Seventeen
Two weeks. That's how long it had been since Santana and Dani had finally plucked up the courage to tell each other how they really felt. It was also two weeks since they'd had their first kiss, and since then (whenever they found themselves in the privacy of Santana or Dani's bedroom), they hadn't really stopped kissing each other. There was something about kissing the shorter girl that Santana couldn't resist. And when they were at school, it was all she could do to stop herself from grabbing the blonde haired girl and kissing her senseless. Santana found kissing Dani to be quite addictive.
It had been a week since their first date, when Santana had taken Dani to Cleveland so that they could finally go to The Metro Parks Zoo since their last endeavour there hadn't actually ever happened. It had only been a short amount of time, but both of the girls had definitely enjoyed the time they had spent together. If Santana had to sum up those weeks using just one word, she'd probably pick the word perfect, and Dani would have to say the same herself.
Dani found it easy to go out with Santana, everything seemed easier with Santana, well, whenever they were outside of Lima, that is.
Whenever the pair found themselves outside of their small conservative town, Dani had no problems with being affectionate towards Santana, if she wanted to kiss her, then she would, and if she wanted to be cuddly with her, then she definitely would be. She found it easy because she didn't care what those people outside of Lima thought, they didn't know her, and she sure as hell didn't know them. She knew that the odds of never seeing those people again were most definitely in her favour.
And whenever they were outside of Lima, Santana loved the affection and the attention that Dani would throw her way, it made a refreshing change to the small glances and the odd wink that Dani would give her while they were at school. The only time that Dani ever gave Santana any physical contact while they were at school was when they were sat on the back row, in the very far corner of the glee club, where she knew no one was looking at them, and even if they were, where she knew they wouldn't be able to see them holding hands.
There was however, one problem, and that was that Dani always seemed to become more reserved around groups of males. It wasn't that Dani have anything against men, really, because she didn't. It was just that, she knew how they could get with these types of things; she'd had some pretty inappropriate comments and some very inappropriate propositions made to her in the past when she'd been out with her ex-girlfriends. Of course, she knew that not all men did these types of things, but the select few that had, had definitely shaped her way of acting whenever they were near them.
But even though those things had happened, she never hid the fact that she was out with Santana as more than just friends, she just wouldn't kiss her as much in those situations.
The days that they didn't leave Lima were different, if they weren't going anywhere (which more often than not they didn't go anywhere), they would just have simple movie nights with each other, these were usually held at Santana's house Monday-Thursday and at Dani's house Friday-Sunday. They'd worked out which days they'd have the most privacy and where.
But when they were at Santana's house, Dani was far too scared to do more than just peck Santana on the lips, once or twice, especially if Santana's mom, Maribel, was in the house, which half of the time she was.
They still spent the best part of their days together, what with school, then going over to each other's house, and their road trips on a Sunday or Friday or Saturday night, but now instead of them just being friendly encounters, they had become 'date nights' or 'date days'. Since their first date, Dani had taken Santana out once. They had gone to Columbus on Friday, Dani had made sure that they would be no where near her parents' office building when she chose to take Santana to the movies and then for dinner at a small Italian restaurant, not unlike Breadstix.
All in all, in the space of those short weeks, they'd spend a lot of time with each other- just like they had since the very first weekend that Brittany left- they'd only been out on one other 'official date' and they weren't officially girlfriends yet either. Since neither one of them had actually asked that both wanted to, very much, but every time the chance arose, nerves would always get the better of them, causing them to back out and ask the other a stupid question that they didn't actually want, or need, the answer too.
Which was getting very tedious for both of the girls.
Monday morning seemed to come around all too quickly for their liking, their weekends were only getting better; they got to spend more time with each other on those days, doing things they otherwise wouldn't. They both just hated having to put up with going to school in between those times.
The thing that Santana hated most about school, was that no one knew about Dani, so she couldn't act on her feelings for the girl, which, is all she ever really wanted to do.
Santana made a disgusted noise at the back of her throat when she heard the alarm on her phone ringing out, signalling that it was once again time for her to get up for grabbed her phone and instantly put her alarm on snooze for just ten more minutes, frowning at the time. She hated waking up early in the mornings, well, unless there was a certain blonde haired girl lying next to her. Then she could handle the early mornings.
She sighed and laid herself back down on her bed and placed her phone on top of her stomach, she closed her eyes once again. Just has she was about to drop back to sleep, her phone buzzed. She opened her eyes quickly and sighed, picking her phone up once more. Seriously? This has better be someone or something very important!
Santana unlocked her phone and smiled when she saw Dani's name on her screen, okay, so she's forgiven. She quickly deactivated her alarm and opened Dani's text message.
From Daniellaaar
Good morning you… how are you feeling today? xxxx
Santana twisted her mouth in thought and quickly changed Dani's name in her phone book. She was still going to call her 'Daniellaaar' that wasn't going to suddenly stop, but for some reason, she didn't feel like that should be Dani's name in her phone book anymore.
She quickly edited Dani's contact details before sending her reply. She just hoped that Dani would edit her contact details as well. Dani had shown her a couple of days ago that she had her down as 'Sandbags' in her phone book, just like Santana had thought she would.
