It's nothing okay. I should be used to this by now." Santana sniffed and grabbed the paper out of his hands only to stuff it into her locker.
"But-" Mike started again but Santana cut him off.
"We're going to be late for glee." Santana said before closing her locker and walking away. Mike just sighed and slowly followed her to the choir room. He couldn't help but go over what was revealed to him. How could someone get a score that low and still say that they had studied? There had to be something more to this because right now, something wasn't right.
Glee was one big blur for Mike as he continued to rack his brain on Santana, her test scores, and how to help her raise her grades. Santana fared no better but she handled her frustrations in a completely different way; Mike was sure that she made Rachel cry, again. Needless to say, he was starting to notice a pattern; every time Santana was upset about something, she seemed to take it out on everyone around her. Before long glee was over and only Santana and Mike were left in the room.
"Why Rachel?" Mike asked suddenly.
Santana looked over at him, "Why her what?"
"Why do you target Rachel more than anyone else?" Mike clarified.
Santana shrugged, "She can handle it. Plus its super fun seeing that wounded look on her face every time." Santana explained.
Mike sat there silently and contemplated what Santana told him. He looked over and studied Santana and noticed how her eyes shifted around the room and she shifted uncomfortably; Mike had a feeling she was lying. Instead of calling her on it, Mike stood up and turned to face Santana.
"So, are you ready to go?"
"Yeah." Santana said as she grabbed her things and they both headed towards the parking lot.
Stepping into his house, Mike turned around and spread his arms out, "Welcome to my home."
Santana looked around at the spacious foyer in amazement, "Damn, and here I was thinking I was the only rich kid in glee. Why didn't you tell me you lived in Lima Heights?"
"No one needed to know. It's not exactly something I want to brag about." Mike shrugged.
Santana nodded in understanding and continued to look around the room. After a quick tour of the house Mike and Santana settled in the living room in front of the TV.
"So, I've got a couple of movies if you wanna watch one." Mike offered.
Santana walked over and silently browsed the various titles, "What's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World?"
"Only the best movie to come out this year." Mike said before grabbing the DVD and popping it into the DVD player. They both settled comfortably on the couch waiting for the movie to begin.
"So what's this about?" Santana asked.
"This guy, Scott, meets Ramona but in order for him to date her he has to defeat her seven evil exes." Mike summarized.
"Defeat?"
"Yeah, it's kind of like what life would be like if it was a video game." Mike said as he pressed play on the remote.
"Okay, what the hell did they do to the logo music?" Santana asked as soon as the movie started.
"I told you it's like a video game, now shush." Mike said. Santana finally quieted down and watched the movie and looked at Mike oddly when he started singing along with some of the songs.
"Seriously? This from the guy who supposedly can't sing." Santana grumbled.
"Shush, Envy is about to sing." Mike said getting ready for his favorite part. Santana rolled her eyes and turned towards the screen when the music started.
"Holy sweet Jesus." Santana gasped as soon as she laid eyes on the blonde singer.
Mike looked over and saw that Santana was captivated by the woman on screen and for a moment he thought he saw lust in her eyes but brushed it off as him seeing things. He turned back to the screen and kept watching until he felt Santana shift. Looking over again he saw that she was still staring at the screen but looked slightly uncomfortable as she rubbed her legs together. Mike narrowed his eyes in confusion and turned to the screen again to watch the end of the performance. Was it possible that Santana was turned on? Naw, she doesn't swing that way; does she? Mike shook his head to get rid of his line of thought. As soon as the performance ended Santana quickly paused the movie.
"What-"
"Bathroom break." Santana said quickly as she quickly stood and all but ran to the bathroom. Mike stared after her in confusion before shrugging his shoulders and got up to get a glass of water. Walking back toward the living room, Mike saw Santana sitting on the couch, looking way more relaxed, waiting for him to return.
"So how do you like the movie so far?" Mike asked.
"It's pretty good. Don't know much about video games but it's pretty cool." Santana replied.
"You don't play video games?" Mike asked looking scandalized, even Tina played a game every now and then.
"So what?" Santana asked.
"I'm going to have to fix that." Mike muttered as he started the movie, no friend of his was going to be completely clueless about videogames. They watched the rest of the film without interruption and was soon left sitting on the couch in silence.
"What was up with you and the singing Mr. I can't sing?" Santana asked suddenly.
"I can't sing but I can harmonize a bit." Mike explained. Santana just stared at him.
"There's a difference." Mike defended.
"If you say so."
