Chapter 5: Bad Times Roll
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Santana is downstairs fixing her and Quinn some breakfast, last night should've happened, but it did. Santana's beyond scared on how her talk with Puck is going to go, but she's dealt with worse. Santana flips the pancakes over, so they won't burn. After the pancakes, she did the eggs, bacon, and toast. Santana hears her phone rings and picks it up.
"Morning, Berry." Santana said putting phone on speaker as she continues to cook.
"Hey, San. I need to ask you something." Rachel said nervously.
Santana notices the tone in her voice. "Okay, what's up?" Santana said putting the rest of the food into a pan.
"Okay, what do you think about me doing business in Brisbane?" Rachel asked as she starts to make her coffee.
Santana frowns. "Brisbane? Like in Queensland, Australia?" Santana asked in pure shock.
"Yeah, I got a call from a talent agency over there, and they said they loved my new movie, so they wanted me to do a movie over there." Rachel said.
"Berry, are you sure you want to go all the way over to Australia? Don't get me wrong, Brisbane is gorgeous, but it's kind of far, and you'll be away from Finn." Santana said pouring her and Quinn some coffee.
Rachel groans. "I know, but they're paying me good money." Rachel told her friend.
Santana nods. "How much are we talking?" Santana wonders sipping on her coffee.
"How does 10 million dollars sound?" Rachel asked raising a brow.
Santana spits out her coffee onto the floor and starts to cough. "D-d-d-did you say 10 million dollars?!" Santana yells.
"Yes, I did, so what about now?" Rachel smirks.
Santana chuckles. "How long are you gonna be gone anyway?" Santana asked cleaning up her mess.
"Like 6-8 months depending on the cast and the crew, and how long it takes for us to shoot." Rachel shrugs like it's no big deal.
"Well, Berry all I can say is go for, and does Finn know?" The Latina asked.
"Yeah, he does, he told me he's going with me as well, I want you guys to come with me for a couple of weeks. You know make it a couples thing." Rachel smiles.
"Hmm, that doesn't sound to bad I haven't been in Australia in like 3 years so, I guess it'd be fun to do." Santana said.
"Is 6 weeks enough time to get everything straight?" Rachel asked with hope in her voice.
"Yeah, that's plenty, let me talk to Quinn, and I'll let you know when you come over later." Santana said with a smile.
"Cool, thanks San. I'll se you later. Love you." Rachel said.
"Love you too, Berry." Santana hangs up and sighs. This would be good for her to travel right now, hell she has the money too.
"Morning, baby." Quinn said walking into the kitchen with nothing but, her panties, and Santana's marine shirt on.
Santana turns to look at her girlfriend. "Damn, baby." Santana smiles walking up to her girlfriend, smacking her ass.
"San!" Quinn hits the Latina playfully. "Stop it." Quinn said grabbing a plate.
"You look so sexy. Anyway, Berry just called, and she wants us to go to Brisbane with her, she got a call from a talent agency over there, and they want her to do a movie, it'll be good for us to do a couples trip." Santana handing Quinn her coffee.
"That sounds amazing, I haven't been to Brisbane yet, so it'll be fun to go, besides I have a lot of vacation time anyway." Quinn leans over to kiss Santana before she starts to eat.
"Awesome, can't wait." Santana starts to eat with her girlfriend, she's got a long day ahead of her.
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With Santana
Santana is sitting on her couch as she watches Puck take a sip of his beer. She doesn't know what she's going to say to him.
"This silence is killing me. So, talk." Puck said looking over at Santana.
Santana nods. "Look, did say that Puck. I'm sorry I did, but Brittany broke me. It slipped out until I realized I wanted to be the one to get Quinn pregnant." Santana said.
Puck sets his beer down on the coaster. "That's my child Santana. In regardless on how Brittany made you feel or how you feel about Q. You keep my daughters name out your mouth." Puck said.
Santana raises a brow at him. "Puck, I know I've said some fucked up shit, but if you were in my situation, you'd say the same thing. You were a fuck boy in school, and you know it." Santana reminded him.
"I've matured, Santana. Something you haven't done." Puck stands up quickly.
Santana chuckles. "I've matured way better than you have. You're still fucking women who are married Puck. Stop thinking like a damn teenager and think like a man because let me tell you, if you get in trouble with these men. I can't be the one to help you. No one is going to help you. I've been gone 10 damn years, trust and believe me Puck boy, I've grown the fuck up." Santana said angrily.
"We fucked up in high school. I didn't mean for Quinn to get pregnant. I know you loved her. I did too." Puck said.
"Did you? Puck, Quinn was a damn virgin before she met you. You took that away from her. I was pissed because you knew how I felt about Quinn, but here you go taking the one person who I've always had my eye on. You were jealous of me at one point." Santana crosses her arms.
"Jealous? Santana, girls wanted me. I was just as better as you in every department." Puck smirks.