To Dani
Good morning, I'm great thanks… I'm a little tired, but I'll survive the day… how are you? :) xxxx
From Dani
I'm great… looking forward to this next glee assignment; I'm hoping it's actually something good this time around. :) xxxx
To Dani
It won't be… it never is xxxx
From Dani
Well that sucks then… but I'm sure you'll find a good song either way :D… anyway, I'm gonna go get ready for school… I'll see you soon :) xxxx
To Dani
Yeah, I guess… okay then, see you out at the car xxxx
Santana locked her phone and pushed herself up out of her bed. She took extra care with how she looked that morning; she already knew that on some level she had impressed Dani. They were dating after all, and Dani had said on countless occasions since their first kiss that she thought Santana was gorgeous. But still she wanted to make sure that Dani thought she looked good, she'd gotten her to think that already and she wanted her to keep thinking it. So she would do everything in her power to make sure that happened.
Santana was already waiting by her car by the time Dani left her house, her blonde hair tied into a messy bun on top of her head, with some tendrils of hair hanging loose to frame her face. She smiled and waved her hand when she saw Santana; she locked her door quickly before making her way across the yard to get to the taller girl.
"Look at you, lady." Dani said, "Looking very beautiful today." She said smiling; she looked around them quickly before standing on her tiptoes to give Santana a quick kiss before she walked away from her to the other side of the car waiting for Santana to unlock the doors.
Santana smiled at the shorter girl. "Thank you," she said, "You look very nice, too." She said as she and Dani both climbed into her car.
Dani shrugged, "Thanks, I'm glad you think I look good." Dani said, she sighed and smiled at Santana. The taller girl didn't miss Dani's quick glance around the small amount of mess that was visible in her car.
"Are you gonna make me clean this like you made me clean my room?"
Dani shrugged, "Probably," she admitted with a small smile, "I think it needs doing," she said, "but I suppose I can live with it, you're not that bad… I know worse people for mess."
"Shut up Monica or else I'm not driving you."
"Oh no." Dani said sardonically, "However am I going to get to school?" She asked, "It's not like I have my own car or anything." she said, sarcasm dripping off of her every word.
oOoOo
That day seemed to speed past them both, neither could say why, but they were just thankful that it had, it meant they were one day closer to being able to go out on a date again.
They had sped through their first lesson that day, which they had separately. They had been texting each other through out it, Dani had almost had her phone confiscated from her in more than once in English, which when she found out about it, Santana had found hilarious.
They both rushed to Spanish class, sitting at the back near the window it was easier for them to talk to each other this way, the further away they were from Mr. Martinez, the better. Once again, Santana decided that she wanted to whisper things in Dani's ear while the shorter girl tried to concentrate on her work. She was definitely making it difficult for the blonde haired girl.
Lunch was different for the two girls, Dani had told Santana that she wouldn't be sitting with her and the other glee kids, and that she'd be spending her lunch hour with her other friends, Santana had let out an exasperated sigh and had given Dani a reluctant okay as her response. She wanted to spend as much time with the girl as possible, just like always, but now that they were maybe more than just friends- and had to wait a whole week for their dates, Santana wanted to spend even more time with the shorter girl.
Santana was sat facing Dani's usual table, just like she had since they first started talking, she was waiting for the shorter girl to make an appearance, usually during this hour they would throw stupid faces in each other's direction when they thought no one else was looking. Unbeknownst to either of them, the glee club hadn't been so blind to their little actions.
Santana couldn't see Dani anywhere, she knew that she'd sit there eventually, it was too cold for her to be sat outside singing today- she usually saved doing that for the spring and summer months.
Santana was pulled from her train of thought by the sound of an all too familiar voice, "What are you looking for?" Quinn asked.
Santana opened her mouth to say something before she was cut off by Kurt, "Or is it more of a; who are you looking for?" He asked.
"Nothing," Santana said, she rolled her eyes slightly, "And no one." She said, Quinn gave her a disbelieving look, "I'm honestly not looking for anyone, I was just looking straight ahead."
"Sure and straight ahead just so happens to be in the direction of Danielle Mitchell's usual table?" Puck asked, "Don't worry about it lesbro, you're not the only one who does that." He admitted shamelessly.
Rachel nodded her head, "We see you looking over there a lot… we also see her looking over here a lot." She said, "You don't have to lie about having a crush on her."
"Yeah." Blaine said, "Even if rule number one for a lesbian is 'never fall for a straight girl'." He said.
Santana widened her eyes. "I didn't know being a lesbian came with rules and regulations... and I really wasn't looking for her," she lied.
Rachel nodded, "You were, you like her it's cute… I can see why you would, she is rather pretty and she can sing, and she does seem like a really nice girl. The only problem is she isn't on your team."
Everyone of them had noticed just how close Santana and Dani seemed to be now, they had been watching Santana for the past few weeks since Brittany left, just to make sure that she was okay, and for the most part she had seemed it, because for the most part she had had Dani by her side to ease things for her and to help her though it.
They had watched them as they arrived to school together, and left school together, they watched Santana watching the blonde girl during lunch and they had all seen how Santana had watched her while she had auditioned for the glee club.
"Guys, I wasn't looking for her… and I don't like her in that way. We're just friends." She lied.
"Well either way, it's pointless looking that way for her over there because here she comes," Mercedes said nodding her head in the direction of the blonde girl walking towards them. Santana snapped her head round so fast that she was sure she had given herself whiplash, still it was worth it to see Dani walking to words her wearing her beaming smile.
Santana didn't have time to say anything to the other girl; she walked past Santana, messing her hair up as she passed her. Santana let out a small huff as she heard Dani chuckle as she walked passed the table.
"What the hell was that all about?" Tina asked, she looked over her shoulder to see Dani sat with her usual gaggle of friends, throwing herself into the conversation with ease.
"That is just Dani being… Dani," Santana said as she tried to straighten out her hair, she looked over towards Dani's table and narrowed her eyes at her jokingly.
