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Chapter 3: The Truth Comes Out

Santana's POV

Saturday 4th August 2018

I woke up early this morning because I couldn't sleep so I've decided I might as well just go for a run to clear my head. I haven't been out running in the morning for a while now so it might be nice to start it back up again. I might even see if Brittany wants to join me sometime but right now I don't think she will because she was up late last night.

"Hey what are you doing up so early?" Brittany asks while rubbing her eyes.

"Sorry did I wake you?" I ask.

"No…" she yawns. "I just felt the bed cold from your side and noticed you weren't in bed. What are you doing up right now, isn't it 6am or something" she asks while looking at the alarm clock.

"Yeah it is but I thought I might go for a run this morning" I reply.

"Seriously?" she questions.

"Yes, is that a problem?" I smile.

"Yeah sorta" she replies through another yawn, "I had plans for us."

"You had plans for us at 6am on a Saturday morning?" I say disbelievingly.

"As a matter of fact, I did" she says while sitting up in bed. "I thought since neither one of us is working today then we could stay in bed all day and have sex" she smiles.

"As tempting as that is, I think I'll still go for a run" I reply.

"You would rather run than have sex with me right now?" Brittany asks.

"I never said that" I say shaking my head. "I said I'm still going for a run in a few minutes but I never said I would rather do that than…well do you" I shrug.

"So why are you still going?" she asks.

"Because I haven't been running in ages and I don't get a lot of time to go to the gym on weekdays so I want to start back up running again so I can keep fit. I've sort of let myself go recently and I want to get back into shape. Plus I'll only be a few hours maximum so we have the rest of the day to stay in bed and I know you would rather be sleeping right now than doing anything else" I reply.

"Ok I guess you have a point" she nods. "I would rather go back to sleep right now than do anything else and ideally you would be lying sleeping next to me but I know you like running so it's ok."

"Hey how about I stop off and get us breakfast on the way home. I could swing by the café and get us some coffee and bagels" I say.

"Ok" Brittany smiles.

"I'll see you when I get back, ok" I say while leaning down to kiss her.

"Yeah" she smiles again before getting comfortable in bed. I then leave to go for my run.

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"Hey it's just me" I shout before closing the front door and making my way to the living room. Brittany is lounging in the living room watching TV when I come limping in the door.

"Hey babe" Brittany says while briefly smiling when she turns her head away from the TV for a second before getting engrossed in her programme again.

"Oh god what a morning" I say while placing the coffees on the table and hopping to the arm chair since there is no room on the couch next to Brittany because she's lying down.

"Wait a second, are you limping?" Brittany asks while quickly sitting up straight. "Babe what happened?"

"I just strained my knee or something, no big deal" I say nonchalantly.

"No big deal?" Brittany asks raising an eyebrow. "Depending on what you've done, hurting your knee can be serious babe and you look like you're in a lot of pain" she says before kneeling in front of me at the chair.

"Honestly Brittany, I'm fine" I state.

"No you're not, now let me see if it's bruised or looks odd" she says while taking my shoe off.

"Brittany it'll be nothing, it'll go away in a minute" I say.

"Stop being so proud and let me see you're damn knee" she says seriously. "This is me you're talking to so don't be embarrassed or whatever."

"I'm not embarrassed, I just don't usually like to complain" I tell her.

"Well I am giving you permission to complain" she says.

"Fine" I sigh.

"Thank you now can you remove your pants" she says and I just look at her. "Seriously Santana, there's no way I can roll your pants up because they're too tight so you're going to have to remove them."

"Ok, I'll take them off" I reply while trying to pull them down without aggravating my knee. Once they're at my ankles, Brittany removes them for me.

"I mean it certainly doesn't look abnormal from visual inspection, maybe just a little swollen" Brittany says. "Perhaps I should put some gel on it or you could take an anti-inflammatory, do you have any NSAIDs?" she asks.

"I think I have something I could take in the bathroom upstairs" I reply.

"Ok well I'll get it for you in a second, I just want to see if your knee hurts during different movements" she states.

"Um…ok" I nod.

"Does that hurt?" she asks while gently lifting my leg and up and down. I shake my head. "What about now?" she asks while slowly bending my leg and then straightening it again.