"Puck, I didn't fuck girls like that. Yeah, Brittany and I had a lot of sex back in high school, Quinn and I only had sex once. I almost had a one-night stand with Trish, but that's it. I love Quinn, Puck. No one, especially you are going to change my mind about her.
"You can say whatever you want, but Quinn would never give you a baby, San." Puck laughs softly.
Santana glares at him. "I think Quinn would rather have a baby with someone who's responsible and not a whore, don't you think?" Santana hisses.
Puck gets angry.
"I'm warning you, Santana. Don't push me." Puck said glaring at her.
Santana balls up her fist. "I was in the military for 10 years. You couldn't handle me if you tried." Santana growls.
Santana and Puck were about to fight until Quinn came in. Quinn walks into the living room and she can feel the tension.
"You two need to calm down. Take a breather, Puck." Quinn said hanging her purse up.
Puck turns to look at her. "So, you have a key to her house, now?" Puck scoffs.
"Okay, we're not in a relationship, Puck." Quinn said gesturing between her and Puck. "Santana and I are trying to date, but yes I do. Sometimes, I come over a cook. What's wrong with that?" Quinn asked.
"I respect you, Quinn. You might want to be careful with Santana, she'll hurt you like she did, Brittany." Puck said shaking his head.
"Now, you're on team Sam? Let's not forget he dated Quinn too, treated her like shit. Get out." Santana said walking over to the door and opens it.
"Gladly." Puck grabs his beer and leaves.
Santana slams the door running her hand through her hair.
Quinn sighs. "You, okay baby?" Quinn asked.
"I'm tired of this. Maybe going to Queensland is a good idea. I need to get the fuck out of the Bay as much as I enjoy my hometown, I need a vacation." Santana goes over to the couch and sits down.
Quinn goes to sit on Santana's lap. "I know, me too." Quinn smiles at her.
"What you thinking about? Me? Santana Jr?" Santana wiggles her eyebrows.
Quinn rolls her eyes. "Shut up. As much as I want to ride your dick into the next century, we need to pack for Australia." Quinn said getting up.
Santana chuckles. "What did your boss say?" Santana asked standing up as well.
"I told him I was taking a personal leave for a while." Quinn shrugs.
Santana nods. "So, got any hot swimsuits you're going to wear?" Santana asked raising a brow.
Quinn rolls her eyes. "You just want to see me naked." Quinn pushes Santana gently.
"Hey, I respect you, Q. I love seeing you naked, but you're my girl, Q-ball." Santana links their fingers together.
"I know, San." Quinn gives her a quick kiss. "I'm going back to my house to pack. I'm excited to go on this trip. I need it, I've been stressed out." Quinn said.
"Hmm. How's Beth?" Santana asked.
Quinn smiles. "She's growing up. Shelby's been doing good with her. Beth is about to start the 5th grade soon." Quinn said.
"Damn, she's growing up. I can't wait to see her again." Santana said pulling out a suitcase.
"I know, she asked about you when you were away." Quinn said helping Santana pack.
"Really? Another blonde whose heart I've stolen." Santana smiles wildly.
Quinn chuckles. "Yeah trust me. So, about our date." Quinn wraps her arms around Santana's neck.
"I don't care where we go baby. It's up to you." Santana pecks Quinn's lips.
"Okay." Quinn said giving Santana a real kiss.
With Rachel
Rachel is packing up for Brisbane until she hears a knock on her door. She goes to open it and it's Brittany.
Rachel speaks. "What brings you here?" Rachel asked.
"Can we talk?" Brittany asked softly.
Rachel steps aside and lets the blonde in. She closes the door and heads into the living room.
"Look, I'm sorry about all that commotion at Will's party." Brittany said sitting down in the love seat.
Rachel shakes her head. "Britt? Do you understand the damage you and Sam caused? Santana loved you, why did you do this?" Rachel asked.
"Because I knew I wasn't the one for her. Santana's always loved Quinn, she was in love with the wrong blonde. I knew she was; I just don't understand." Brittany shakes her head.
Rachel sits down. "Britt. You were fast back in high school and Santana wasn't. Don't get me wrong she had sex with you and Quinn, but Santana wasn't sleeping around. When you two were on a break, you went off with some other dude. Santana went to Quinn crying because she was trying to fix things. You two have had your ups and downs, but there's no more love between you two. I'm sorry." Rachel said sadly.
Brittany nods. "Yeah. I figured it'll be like this. I've made mistakes, but losing Santana as a whole, just messes with my heart. I'm going to admit it, I did her dirty." Brittany shakes her head.
Rachel sighs. "You have to tell her the truth, so things can get better between you two. She's going through some shit. She's fresh out of the military, Britt. She's going to need time to process. Maybe you should tell Santana when the time is right." Rachel said to Brittany.
Brittany's eyes water. "If I could take it all back, I would. I've said some hurtful things to Santana and I never asked her how she felt about our relationship. I went and fucked it up." Brittany sighs letting tears fall.