Dani winked at Santana, which as per usual, made the taller girl's heart flutter and turned her cheeks a light shade of pink, "Oh my god! You're blushing at something!" Rachel said grinning like the Cheshire Cat, she looked over her shoulder quickly just in time to see Dani looking back towards one of her friends, with a small smile on her face.
Santana shook her head firmly, she didn't even know what she was trying to lie about it; the evidence was literally all over her face, "I'm really not." She said weakly.
"You really are, you looked over there and now you're blushing," Rachel said, "I knew you liked her and once again, I think it's really cute. You like her and she can make you blush."Rachel said, "if only she wasn't straight." Rachel said, "I could set it up."
"I don't blush." Santana said, "And there's nothing to set up." Santana said.
"You say you don't blush, but you definitely are." Puck said, he shrugged his shoulders, "I dunno why though," he said, looking towards Dani's table to see the blonde girl glancing in their direction. "She's clearly checking me out." He said cockily.
Santana scoffed, "Yeah keep telling yourself that one, Fuckerman."
oOoOo
Santana and Dani got to the choir room before Mr Schuester was even there, the only people in the room were, Rachel and Jesse (we as per usual were fawning all over each other). Kurt, Mercedes, Tina, Quinn and Puck.
"Hey guys." Santana said, the six other teenagers turned their heads to face the two girls, Dani smiled at them all and followed Santana to two spare seats on the front row.
Dani shrugged out of her jacket and dropped her bag to the floor with a loud thud. She looked down at the bag quickly and glanced up at Santana turned her mouth down. "Shit." She mumbled. She quickly looked through her bag, making sure that nothing had been damaged when she dropped it down.
"Smooth." Santana said, "So smooth." Dani scowled jokingly at her.
"Hey, Dani." Puck said, he sent the shorter girl a beaming smile before he looked at Santana and sent her a devilish wink, Santana rolled her eyes and shook her head, she figured that she'd let him have this. Dani clearly wasn't going to be interested in him; he was lacking in certain things that Dani looked for in a partner.
"Hi." She replied smiling at him, leaning around Santana so she could see the boy better.
"How are you?"
Dani nodded her head slightly, "I'm great thanks, how are you?" She asked.
"I'm great, too."
"Good." She said before looking away, she shifted in her seat so she could pull her phone from her back pocket.
"Snubbed," Mercedes mumbled, shaking her head and laughing.
"Rejected," Rachel said quietly, in a sing-song style of voice.
He shook his head, "I didn't get rejected," he huffed, he took a deep breath and looked back to where Dani was sitting, she was still looking down at her phone, chewing on her bottom lip, Puck opened his mouth to say something to the blonde haired girl, just as Mr Schue walked through the door, stopping him before he had chance to even get the first syllable out of his mouth.
"Hey guys, how are you all?" He asked, Rachel was the first one to answer him, launching into her story about how her day had been.
Santana rolled her eyes and looked at Dani who was still playing with her phone, "What 'cha doing?" Santana asked her, studying the shorter girl's face.
"Texting Adriana, she's just told me she's coming back for Thanksgiving and Christmas, at first she was only thinking about coming back for one and not the other." She said, "So now, I'm telling her about how Casey and Ashley are coming for Christmas break with their mom because their dad ran out on them," she replied in a quiet voice.
"Oh."
"Yeah, but Aid isn't too happy about that, obviously, she dislikes them about as much as I do." She admitted, "Maybe more actually," she shrugged. "But there's nothing we can do about it... mom said yes, so now we've gotta live with that."
"Oh… okay."
"Why you think I was texting some other girl?" She asked teasingly, keeping her voice at a level that only Santana could hear.
"Wouldn't put it past you." She said, Dani quirked her eyebrow at the other girl, "You've gotta have a long list to get through, I mean, look at you." She whispered.
Dani rolled her eyes; she opened her mouth to say something but was cut off by the choir room door swinging open and the rest of the glee club walking in.
When the remaining members of the glee club arrived and took their seats, Mr Schuester clapped his hands together excitedly, "Okay, guys, this weeks assignment is…." He said pausing for 'dramatic' effect, which in reality only served to annoy the majority of the glee kids. "Men of the eighties." He said smiling happily.
He walked over to the board and wrote down the assignment title before turning back around and grinning at them all. "Urgh, men." Santana said jokingly rolling her eyes, Dani chuckled from beside her and nodded her head in agreement.
"Tell me about it." She sighed, "You can't live with 'em… I could probably live without them though." She said with a small shrug earning herself a small amount of laughter from the other girls in the club.
If only they all knew just how accurate that is Santana thought.
"Just typical," Quinn said, "Of course a male teacher would want us all to celebrate the achievements of men." She shrugged her shoulders slightly.
"Alright, alright." He said chuckling slightly, "There's no need to get like that, because next week we're looking at the other side to this and we're doing ladies of the eighties." He said, "But this week, all you have to do is choose a song by a male artist from the eighties, this can be a solo artist, a boy band or a band that has a male lead singer, so long as it is from the eighties and was originally performed by a male."
oOoOo
"Well, once again I am stumped as to what song I'm gonna pick." Santana sighed, "Next weeks will hopefully be easier, but I won't lie, I'm not such a huge fan of eighties music." Santana shrugged.
"I love it." Dani said, "And I already know what artist I am picking, I just don't know what song of his to sing, I'm flipping between three in my head." Dani admitted.
"Yeah, what are they?"
"I'm not telling." Dani said.
"Why not?"
"Because I don't want to, what if I change my mind again last minute like I did with my audition song?" Dani said, "Then you'll just be all confused, and questioning." She sighed, "I can't have that," she shrugged.