"A little bit" I reply. For the next few minutes, Brittany tries different movements with my leg to see what hurts and what doesn't hurt to try and get a sense as to what I might have done to my knee.

"Are you actually getting turned on right now" she asks looking up at me.

"Well yeah" I deadpan. "You keep caressing my thigh so it's hard not to feel a little something."

"Santana I'm being serious here" she tells me.

"And so am I" I state. "Your fingers are mere centimetres away from my crotch and my brains knows to react whenever your hand is so close to there" I tell her. I mean I would find it pretty weird if I didn't react to her hand being so close to my crotch.

"Ok well maybe try and think of something bad so it takes your mind off it because I need to concentrate here so I don't hurt you. I read about strains and sprains in a book the other day about what kind of gentle physiotherapy you can do" she says. "I can't have you reacting whenever I put my hand on your leg because if I don't concentrate I might do something wrong and make your knee worse" she tells me.

"I'll try but it certainly won't be easy" I state.

"Perhaps it would be better if you lay down then" Brittany suggests.

"Yeah maybe" I nod while hobbling onto the floor to lie down. I can't exactly say how long it's been or how it even started but Brittany is now leaning into me and kissing my neck.

"Can you sit up a bit for me, I can't get your top off" she says while gripping the bottom of my t-shirt. As soon as I sit up, she removes my shirt and then leans in again to kiss me.

"Wait maybe we should take this elsewhere, I mean I'd hate for you to get a sore back" I say.

"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine" she smiles. "All you have to do now is lie there and enjoy every last minute of it" she says with a smirk gracing her lips.

"Ok" I smile, slightly excited about what's to come.

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"Oh shit" I scream.

"Oh you like that, huh? Does it feel good?" Brittany smiles triumphantly.

"No, I just moved my knee the wrong way" I reply and Brittany's smile quickly turns to a frown. "I mean I do like what you're doing and it does feel good but I was just screaming because I was in pain" I tell her.

"Do you want me to stop?" she asks.

"No" I shake my head, "just maybe if you could make sure I don't move my knee when you do that again" I tell her.

"Actually maybe we shouldn't do this, I really don't want to hurt you" Brittany says.

"You won't" I state.

"Santana you just screamed in pain" she says. "We probably should just make sure you rest and keep your leg elevated and perhaps ice it to get the swelling down."

"Yeah maybe you're right" I agree.

"Here let me help you onto the couch and you can lie with your feet up" she says while helping me off of the floor. "I'll go and get an ice pack for your knee, I'll be back in a second" she says while quickly kissing me before leaving. As soon as she comes back, she sit down on the couch and gently places my legs on her lap before placing the ice pack on my knee.

"Thanks for helping me" I smile.

"Your welcome" Brittany smiles back. "Hey do you think the coffees will still be warm?" she asks pointing to them on the table.

"Crap I forgot about them" I say.

"Me too but they've got a lid so I think they should still be warm just now" she says while reaching forward to get them.

"Oh honey please" I say screwing my eyes together in pain.

"What…oh my god I'm so sorry" she says finally realising she put some pressure on my knee when she leant forward. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah I'll be fine" I reassure her. For the next few moments, we just sit in silence while drinking our coffees.

"Hey have you talked to Quinn yet about whatever secret you two are keeping?" Brittany asks breaking the silence.

"Britt we're not keeping secrets, it's just she's my best friend and she doesn't want anyone to know yet about what's going on. She told me something in confidence so I don't want to hurt her by telling someone even though I know you and I shouldn't have secrets because you're my girlfriend" I say.

"Fiancée" Brittany corrects.

"Yes fiancée" I smile. "Seriously though this is a big thing for her but as soon as I'm allowed to tell someone you'll be the first to know" I tell her.

"Ok" Brittany nods.

"To be honest though there isn't a lot to tell right now because something always interrupts us when we're talking" I say. I mean the other day when we were hanging out, Quinn was just about to tell me who the father could be when I got a call from Artie so I had to rush back to work so I'm still not any clearer on what's going on.

"I guess you'll just need to try and catch up soon then and find out whatever it is that's is going on" Brittany shrugs.

"Yeah I will" I nod.