"Does Sam know you're here?" The brunette asked.
Brittany shakes her head. "No, he doesn't, and I plan on keeping it that way. I need to talk to Santana. I need to tell her the truth." Brittany said.
Rachel frowns. "Tell her what?" Rachel asked in concern.
"I…uh…" Brittany looks up at Rachel with sad eyes.
"Britt? What's going on?" Rachel asked.
Brittany looks down. "Here." Brittany hands Rachel her phone.
Rachel looks down at a picture of a little girl who is all of 7 years old.
Rachel's eyes widen. "Britt? Please tell me this is not Santana's child." Rachel looks up from her phone and stares at Brittany.
Brittany nods. "When Santana came back for her first year after leaving, we spent 4 nights together, and we had unprotected sex. The only thing is Santana left out a lot of details at Will's party. Santana and I were sneaking around when she was coming back home. Sam and I were on a break for about 9 months and then we got back together." Brittany explained.
Rachel swallows the lump in her throat. "Britt." Rachel's voice breaks. "Santana is going to kill you." Rachel said wiping the tears that fell from her face.
Brittany cries. "I know. I didn't want to keep this away from her, but after everything that happened with Quinn and my cheating with Sam, I figured she wouldn't want anything to do with her." Brittany sadly.
"Where is she?" Rachel asked quietly.
"With my mom, I've been keeping her away from Sam. He thinks it's my brother's baby, but it's not." Brittany said.
Rachel is in shock. "Shit. Brittany you have to tell Santana this." Rachel said grabbing her purse.
"What are you doing?" Brittany asked standing up.
"We're going over Santana's house right now. You're going to tell her." Rachel said grabbing her keys.
Brittany nods and leaves with Rachel.
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With Rachel and Brittany
Rachel knocks on Santana's door softly. The door opens and it's Miss Gomez.
"Hey, Rachel. What are you guys doing here?" Miss Gomez asked with a frown.
Rachel sighs. "Miss Gomez, Brittany has something she needs to tell Santana. It's very important." Rachel said.
Miss Gomez nods and lets them in. "Santana! You have company." Miss Gomez yells shutting the door.
Santana and Quinn both run down the steps after wrestling upstairs. Santana stops when she sees Brittany.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" Santana asked.
Brittany looks down. "I need to tell you something." Brittany said.
"I don't want to hear it Britt." Santana said angrily.
"Santana, you're gonna want to here this. It's important." Rachel said sitting down on the couch.
"What is it?" Santana asked putting her hands on her hips.
Brittany gulps. "We have a child together." Brittany said.
Dishes crash in the kitchen. Miss Gomez walks out of the kitchen with a frown.
"Wait? You and Santana have a what?" Quinn asked with wide eyes.
"We have a child, she's 7 years old. Her name is Mellie, and I've been hiding her." Brittany said with guilt.
Santana lets out a shaky breath. "When I came back home, you were pregnant this whole time and you didn't bother to tell me? How could be so fucking selfish Britt?!" Santana yells at the blonde.
"Santana, I'm sorry. I was scared and when you came back, I was with Sam." Brittany said.
Santana's eyes widen. "Wait, you and Sam were already together when I came back? You told me you weren't seeing anybody. Britt, how could you do this? Why keep this away from me? You had all my info; you could've told me and I would've came straight home. I missed out on 7 years of my daughter's life. Why are you destroying me?!" Santana yells as she cries.
"I didn't want Sam to know. I was missing you, and…it's no excuse. I'm sorry, Santana." Brittany said.
"Just go. I need time to think." Santana said going upstairs to her room. The door slams hard.
Quinn was about to go check on Santana, but Miss Gomez stops her.
"Let her be. She needs this time." Miss Gomez rubs Quinn's back.
Quinn nods. "Britt, you're wrong for this." Quinn said.
"I know. I'll bring Mellie by tomorrow. I'll leave when Sam goes to the gym in the morning."
Quinn sighs. "Britt you…." Quinn gets interrupted by Rachel.
"Quinn, I know you're pissed, but let's just take this time to be here for Santana. She's going to need us." Rachel said calmly.
"You're right." Quinn sits down.
Miss Gomez speaks up. "I'll go make some tea." She said walking into the kitchen.
Brittany sighs. "I'll take an uber home. I'll be back in the morning with Mellie." Brittany said standing up and leaves.
"Why wait this long?" Quinn asked out of the blue.
Rachel shrugs. "Hell, if I know. I'll text Finn and let him know what's going on. I'm spending the night." Rachel said going outside to call Finn.
Quinn turns to look at door Santana is currently behind. "Fuck, Britt." Quinn said sadly.
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End of this chapter. Damn, Britt. Really? I'm working on part 2 of chapter 15 of I can't live without you. My computer is done for, so now I got to buy a new one and you guys know how that goes. I'm trying to write as much as I can before it goes out completely. More will come next chapter. I'll do a flashback soon. Till next time.