"Well, can you at least tell me what artist you are thinking about doing?"
Dani twisted her mouth before sighing and saying, "Fine… it's not set in stone, but I'm thinking Billy Idol." She said with a small shrug, "As soon as he said men from the eighties, he came into my mind."
"Billy Idol, I can see why you'd pick him." Santana said, "He seems like your kind of guy."
"Yeah if I was into guys he would be." She admitted with a small shrug. "I think he's like my guy crush." Dani said.
Santana gave Dani a bemused smile, before saying, "I have no idea what I wanna sing, I don't wanna sing anything by males of the eighties." She sighed and ran a hand through her hair as she waited at the traffic lights.
"If you need any help finding a song, I'm available to help you." She said.
"I will find something," Santana said, "I just probably won't sing until the Friday so I have longer to find one… if I do get really stuck I'll come to you for help," she said.
"You can come to me any time." She said smiling.
"Thanks. I do just have one question though," she said, Dani quirked her eyebrow at her, "Will you play the guitar while I sing?"
"Can I do that?"
Santana nodded her head; "Yeah there's nothing even stopping us singing together if we really wanted to… so will you play while I sing?"
Dani nodded her head. "Yes I will do that for you, if you really want me too."
"I do, I love it when you play the guitar," Santana shrugged, "it's pretty hot."
oOoOo
"I really hate that I'm not gonna get to spend any proper time with you until Sunday," Dani said pouting slightly.
Santana chuckled and shook her head, "Dan, you're gonna see me everyday up until then… it's not like you're not gonna see me until Sunday." She said shaking her head.
"Yeah I'll be spending time with you, but not the way that I want to be." She admitted. Santana smirked slightly; she knew all too well what Dani was getting at.
"Well…" Santana said drawing out the word, "we don't have glee on Wednesday… my mami and papi are both out that night, so I guess you could come over, we could watch a movie and we could spend time with each other the way that you want to."
"Oh… only the way the I wanna… so you don't wanna spend time with me like that?" Dani challenged, quirking her eyebrow slightly.
"No I do." Santana said a little too quickly for her liking, Dani chuckled and shook her head. "I mean… I do, I guess." She said, trying to sound nonchalant. She wrapped her arms around Dani's waist pulling her closer towards her.
"Shut up." Dani said good-naturedly. She smiled slightly and nodded her head, "Wednesday sounds great." She said, Santana smiled and leaned down to capture the shorter girl's lips with her own. Dani placed her hands on either side of Santana's face.
She moved her hands back into Santana's hair, her fingers getting tangled in Santana's thick locks, as the taller girl slid her tongue into Dani's mouth. Santana tightened her grip on Dani and pulled her impossibly close to her body.
Just as Dani let out a low, quiet moan, her bedroom door swung open and banged against the wall, "Hey Dan can I-"
The sound of her brother's voice, mixed with the loud bang the contact the door made when it crashed against the wall pulled Dani away from the taller girl, she jumped back slightly, her heart hammering in her chest.
She took a deep breath and placed a hand on her hip, she turned her head to face the younger boy, "Jesus Christ, Will!" She said giving him a questioning look, he could see how flushed her face was, he looked between the two girls awkwardly, "Seriously what the fuck do you want?" She asked.
"God, Relax Dan," he said, "I only came up here to get a DVD for Luke and me to watch," he said, "he wasn't in the mood to watch Star Wars or Lord Of The Rings," he explained, "He said that you have the better DVD collection, and I hate to admit it but you really do." He said, "I did originally try and get him to come in here, but he daren't." He said, "The crush he has on you is getting out of control now… so I had to come and get it… and good job I did right?"
"Well okay then," she said, still sounding slightly pissed off with the boy, "Just please hurry up and pick something, and in future, maybe you could knock before you just barge in here." She said with a small shrug.
"How the hell was I supposed to know you were getting your mack on?" He said, "Maybe in future you could tie something around the door knob, that or put a hat on it… you know, the universal signs for do not disturb, we're busy." He said.
"Will, that's not the point," Dani said, "The point is that you and your friends never knock, you all just walk straight in here… one of these days one of you is gonna walk in on something you really don't wanna or shouldn't see." She said, "Jonah and Kyle have already both seen me in just a bra and a pair of jeans, you need to stop them."
"Well that's not our fault," he said, "maybe you should know better in a house full of people." He said, "And maybe you should get changed a little faster, that or you shouldn't just sit in your underwear." He said, trying his level best to defend himself and his friends. Dani sent him a warning glare; the younger boy sighed and rolled his eyes, "Fine… I'm sorry, next time I'll knock, and I'll make sure that the other's do, too." He said.
"Thank you…" Dani said, she turned back to look at Santana who stood watching them both awkwardly, "Now can you please hurry up and go." She urged him.
"Okay." He said, he quickly dropped to his knees to look in the drawer under Dani's bed, he looked through her DVD collection as quickly as he could before picking one up and smirking slightly, he stood up quickly. "Black Swan, I'm taking this."
Dani furrowed her eyebrows at him, "Why the hell would you wanna watch that?" Dani asked, she instantly regretted asking her brother that question, knowing all too well what his response would be.
"Really?" He said, "You'd think that you'd get why," he said, he looked down at the box in his hand before looking back at Dani, "I'm just gonna say it in very few words," he said, "Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman and that scene."
"Just get out." Dani said pointing at her door.
He smiled at the two girls before saying, "Well, I'll leave you two to continue your fun then," he said, he walked to Dani's door turning on his heel just before he opened it, "Oh and Dan, next time, try and practice some self control, that or do all of this somewhere a little more private." He said, "I could just have easily been dad," he said before leaving the room.