"It's like, if I'm listening to a song most often than not I can sing along and get most of the notes right. If I'm trying to sing by myself, then chances are I'll be horribly out of tune." Mike explained further.
Santana nodded, "That makes sense."
"You don't mind if I turn on some music do you?" Mike asked suddenly.
"Nope."
Mike got up and turned on the stereo system. Music blasted through the speakers and Mike quickly went to turn the volume down.
"Hey I know this song." Santana announced.
"What?"
Santana ignored him and got up and started slowly dancing to the song, "-Mrs. Jones got a thing going on.We both know that it's wrong-"
Mike just stared in amazement as Santana sang the song word for word. He really didn't expect for someone his age to know songs from back in his parent's day. Maybe she really wasn't joking when she said Brittany was intent on finding all kinds of songs for Santana to like.
Mike smiled and turned to something a little more fast paced and dance appropriate before he started to bust a few moves himself. Santana laughed and muttered 'show off' before starting to dance herself. They continued on like this for a few more songs, laughing and trying to come up with the weirdest dance moves to outdo the other. Mike and Santana were currently in the middle of an intense robot dance battle, which he was totally winning, when Mrs. Chang walked through the door. Mike and Santana stopped what they were doing and turned to face her.
"Hello." Santana said politely
"Hello." Mrs. Chang greeted in return.
"Mom this is Santana. Santana this is my mom." Mike introduced.
"Oh, this is Santana. You never mentioned how pretty she is." Mrs. Chang said causing Santana to blush.
"Thank you." Santana said as she looked to the ground and scuffed her shoe on the floor in embarrassment, which caused his mom to 'awww'.
"How adorable." Mrs. Chang continued to coo and Santana smiled brightly. They were interrupted by Mr. Chang walking into the door.
"Well now, who is this?" He questioned.
"This is the mysterious Santana that we've heard so much about." Mrs. Chang explained and Mr. Chang's eyebrow's rose. Mike sighed; leave it to his parents to embarrass the both of them.
"Hello sir." Santana greeted, going so far as to shake his hand.
"Hello to you too, it's nice to meet you." Mr. Chang said smiling in return.
Mike parents quickly retreated further into the house to settle down and relax after a long day of work. Based off their reactions, it was safe to say that they liked Santana, which Mike was very happy about. What really shocked him the most was how polite Santana was to his parents; it was as if seeing a completely different person. Mike realized that Santana was more complex than he had originally thought.
"I didn't know you talked to your parents about me." Santana said.
Mike shrugged, "Well, you're my friend. I always tell my parents about my friends."
Santana didn't reply but she had the biggest smile on her face that Mike had ever seen. It made him slightly proud that he was the cause of it.
After seeing Santana home, Mike sat down at the dinner table ready eat and relax after this long interesting day. The three of them ate in silence for a few moments as they enjoyed their dinner but Mike was fully aware that his parents would soon start asking questions.
"Santana's nice. I see why you wanted to be friends with her." Mrs. Chang started while her husband nodded in agreement. Mike internally laughed; if only his mother knew what Santana was like at school.
"Yeah, I'm still learning things about her. There's a lot going on." Mike said.
"Oh? What's going on?" Mrs. Chang asked.
Mike sighed; of course his mother would pick up on that. Maybe it'll be okay to tell her but maybe not everything.
"Well, she's been sad lately. She's said that she's been going through some things lately but she hasn't told me much. I've just been trying to help her out." Mike said. It wasn't exactly lying and he even gave enough information for his mother to be satisfied.
"She seemed happy enough today." Mr. Chang commented.
"Sad thing is, that's the happiest I've seen her in weeks." Mike said quietly and the mood at the table was somber for a few moments.
"Well, I'm glad you're there for her then." Mrs. Chang said before they move on to happier topics.
Yay, the end of another chapter. So, I'm gonna take this time to talk to you a bit. Yes, I know that Tina is on the Brainiacs but that's when we see them at Regionals (if I'm remembering the episode correctly).I'll also admit that I know next to nothing about Acadec, besides that it's a school team. I just wanted to change a few things around, that and McKinley breaks the rules all the time (Brittany's last moment entrance into the team). Now, some people are probably wondering about Santana and her grades, there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for that (no I'm not going to tell you but kudos to you if you figure it out beforehand). Lastly, I'm must tell you guys that I did manage to find a job (Yay! me) but on the other hand that means less time for me to write. I will do the best I can to stay on schedule because I know two weeks is hella long to wait in fanfic world. As usual tell me your thoughts on the chapter; you liked, hated it, random conspiracy theories (I love those), what have you. Until next time.
