Chapter 3
Monday. The worst day of Santana's life as she believed it was. Walking on the hallway to her father's office, everyone is giving her the looks and whispering about her presence. She glares at them before entering.
"Good morning papi." Santana greets her father who is on the phone talking to god-knows-who.
She seats in the chair in front of her father's table, and plays with her phone while waiting for her father.
"Good Morning Santana. It's nice to see you around here." Manuel Lopez said please with her daughter's appearance.
"It's about time." Santana said with sarcasm.
Her father rolls his eyes at her daughter's sarcasm then reach for the phone pressing some button before speaking. "Send over Clarisse, Santana is already here."
"What will I do here?" Santana asks still annoyed.
Before her father could answer there was a knock on the door and a blonde woman, most probably with the same age as Santana, and with the same height as hers, comes in.
"Good afternoon Mr. Lopez, Ms. Lopez" she nods in Santana's direction.
"Well Clarisse, I will Santana to you. Let her know everything she needs to do." Manuel Lopez instructed the blonde woman.
"And Santana, she's Clarisse Damson. She will be you assistant. You can go now." Her father said smiling at Santana hoping for her daughter to work hard as him.
"I can show you your office Ma'am." Clarisse tells Santana as she stands up from her chair following the blond girl. She cleverly check outs the blonde's ass and smirk. Knowing Santana Lopez, Clarisse should be afraid of what will happen next.
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"That is disgusting Santana. You are there to work. Not to sexually harass you assistant." Quinn yells at her in pure disgust.
"It's not harassment. She's willing to throw herself back at me." Santana smirks.
"That is so unethical. What will your father say about that if she happens to know about your dirty secret." Quinn reprimands her the way her mother does.
"It's not a secret. I doubt about that, she's a screamer when I went down on her. I doubt the whole department don't have idea what we've been doing." Santana said mocking Quinn as if she's so proud of what she and her assistant has been doing.
"Uhh! You're impossible." Quinn huffs in defeat and complete annoyance.
"Well, I am Santana Lopez." She brags before she even says more annoying things to Quinn her phone rings, her mother's name flashing at the screen.
"Mami?" she ask curious about the call.
"Oh Santana how are you Mija?" Her mom asks.
"I'm at Quinn's. Your call surprises me, what's up mami?"
"Nothing. Your father and I want to have dinner with you tonight. Please do come." After saying that, her mom hangs up on her.
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"Babe, are you okay? You've been spacing out lately." Tash notices as her girlfriend is staring at nothing again.
"Nothing. It's just, I'm not feeling well." She shrugs.
"Do you want me to drive you back to your apartment so you can rest well? I'll be leaving for work too."
"Uhmm okay." Brittany mumbles disappointedly. She was hoping her girlfriend will just stay with her and take care of her.
Lately, she had been thinking of that messy night. It was a shock for her to rudely splash a drink to someone even if that someone was so rude to her. The gorgeous brunette with hazelnut eyes have been present in all her dreams every time she sleeps, it's alarmingly weird. Suddenly, her phone rings without checking who the caller is, she answers it.
"Brittany!" Her mom said with excitement.
"Hi mom." She said less enthusiastically.
"What's wrong hun? You sound sad. Troubles in paradise I guess?"
"No mom. I just feel sick." I explain.
"That girl better watch her move. If she ever hurt you, I swear.." Brittany cuts her mom's rants.
"Seriously mommy, what's up?"
"Oh. I and your father just want to have dinner with you tonight. Do you want us to pick you up?" Her mother asks.
"Okay. Sure. I'll just sleep for a while then call me when I need to get ready. Love you mom." Brittany hangs up before drifting into sleep dreaming about a certain brunette again.
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Before meeting up with her parents, Santana decided to drop on her favourite pastry shop to buy some exquisite cake for her mother. She thinks that it will be great time to beg her mother so that she can go back to her old life and leave her office life.
She smiles triumphantly as she left the shop. But before she can reach her car her attention was caught by a couple entering the nearby diner hand-in-hand. She will never forget that brunette woman who made her discover what jealousy means. She was sure that she saw the brunette woman with another blonde. Excited on the thought that she'll be seeing the blonde once again, she made her way to the diner to secretly glance at the blonde.
She enters the diner and awkwardly scanned the area as if she's looking for an empty booth. To her disappointment she saw the same brunette but she was with another blonde. The couple was disgustingly throwing each other's tongue to one another.
Santana left the diner immediately, thinking that she was deceived by the blonde at the party. In a flash she smirks at herself setting up a plan on how to see the blonde, which had been driving her crazy for days, again.
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"Hello?" Brittany asks confused on why the hell she's talking to another girl using her girlfriend's mobile phone.
"Who's this?" Voice of a girl asks again.
"I'm Brittany, can I speak to Natasha?" she asks now annoyed.
"Wait a sec," the girl said then Brittany hears shuffling over the phone.
"Babe!" the girl yells, "some girl named Brittany wants to talk to you."