Dani turned back around to face Santana, "So he knows about us then?" she asked, looking at Dani.
She nodded her head slowly, "Yeah he knows." She said, "He found out just after our first date when I got home." She said, "I honestly didn't wanna tell him, I was gonna leave it for a little while," she said. "But God he just kept hassling me about it," she explained, "So obviously I told him that we'd been out on a date, but that was it." Dani said, "Have you said anything to anyone?"
Santana shook her head, before rolling her eyes and nodding her head slightly, Dani quirked her eyebrow at the other girl, silently asking her to continue. "Well, I haven't said much," she said, "I'm not gonna lie to you, I've told Carmen about every single one of our dates, but that's all I have said to her." She admitted, "I haven't mentioned any names, just that I'm kind of dating this really hot girl." She said, "I've told her I can't tell her your name because you're scared of what people will think, and she's accepted that about you." She said nodding, "She's not hassling me about it, just keeps checking up on me to see if I'm still dating you." She admitted, "It's not my place to tell people about you anyway… if you were open about who you are, God I'd be screaming it from the rooftops, but you're not, so I haven't and I won't."
Dani sighed, "Okay then." She said, "Well thanks," she shrugged, "Though I can't say I'd have minded too much about you telling Carmen; she's not here to say anything to anyone… y'know… so, because Will knows…. I suppose if you wanna tell her then, I guess you can."
Santana sighed, "Dani I'm not gonna tell her yet, not if you only 'guess' that I can… that kind of tells me you don't want other people to know about this, so I can wait." She said, "And I will wait until you are one hundred percent sure that I can tell people."
Dani sighed and nodded her head, "Okay then." She said.
"Okay?"
Dani nodded her head a little more confidently this time, "Yeah… okay," she said leaning up to place a chaste kiss on Santana's lips.
oOoOo
"So you and Santana Lopez." He said. Dani looked up from what she was doing and nodded her head slowly, "So you got a girlfriend then?" Dani shook her head, "Looks to me like you do."
"Nope." She said, "That hasn't been established yet, so technically, she's not my girlfriend nor am I hers… we're still just friends." She said.
"Friends who like to ram their tongues down each other's throats?"
"She didn't ram it down my throat she-" Dani stopped her self from speaking and held her hands up, "You know what, not even gonna finish that sentence." She said, "There's no point."
"But she is your girlfriend though."
"No she isn't." Dani said, "She hasn't asked me and I haven't asked her… so if we wanted to see other people, right now we could, so say I meet a girl tomorrow who I like, she asks me out, I can say yes," she explained, "If Santana was my girlfriend, I'd have to say no." She said.
"Whatever Dan," he said shaking his head, "I think you'd be a great couple," he said, "You know I want it to happen, I was the one who told you to make a move after all, and I was right in doing so."
"Are you ever gonna let me live that one down?"
He shook his head, "Probably not… maybe you need to make another move, you know ask her to-"
"Ask who what?" Adrian said as he walked into the kitchen.
"Nothing." Will said giving their dad a weak smile.
"DJ?" He said, turning to look at his youngest daughter.
"Nothing." She said shaking her head slowly. He quirked his eyebrow at his daughter giving her a knowing look, she sighed and rolled her eyes, "Look its just… girl stuff." Dani said.
Adrian looked between his children; he pointed at Will and said, "Should I be worried you're included in 'girl stuff'?" He asked.
"No." Dani answered quickly, snapping their father's attention back onto herself, "He only knows about girl stuff because he over heard a Skype conversation I had with Adriana." She lied.
"Oh."
"Yeah." Dani nodded her head, "So he's trying to give me advice, but his advice sucks." She said glancing back at her brother.
"Last time I gave you advice on this stuff it paid off, didn't it?" Using the exact same tone Dani just had.
"Yeah, but there are only so many times that you can be right with this stuff… that and I don't wanna be the one doing all the work in this relationship." Dani said.
"Technically it won't be work if it pays off and is to your benefit." Will said, "Plus, you make such a great couple."
"No... I made the initial move, though." Dani said.
"And you might have to make this one, too... you're not the only one who gets nervous and scared, y'know?" They both looked at each other, their brown eyes never leaving the others.
Adrian sighed and shook his head, "You two spend too much time with each other." He said. "You need to find a girl," he said pointing to Will, he looked back at Dani "And you…" She looked up at him and gave him a questioning look, he sighed and shook his head, he walked to where Dani was standing and pulled her closer to him. "Clearly, this guy isn't worthy of you, if he's making you put in all the work."
"It's not like tha-"
"Please never settle for any man." He said.
Dani widened her eyes slightly, "Don't worry about that happening." Dani said smiling slightly, "I promise I will never settle for any man… I won't settle for anyone or anything in general, but definitely not a man."
"I like that you've always been independent… please don't change." He said; he kissed the top of Dani's head before walking away from his children.
"Hey... maybe is he finds out you have a girlfriend it won't be too bad… you wouldn't be settling for a man at least." Will said in a joking tone of voice.
"Shut up."
oOoOo
Next day, Dani had finally been persuaded to do something in gym class, she hadn't done much, but Shannon had viewed it as a large victory on her part. During the game of basketball, Dani had played, she hadn't run though, she had walked around the court waiting for people on her team to throw her the ball, which they rarely did.
Coach Sue and Coach Beiste had both watched over the lesson that day, hardly anyone from Shannon's class had bothered to bring their gym clothes, so they had to banned together with Sue to make even numbers for the teams. Sue had been less than impressed with Dani's efforts, every time Sue made a negative comments towards the short girl, Shannon had replied with 'baby steps with this one Sue, its all baby steps'.
