Twice the Trouble
Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to Glee or any of it characters.
Chapter 15
That evening after Rachel made it home she talked a bit with her family spending some time with the moms' since they were headed back to New York in the morning. They all teased her mercilessly about her crush on Santana and the fact that she'd just spent the last two days glued to the girl. After finally deciding she'd had enough and noticing the time she bid them all good night and headed up to bed.
When she was finally showered and settled in bed she picked up her phone debating with herself before she finally sent off a text.
Rachel-Santana: Were you serious about wanting to take a ride on my motorcycle?
Santana was just getting settled in for the night herself when her phone chimed with a new message and she smiled seeing who it was from. She read it and fired back an answer.
Santana-Rachel: Are you kidding me? Of course I was serious. That beast is sexy as hell and I would love to take a ride on it. I hope you were serious when you said you'd take me sometime.
Rachel bit her lip then sent off another text.
Rachel-Santana: How about a ride to school tomorrow?
Santana squealed in excitement and jumped out of bed hurrying down the hall to her mother's room sticking her head in the door. "Mami, is it ok for Rachel to give me a ride to school tomorrow?"
Maribel looked up from the book she was reading and smiled. "I don't see why not. You really didn't need to ask mija."
Santana looked at her apprehensively. "I'm asking because she's going to be picking me up on her motorcycle if that's ok."
Maribel thought for a moment. "How long has she been driving it?"
"Um… I think she said that her grandfather bought them for her and Royal when they were little and taught them to work on them then when they were old enough he taught them to ride. She's had a license for it since it was legal for her to have one."
Maribel sighed with a nod. "I suppose it's ok but you better tell her to be careful. I want you home on time to relieve Mrs. Ramirez and in one piece."
Santana ran to her and hugged her excitedly, "Thank you Mami, I love you."
Kissing her head she swatted her butt playfully. "I love you too. Now tell Rachel that she can pick you up in the morning then get to bed. It's getting late."
Santana beamed rushing out the door. "I will goodnight."
Back in her room Rachel was starting to get nervous that Santana hadn't answered back yet then jumped as her phone buzzed.
Santana-Rachel: Mami said it was ok so I'd love a ride to school tomorrow. I just have to be home in time to relieve Mrs. Ramirez with Mateo and she said for you to be careful and bring me back in one piece, lol.
Rachel-Santana: Will do and I promise to have you home on time and in one piece. I'll see you in the morning and don't forget to where your letterman. It gets kind of cold that early.
They sent a few more text back and forth then both headed off to bed.
The next morning Rachel was right on time and Santana ran out of the house when she heard the motorcycle in the drive. She waved to her mom and Mateo at the door and smiled as Rachel opened her saddle bag pulling out another helmet. "Good morning San, just put your stuff in here and throw this on."
Santana did as she was told then put on the helmet. "Morning Rae thanks for the ride. I've been dying to see what riding on this beast was like since the first time I saw you on it."
Rachel shifted forward a bit then Santana straddled the seat behind her. "Well I aim to please. Hold on tight."
She pulled out of the drive and after a quick wave to Maribel and Mateo they were off. When they were out of sight of the house Rachel sped up a bit causing Santana to laugh behind her and hold on tighter. They were both loving being on the motorcycle so close together. Santana loved the free feeling that came with the wind on her face but it wasn't long before Rachel pulled into the school and parked next to Royal's motorcycle.
They received a few weird looks but didn't notice and once they were both off Santana threw her arms around Rachel. "Thank you Rae that was awesome."
Rachel hugged her back then moved to get their things and put their helmets up. "I'm glad you like it. If you want, the next time you have a free Saturday or Sunday we can go for a longer ride in the country. We can even take Mateo if your mom is ok with him being in the side car."
"That would be amazing. I'll ask but it'd be nice to just have it be us. I love my brother but sometimes it's nice to just be a teenager you know? Anyway we better get in there before we're late."
The rest of the day was normal. They spent all their time, like always, together and with Royal and Quinn. At lunch time Rachel and Royal talked Santana and Quinn to ride with them to the diner to eat. Quinn loved the ride as much as Santana did and they had a wonderful meal. They made it back to school with no problems and the rest of the day was just a normal day. After volleyball they headed to glee and sat with Royal and the boys.
Kurt and Blaine opted to sit alone off to the side while waiting for Mr. Shue. Blaine was still a little upset with the competition and the way Finn just took over and Kurt was still apologizing and promising to never let anything like that happen again.
Finn and Mercedes sat scowling at them all. Mercedes was still mad about anything related to Rachel and Finn was plotting his next move to try and get Rachel away from the others and back to being dependent on him. His only saving grace this year was this new foreign exchange student that recently started the week before. He'd talked the kid into trying out for glee so he now had him to follow him around. For now the kid thought he walked on water and Finn was determined to keep it that way.
Mr. Shuester came in and set his things down tuning to the group. "Ok guys, I want to congratulate again Royal and Quinn who will be singing their duet for sectionals. Now we just need to come up with another duet/trio and a group number."
Tina raised her hand, "Mike and I were talking and we thought that maybe the runners up at the competition last week could be the second duet/trio."
Mike sat forward, "Yea, I mean we all did excellent for the most part." He said with a side glance to Finn, "we just figured that with all the hard work we put in that it would be good to do it that way then we only have one number to figure out and we have more time to perfect it all for sectionals."