Brittany was in shock of what she heard. Her heart was racing.
"Hey babe!" Natasha stutters whispering on the phone.
"Who is that girl? And why are you whispering?" Brittany demands.
"Just some new staff here in the restaurant. And we are on a meeting that's why I'm whispering." Natasha said coolly but Brittany can still sense the nervousness from the other girl. She suddenly felt hurt from unknown reason.
"Okay.." She whispers defeated. "I just called to let you know that I'll be going to my parent's tonight and will just see each other tomorrow yeah?"
"That's absolutely fine babe," Natasha beams weirdly.
"M'kay better get going bye." She said buy before she even say 'I love you' Natasha already hanged up on her.
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"Mami! I'm home!" Santana screams as she enters the Lopez Mansion.
"In here!" Her mother shouts back from the pool area.
She walks straight where her mother's voice came from. She saw her mother and father discussing something in front of the prepared lunch.
"Mija! Come site." Her father invited motioning her to sit on the empty chair across them.
"So are you going to tell me that I don't need to work on your empire anymore? That will be the best news for today." She beams full of sarcasm.
"Sarcasm won't get you anywhere Mija," her mother warns her asking her to behave for once.
Santana mumbles and curses in Spanish.
"Stop the mumbling Mija, we have something to discuss with you. And were hoping for you to be open about this," Manuel said with authority.
"It is also a shame to hear about the gossip in your department that you've been harassing your assistant and to take note 'sexually'" Her mother air quotes the term for emphasize.
Disturb at the accusation threw to her, "It is not a harassment if she was willing to give herself to me." She said furious.
"Stop that, I expected you to respect my office. We worry about you that you won't change sooner. You are getting old for God's sake Mija." Her father said looking at her.
"Honey calm down," Maribel grips her husband's arm for him to relax. "…you too." She said looking at Santana.
"There is no easy way to say this," her father mumbles before looking back at Santana again. "Santanita, you know that we love you so much. We just want the best for you. So,"
"So?" Santana asks annoyed and confuse to where this discussion will be going.
"You are to be engaged with the daughter of our most trusty business partner. Before you say anything else, it's just an engagement. From there we will see if you two can handle marriage." Manuel said staring at her daughter worrying what will be her reaction. Of course, just what he and his wife expected.
"Are you crazy? Engagement? Marriage? Me, working at your empire is insanely a thing then that? Are you out of your mind?" Santana yells at her parents in disbelief.
"Calm down Mija," Maribel said reaching for her daughter's hand, "We just want the best for you. We just thought maybe if someone is force to be with you, you'll change and realize that everything in your life right now is a complete mess."
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"How are you darling?" Jane Pierce asks her daughter ",you look awful".
Brittany starts to tear-up. She knows that Natasha already explained to her but she still feels unsafe of the discovery and the way she became cold to her.
"It just Tash mommy. Misunderstanding." She mumbles sadly hugging her mother tightly.
"Oh darling, what you need is a break from her don't you think?" Her mother offers.
"I guess we just need some space. Maybe I'm suffocation her with our relationship. It's my fault for being a clingy girlfriend lately." Brittany defends her girlfriend.
"Then stay here so you won't feel alone in your apartment." Jane hugs her daughter before she motions her to follow her at the family room.
Brittany saw her father with a glass of alcohol she thinks by the color. She confusedly made her way to her father to hug her. Her father is somewhat in a deep thought, because he never drinks alcohol at home. He only drinks when he has something huge to decide on.
"Princess! It's nice to see you again." Her father beams at her.
"How are you daddy?" She asks instead of looking at her father, she looks straight to the glass of alcohol letting him know that she's asking what's bothering him.
"Ahh. You know just to calm my senses, work stuff." James Pierce explains to her daughter.
"You have to tell her James," Her wife jumps in the conversation looking so sad between her daughter and husband.
"What's the matter daddy?" Brittany asks worriedly.
"We have something to discuss with you Princess, I hope you understand everything we'll tell you." James said hopefully.
"M'kay," She said following her father on the couch and sitting next to him.
Before starting James reaches for her daughter's arm.
"Princess, we love you so much you know that right?" Brittany nodded "Our company is nearing bankruptcy.." it was a shock for Brittany.. "and to save the company, one of the most trusty business partner of our family offers engagement for their daughter in exchange to helping us." James Pierce is now tearing up seeing her daughter in pain.
"But how 'bout Tash daddy? I love her…" Brittany said now tears are streaming from her eyes.
"Baby remember how I said that 'bout of you need space from your relationship? You are hurting.." Her mother explains.
"And it is just and engagement, the Lopez family said that if both of you didn't work we will call off the wedding." Her father explains as if it will lessen the problem.
"Fine. I will do it." Brittany said with finality which shocked her parents.
"Are you sure honey?" Jane asks her daughter.
"Yes. I will help you with the company." She said hugging her father still hurt but with determination.
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