"Hey, Dan," Santana said once they were back into their normal clothes and heading for the glee club, "You actually did gym today," she said, "You sucked big time, but you still did it." She said good-naturedly.
"Look, I told you that sports are not my thing," she replied shaking her head, "Especially basketball," Dani said, "Not only does that involve, running, catching and throwing things, it also includes throwing things into high up objects, which isn't much fun for a short person."
"Dani you didn't even do anything," Santana said chuckling slightly, "You literally walked around the court."
"To quote Coach Beiste, 'Baby steps with this one, its all baby steps' at least someone understands me," Dani with a small shrug.
"Laziness with this one, it's all laziness." Santana joked shaking her head, "It was amusing to watch Sue get annoyed with you though." She said, "That was really fun, I could stand to watch that again."
"Fuck you." Dani said smiling.
Hmm," Santana said thoughtfully, "Maybe one day… if you're lucky enough," she shrugged. Dani let out a breathy laugh before walking into the choir room.
oOoOo
"No." Santana said, feeling slightly exasperated, "I've told you, I'm over that now." She said.
"Yeah I know that you say that, but what I am saying here is that everyone knows the best way to get over someone is by getting under someone else." Puck said, "So maybe you're over it a little but all you need really is a volunteer, then it would push those feelings for Brittany totally aside."
"They've gone, trust me." Santana said, glancing up at Dani slightly, watching her as she sat at the piano while Rachel talked to her relentlessly.
"Hey yeah." He said, "There's an idea," Puck said grinning mischievously, "What about Dani!" He said, raising his voice slightly to get the other girl's attention, Santana widened her eyes before turning her head and glaring at Puck.
"What about me for what?" Dani asked, she got up from the piano stool and walked towards them, looking between Puck and Santana suspiciously.
"It's nothing really," Puck said with a small shrug, "I was just saying that I think Santana really needs to get la-"
"Puck I swear to God." Santana warned him.
"No, Puck carry on please, I'm pretty curious now." She said smiling slightly, when she saw the flush on Santana's face.
"I was just saying that Santana really needs to get laid," he said, "Basically, I think to get over Brittany she needs to get under someone else, namely you." He said, "So what do you say?" He teased, "Do you volunteer?"
"Yeah, sure why not?" She said jokingly, though there was something in the undertone of her voice that Santana couldn't quite pinpoint that told her she wasn't entirely happy about what had been said. "I'd do anything for a friend," she deadpanned, before walking past the pair of them to sit at the back of the room, waiting for the lesson to start.
oOoOo
"Hey are you okay?" Santana asked, "Because ever since puck said that thing about me getting under you, you haven't exactly been yourself," Santana said as she buckled herself into Dani's car. "Do you not want me to be under you?" Santana asked jokingly.
She nodded her head slowly, "Yeah I'm fine." She said, "And trust me it's not that." She said keeping her eyes locked forwards as she pulled out of the parking lot.
"So what is it then?" She asked.
"It's nothing… I'm fine." Dani said, she looked away from the road for a split second to send Santana a quick smile, before turning her head back and staring straight ahead of her.
"Well…" she said, "you don't seem fine," Santana sighed, "Dan is this one of those things that I'm gonna have to beat out of you?" She teased. Dani rolled her eyes at the taller girl, "You know how you've always said to me, that if there is anything bothering me or troubling me that I can tell you, and you'll be there to listen?" Dani nodded her head slowly, "Well the same rule applies to you," Santana said with a shrug, "You were totally fine up until glee, and I just can't help but think I have something to do with that."
"I'm fine." Dani lied, "This is nothing that you need to be worrying about." She said honestly, "This is all me."
"Okay… if you're sure."
"I am." Dani said, she pulled up at the traffic lights and sighed, she ran a hand through her blonde hair before resting her head in her hand and resting her elbow on her car door while she waited for the light to change.
"I don't believe you."
"Don't believe me then." She snapped.
oOoOo
The whole car ride home had been very much the same, whenever Santana asked Dani a question, she'd get a simple one word answer, a small nod or a dismissive answer as her response, and it had pushed Santana to her limits.
"Okay Dani seriously, what has been up your ass today?" Santana asked as she closed the front door to her house, feeling thankful that they had the house to themselves that evening. Dani rolled her eyes and let out an exasperated sigh, "Look I really don't feel like having a screaming match with you this early on but I think one's on it's way."
Dani shook her head, "I have told you, there is nothing wrong with me, that's the God's honest truth," she said, "And there is definitely nothing up my ass." She said, "I'm fine."
"You say that, but there it is again." Santana said holding her hand out.
"There what is again?"
"This bitchy undertone that you've had to your voice ever since glee," she said, "It's not there all the time, it only seems to be there when I ask if you're okay… it's almost as if I've done something wrong."
"Don't be ridiculous," Dani said shaking her head and scowling slightly.
"And now with the face." Santana said.
Dani furrowed her eyebrows at the taller girl, "Oh I'm sorry, didn't realise my face offended you so much." She snapped.
"Dani that's not what I'm saying." Santana said, "What I'm saying is that there is definitely something wrong with you, and if I'm the cause of this I'd really like you to tell me so we can try and get past it." She said.
"Okay so according to you, because there is a little bit of emotion in my tone of voice or on my face there has to be something wrong with me?" She asked.
"Yes." Santana said, "Because there clearly is something wrong and I'm not gonna let this lie." Santana said, "You've been acting like this ever since Puck made that stupid joke about us having sex so that I could get over Britt-" Santana took in the look on Dani's face and stopped talking. "Is that what this is about?" She asked, "Brittany?"