Most of the others agreed and Will thought for a moment. "Well if we have majority vote on it I think I have the ballots in my bag here still so I can look and see who was runner up. Raise your hand if you agree that this is what you want to do." He looked around counting and all but Finn, Kurt and Blaine raised their hands. "Ok then give me a moment and I'll tally it up and see what our other number will be."
At that moment Sue walked in. "Let me help you out with that William. It will go faster."
All but the girls on her teams looked up shocked and Will sighed. "Oh by the way, Coach Sue will be in here with us for the time being as co-coach like last year."
Mercedes huffed crossing her arms. "She's just trying to ruin us again. This isn't fair Mr. Shue."
Sue turned to look at her. "Relax Wheezy, I'm just here to insure that the group with all of my head girls in it is successful. I can't have my girls associated with mediocrity and after what you all did for my sister last year I don't hate you nearly as much."
They all fell silent contemplating this as Sue and Will tallied the runner up then turned back to the group. "Alright, our runners up are, Rachel and Santana with No One from Ice Princess. You guys actually only lost by one vote it was very close." Will turned to right both duets on the board.
Mercedes stood. "This is crap Mr. Shue. How do we know that Sue didn't just plant those ballots to say what she wanted? I mean three of her girls are now featured in sectionals."
Sue shook her head. "That's because they're the best in all they do."
Will turned back around and sighed. "Mercedes I took those ballots with me as soon as the competition was over and they've been in my bag ever since. We didn't know that Tina and Mike would suggest for us to use the runner up and you did vote to do so as well so it's decided." He pointed to the white board, "These are our two duets for Sectionals so now let's put our heads together and find another song from a movie to sing as a group."
She didn't look much happier but Mercedes did drop it and they all pulled out laptops, tablets and phones to search for another number. By the time practice was over they still hadn't chosen and Will told them to keep looking and to bring their ideas back with them on Wednesday for practice.
Rachel and Santana left school with a wave to the others who were all headed to the diner to hang out. Rachel reved the engine and pealed out of the parking lot with Santana laughing loudly behind her. The ride home was fun but it ended too soon for either of them.
When Rachel pulled into the drive she parked setting the kick stand before Santana got off taking off her helmet. Rachel quickly got off as well and put up the helmets handing Santana her things from the saddle bags. She walked her to the door and followed her in when Santana motioned her too.
As she walked into the living room Santana smiled seeing Mateo looking so intent doing his homework knowing that the second he saw Rachel it would be totally forgotten. "I'm home Mrs. Ramirez."
The older woman looked at her watch and smiled. "You're a little early."
"Mr. Shue let us out a little early from glee." Santana said as she watched Mateo look up briefly then do a double take seeing Rachel.
"My Angel. Rachel did you come to eat dinner with us?" He said excitedly running up to hug her.
"I wish I could buddy but I have things my dads said I needed to do at home tonight but I'll definitely be hanging out a while on Saturday for your birthday party." She hugged him close then wrapped an arm around his shoulders as she turned to see Santana walking out the babysitter.
When Santana came back in she pouted sadly. "Are you sure you can't stay and eat?"
Rachel groaned internally. This girl would be the death of her and that damn pout was irresistible. "God put that away. I really wish I could but daddy told me to come home as soon as I dropped you off. Maybe later in the week I can. Do you want a ride to school tomorrow?"
Santana sighed, "I want one but I need to drive tomorrow. I have Cheerios before and after school and I know you have to be home for family night on Tuesdays."
They talked for a moment and agreed that Friday Rachel would pick her up and Santana walked her to the door after she settled Mateo to finish his homework. At the door Santana pulled Rachel into a tight hug, "Thank you for the ride today Rae. I really liked it."
Rachel smiled as they released then leaned in and kissed her cheek softly, "Anytime San, anytime. I'll see you tomorrow at school."
They said goodbye and Santana closed the door as Rachel pulled out of the drive and put her hand to her face where Rachel had kissed her. "Jesus," She said then shook it out and moved to start dinner.
The rest of the week was pretty uneventful. Rachel spent a lot of her time at home in the evening much to everyone else's displeasure, skipping out of their normal hang out and study times. Come Thursday she pulled Royal in to help her with the project that she had been working on and by Friday it was almost complete. Thursday night she sent out a mass text to their friends and had them all meet up with her early that morning before school. All but Santana because the project she was working on was a surprise. They all agreed and after an hour Rachel had what she needed and that night she completed it.
School had been a bore all week as well and by Friday they still hadn't decided on a group number for sectional. Rachel had a few ideas but she was waiting to see what the others came up with trying to avoid the inevitable fight that always came when she suggested something. Sue was not happy with the progress at all and by the end of the day Friday she told them they better have something by Monday giving Rachel a poignant look. Rachel had two songs that she thought would work and she had them all ready in files with the breakdown and music but she'd wait until after everyone else gave their ideas on Monday to bring them up.
Come Friday night she was happy to be out of school and going to Mateo's birthday party the next day to sing for the little guy and see Santana outside of school. They'd spent every day at school glued together like always but Rachel loved the time out of that place that they spent together.
As she readied herself for bed she smiled at the thought of spending most of the day with Santana and hopefully again on Sunday. With that thought she fell asleep quickly willing Saturday to come quicker.
A/N: Hello all, here is a new one for this story. I know it's been forever but know that I have a goal to have all of my stories updated by the end of the week. Up next the party and the girls get even closer.