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Sunday 12th August 2018

I haven't been able to speak to Quinn in over a week now about this baby drama because I've been housebound for the last week with this stupid knee and Quinn refuses to talk over the phone about it. I suggested she came over to my place and we could talk but that didn't suit her either for some silly reason so I'm hoping when we meet today for coffee then she can tell me all about it.

"Hey" Quinn says walking over to the table I'm sitting at.

"Hey" I greet her back. "I've ordered us some coffee already, I hope that's ok…actually I've ordered coffee for myself and herbal tea for you" I say.

"Yeah that's cool" Quinn smiles. "So how are you?" she asks.

"Yeah I'm ok, my knee is better now which is good" I reply.

"Are you going back to work on Monday then?" Quinn asks.

"Yeah I'm going to have to because I've missed so much work. I tried going back to work on Thursday to catch up but Brittany was having none of it so I'm going to be even more stressed come Monday because I've missed a full week" I reply.

"I'm sure Artie has been keeping things afloat while you've been gone" Quinn says.

"Yeah he has but there are certain things I need to attend to myself, you know due to confidentiality and all that" I say.

"I understand" Quinn nods. "So let me guess, Brittany has been waiting on you hand and foot for the last week?"

"Yeah she's been amazing, I know it's just a stupid knee injury but I really don't know what I would have done without her" I say. I mean she took me to the doctor to see if I had done any serious damage to my knee, she cooked for us since I couldn't really stand for too long, she did all the cleaning and she even made me rest all the time which I don't want to admit to Britt, did actually help a lot.

"I wish I had someone like that" Quinn sighs.

"Actually that brings me to my next point, when are we going to talk about this baby Quinn?" I ask.

"Will you keep your voice down?" she snaps.

"You refused to talk about it over the phone or at my house so we need to talk somewhere" I state.

"I know that but I don't want the whole café to know" she snaps again.

"Quinn please tell me who the father is because maybe I could help" I say.

"You're not going to be happy Santana" she sighs.

"So you keep saying but how do you actually know if you won't just tell me" I say.

"This isn't something I can just blurt out" she states. "If I tell this person then it could change everything for everyone" she says.

"When Quinn not if" I state.

"What?" she asks confused.

"The father needs to know so it's not a case of if you tell them, it when you tell them. Now I know it might change everything but they have a right to know" I say.

"Well if I don't want a baby then I don't necessarily need to tell the father" she says.

"You've always wanted children Quinn, the same as me so this could be your opportunity. I mean I know it's not exactly an ideal situation but this is still your baby so you have a chance here to be a mother" I tell her.

"What would you do in either position?" she asks.

"If Brittany was pregnant then I'd want to know for sure" I reply.

"No say you weren't with Brittany and it was just someone you slept with once, what would you do?" she asks.

"I'd still want to know about the baby if it was mine regardless of who was pregnant" I say. "If I was the pregnant one then I'd keep it because like I say it's not ideal but I always wanted children and that would be my chance."

"Ok" Quinn nods.

"Don't let my feelings persuade you though. I mean yes the right thing would be to tell the father but if you're not at all sure you could have a baby right now then do what you think is best. There would be no point in bringing up a baby you didn't want, it wouldn't be fair on it" I say.

"From your perspective though, you'd definitely want to know regardless of the outcomes" she says and I nod. "Even if it affected other families and relationships, you'd still want to know?" she asks.

"Yes because that child is innocent and deserves parents that love them so if both parents were willing to do that then yeah. Plus I don't think it's wise hiding something like this" I say.

"You're really not going to like what I'm going to say now but I'll tell you anyway" she says. "Do you remember that night that Kitty and Eddie organised a barbeque and invited everyone over?"

"How could I forget, I was miserable that night so I ended up getting so drunk" I say remembering back to that night and how Brittany and I got into a fight so she left early to go home. It was stupid really, it was just about the colour we were repainting the bedroom in. Brittany wanted more subtle tones whereas I just wanted to keep it the same colour I had.

"Yeah I was just as drunk as you I think" Quinn says.

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Oh my god this cannot be happening right now. What Quinn said really can't be true, can it? I'm absolutely fuming with Quinn right now, I mean I know accidents happen and all that but for the love of god, this is bad. My mom is going to freak out. I can just picture her right now, I'm too young to be a grandmother, how could you let this happen, have your dad and I not warned you about protection. Quinn is like a daughter to me so I respect her and now look, you've just cheated on the girl you love with her.