Dani sighed and swallowed hard, "In a way… I guess it is," she said. Santana gave her a questioning look, "More than anything, I'm just scared," she said with a small shrug, "I'm scared that that's all I am for you… just a coping mechanism so you can get over Brittany." She said, "I've been thinking like it since we first kissed." She said, "And then Puck goes and says something like that." She said, "And it's all just got me wondering."
"Dani, why the hell are you thinking that way?" Santana said, "Do you honestly think that little of me that you think that I'd use you like that?"
"It's not that... I don't think that you're being malicious with anything," Dani admitted, "It's just that… you and Brittany had been together for a pretty long time, and you were both just so in love with each other… but then she left you and I know how hard that can be… and when she left you, I sort of became your confidant, I was just the coping mechanism." She said, "But somewhere in those short weeks, I inadvertently got these feelings for you and by some stroke of luck you say that you like me, too." She said.
"Yeah exactly, I like you."
"No Santana, I'm not finished," she said, "You say that you like me, but that's exactly what you'd say to someone if you were gonna use them as a rebound… you wouldn't let them know that's what they were, because chances are they wouldn't go for it... we only started talking because you needed someone to help get you through this..." She said, "Santana I think that you need to know just how much I like you… I really like you and if all I am to you is just a rebound then…" she sighed, "then you really just need to walk away from me now because I am not gonna be used like that." She said, "And I can't go any further into this not knowing where I stand with you."
Santana sighed, "Dani you are in no way just a rebound," she said, "I started talking to you about this because I wanted to… I wanted to talk to someone that I knew wouldn't harass me about it, and you didn't." She said, "If I wanted to use you as a rebound it would have happened a long time ago… also I'd be kind of done with you now, yet here I am, trying to make things better because I knew you were upset about something." She said, "And even if you had never told me about how you felt about me, I'd have still been around… I'd be pining after you like crazy, but I'd stick around… you're my best friend… and I really like you, too."
"Really?"
Santana nodded her head, "Really, really." She said, "And had you just been a rebound, it would've happened as soon as I found out you were gay." She said. "Probably that first Sunday or the second Friday." Santana said with a small nod.
"How so?"
"Well that Friday, pretty sure you had me in your bed," Santana shrugged, "Had I wanted to do anything, we would have."
"Who said I'd have gone for it?" She asked teasingly.
"Trust me, if I wanted you then I could have had you… and then I did think you were hot, but I was way too caught up in Brittany… but now I'm not and that is thanks to you." Santana said, "Now I just want this." Santana said pointing between her and Dani, "Because this is fun."
Dani nodded her head, "Yeah it is fun," she said, smiling slightly at Santana.
Santana rolled her eyes, "Well it usually is," she said, "today hasn't been too much fun." She said giving Dani a pointed look.
Dani turned her mouth down slightly, "Sorry about that." She mumbled, Santana shook her head and gave the other girl a week smile.
Santana shrugged, "It's okay." She said, she wrapped her arms around Dani's waist and pulled her closer to her, she smiled when she felt Dani's arms weave around her neck. Santana pulled away slightly and looked down at Dani, "Are you okay now?" She asked, she rested her forehead against Dani's, the shorter gril nodded her head, causing their noses to nudge each other.
"Yeah." She said quietly, "I am."
"Good," Santana smiled before she leaned down and captured Dani's lips between her own in a chaste kiss.
oOoOo
Dani opened her eyes slowly, and looked around the room, she squeezed her eyes shut before opening them once again, taking in the familiar surroundings, her eyes fell onto the clock just above the fire place, she could only just make out the time with the face of the clock being illuminated by the dim glow of the TV screen. "Oh shit," She whispered, "fuck." She said. She quickly rechecked the time on her phone, not wanting to believe what she had seen. She pushed herself up slightly, causing Santana to stir. She looked around the living room half in a daze, she couldn't remember falling asleep, the last things she remembered were the argument that led to them kissing and making up, and Santana selecting some movies for them to watch.
Dani lightly shook Santana's arm trying to get her to wake up, "What's wrong?" Santana asked groggily, she lifted her head up and took in the sight of Dani, she let out a big yawn before stealing a kiss from the shorter girl, she laid back down again and gave Dani a lazy smile.
"You can get that expression off of your face," Dani said pointing at the dark haired girl, "I think that I'm about to get murdered," she said; Santana gave her a questioning look, and shrugged her shoulders, "Santana, it's ten-thirty, which is a little past my curfew."
"Dani you're literally just next door to your house."
"They don't know that... plus you know how strict my dad can be, I've told you countless times." She said, she let out a sigh, "What the hell did we even do while I was over here?" She asked.
"Lost track of time?"
Dani gave Santana a warning look, "That isn't cute, nor is it funny... that's just annoying." She said, she sat herself up fully, and stretched her arms out slightly, lifting them up above her head, Santana smirked slightly when she saw Dani's shirt ride up, leaving her with a view of her toned stomach, Dani turned her head to see Santana smiling at her from her position on the couch, "What?" She said, "What could you possibly be finding amusing right now?"
"Nothing's amusing." Santana said with a small shrug.
"Then what the fuck are you smiling at?"
"You." Santana admitted, "You've got bed head, and you just look really cute." She said with a small shrug. Dani rolled her eyes, "I'm being serious, you do." She said.
"Well thank you," Dani said, "but flattery will get you nowhere," she said shaking her head slightly.
"You say that now," Santana said sitting herself up slightly, "But sooner or later, everyone gives in to the Santana Lopez charm," she smiled smugly, Dani quirked her eyebrow at the girl, giving her an unamused look, Santana turned her mouth down slightly, "Okay, almost everyone," she joked.
Dani rolled her eyes again, "You know I've already given in to that charm, that's why I'm here in the first place... you've gotta be doing something right." She said, "and I really hope I am, too." She said, Santana nodded her head, "Good," Dani smiled, she leaned forwards for a quick kiss. She placed a quick kiss on Santana's neck before saying, "Okay, I really do have to go now." Dani whispered, she placed a chaste kiss on Santana's lips before trying to pull away from the taller girl, but to no avail, Santana only tightened her grip on Dani's shirt, keeping her held closely against her body.
"No." She said, "Please stay," she mumbled against Dani's lips, she grabbed Dani's bottom lip between her teeth and bit it lightly before soothing it with her tongue. Dani moaned quietly, before pulling away once again.
"Trust me, I really really want to, but I just can't." She said with an apologetic look stamped across her face.
Santana rolled her eyes, "Yes you can," she said, "Just call your mom and tell her that you're here." She said, "We can get up extra early in the morning so that you can get your clothes for school."
"It's really tempting."
"So do it."
"Santana, I can't." She said shaking her head.
"Please," Santana, pouting slightly. She gave Dani her best puppy dog face, which only served to bring a small smile to the shorter girl's lips. Dani shook her head slowly and leaned down to place a quick kiss to Santana's lips. Well, she'd meant to keep it quick, but before she knew it, She was sitting on Santana's lap, whilst the taller girl slipped her tongue into her mouth.
It didn't take Santana long to start moving her kisses away from Dani's lips, she trailed them down her jaw until she reached her neck, where she nipped and sucked lightly at Dani's pulse point, hoping to leave a mark on the shorter girl's skin. Santana smirked when she heard a soft moan slip past Dani's lips, she made a mental note on remembering how to draw that sound out of her, wanting to hear more of it. She moved her kisses upwards again until her mouth was on Dani's. She trailed her tongue along Dani's bottom lip, asking for permission which was quickly granted to her.
Santana ran her hands over Dani's body, before she slid her hands underneath Dani's shirt, she slowly moved her hands over Dani's stomach before she let them rest near her ribcage, she trailed her nails lightly down Dani's stomach, smiling when she felt the shorter girl shiver, and roll her hips forwards slightly, Santana moved her hands up higher again, moving them higher and higher until they were resting over Dani's bra.
She slowly traced the outline of Dani's breast before she cupped one of her hands, squeezing lightly. Dani pulled away and chewed on her bottom lip, she smiled slightly, "Oh, I get it, so that's why you want me to stay?" Dani asked in a joking tone of voice, quirking her eyebrow at Santana, "Sorry but not gonna happen, dude." She said shaking her head slightly. She rolled her eyes, "Well, not tonight anyway," she said with a small smile playing on the corners of her mouth.
"Why?" Santana groaned.
"Because." Dani said, "I still think that we should be taking this thing slow," she said with a small shrug. She took one of Santana's hands in hers, and laced their fingers together, "that, and I don't really know where we stand right now." She admitted sheepishly.
"Isn't it obvious?" Santana asked, Dani tilted her head to one side and have Santana a questioning look, "you're my girlfriend," Santana shrugged.
"I am?"
She widened her eyes slightly, "Well yeah... but y'know... only if you wanna be." She said, suddenly feeling her nerves kicking in. She hadn't thought about the possibility of Dani saying no, well until now, that is. Now that was all she could do. She knew that Dani had said she didn't wanna be used merely as a coping mechanism, but that didn't mean that she wanted to be Santana's girlfriend, all that meant was that she wasn't going to sit around and let herself be someone's play thing just so they could get over someone else. Santana swallowed hard and said, "Do you wanna be?"
Dani nodded her head slowly, a small smile started to spread across her face, "Yeah," she said, "I'd really like that."
As always I really hope you enjoyed this chapter.
I've got a couple of things to say this time around, and one of those things is a HUGE sorry for the long wait; but I have been completely swamped with university work, plus I have the added factor of worrying about one of my courses – that I didn't wanna do in the first place but am being made to- because I failed last semester and I'm worried I'm gonna fail again. I'm worried because my lecturer is a complete arsehole and never gives me any sound advice or help, seriously I can ask him a question I need a serious answer to but instead he'll give me a sarcastic and dismissive response so I usually have to ask someone else.
That and I have been trying to piece together another Dantana story, that already has about three chapters written, I'm just trying to come up with a title and a good summary and it'll be uploaded.
Also, I have some vague ideas for some Quinntana stuff too- though they are way too rough to do anything with as of now.
I have way too many ideas running around my head and once they're there, I have to run with them.
Also I've been a little down in the dumps lately, because a good friend of mine decided she was going to quit university, so I probably won't see her again now for a long time, all we can do is talk through texts :(
Plus some other stuff has got me down as well, so I haven't really felt like writing all that much… or doing anything at all really.
But anyway, moving on from my pity party, thank you once again to all of you lovely people who have left me lovely reviews and comments, they make me smile so much and I really do appreciate them. Also a big thanks to all of you who have favourited this story and or added it to your alerts and follows, it all means a hell of a lot to me.
So once again, I would just like to you thank you, you gorgeous people.
P.S: excusemedems- I'm really happy about what you said about the make-out scene(s) seriously, I am so happy about what you said. So I would just like to say that I think you'll be just as happy with a lot more of those scenes, maybe even a little happier as the chapters progress, but I'm not one hundred percent sure about that yet ;)