"Santana is that you?" I hear Brittany shout from upstairs as I walk in the door.

"Yeah" I reply.

"I'm in the bedroom" she shouts and I proceed upstairs.

"My stupid brother has gone and knocked up Quinn" I say storming into the bedroom where Brittany is sitting on the bed putting moisturiser on.

"I'm sorry, what now?" Brittany says shocked.

"Exactly my reaction, my idiot little brother has knocked up my best friend even though he has a girlfriend" I reply. "I don't know who I'm mad at more, my brother for being a cheat or my best friend for bedding my brother" I say angrily.

"I can't believe Eddie would do that to Kitty or better still how Quinn could do that to Kitty. I mean Quinn, you, Kitty and Tina are all best friends and yet Quinn does that to one of her best friends" Brittany states.

"Wait a second, it's not Eddie…I meant Jason" I say realising I wasn't making myself clear.

"Oh thank god" Brittany sighs in relief.

"How is that a good thing, they still cheated" I state.

"It's not a good thing but I'm just relieved there weren't any best friends involved. I mean it's still horrible what they did but at least you're not best friends with Clare because that could open a whole other can of worms" she replies.

"I suppose" I say sighing at the situation, the whole thing is just a mess now.

"How is Jason going to cope, I mean he's only 21?" Brittany asks shaking her head.

"What does age have to do with it?" I ask confused.

"Well Jason told you himself he wasn't ready for any major commitments with Clare right now so how is he going to be ready for a baby with someone he isn't actually with?" she replies.

"Yes I get that but what do you mean by he's only 21?" I ask.

"All I'm saying is I might be engaged already at twenty but I'm certainly not ready to be popping babies out left, right and centre so I very much doubt Jason will be ready" she says which shocks me a little. I didn't think we were far off having children, I mean I know we wouldn't be doing it right now but in a year's time Brittany is going to be Jason's age so is she telling me in a year she still won't be ready?

"He's just going to have to be ready I think because I can't see him walking away from it all once he knows he's going to have a child" I sigh.

"I know but how do you prepare for something like this when you're so young yourself. I mean he hasn't even finished college or moved out yet so what happens when the baby comes, I would assume it would stay with Quinn but how is Jason going to look after it because it can't be good for a baby being passed from one house to another" Brittany says.

"I think we just need to take one step at a time, we should concentrate on Jason finding out first and worry about other things later on" I say.

"Yeah" Brittany nods. "So how did it even happen then?" she asks.

"Do you want a lesson on sex baby?" I say jokingly.

"I meant how did one thing lead to another, I mean were they alone and it just happened or did they bond over something and the moment took over?" she asks. "I don't know how you can joke about this though, your mom is going to freak out" she says.

"I know she's going to freak so I'm trying to joke to take my mind off it" I say. "It most certainly isn't working though, I just don't know what we're going to do" I sigh.

"Honey come here" Brittany says putting her arm around me. "You worry about other people too much and it's starting to stress you out. I know Jason is your brother and Quinn is your best friend but you've got your own things to worry about so try and not let this get to you so much" she says.

"You would never cheat on me right?" I say while placing my head on her shoulder.

"Of course I wouldn't" she says honestly. "Even if I was drunk and we had a fight, I'd still want just you."

"Maybe I'm naive because I've never been so drunk I couldn't think properly but I just don't understand how Jason could do that to Clare, I mean they love each other" I say.

"When will Quinn talk to Jason about it all?" Brittany asks.

"I would hope if she had any sense she would do it as soon as possible but I honestly don't know because I sorta just walked out after she told me. I just couldn't handle it because I'm not sure who is at fault here or if there even is anyone to blame" I reply. "It's just so weird, my best friend and my brother you know?"

"It would feel weird for me too I think for them to even hook up never mind a pregnancy" Brittany says.

"I want answers but at the same time, I can't bear to think about any of it" I say.

That's it for chapter 3, let me know what you think. I just want to point out though, I was never going to make the baby Santana's. I feel Santana could never redeem herself if she did something like cheating in this story so there wouldn't be brittana to write anymore.