Chapter 3
Santana was nervous, she hardly ever got nervous. The fact that her heart was pounding, her palms were getting sweaty and the fake elephants in her stomach decided to start stampeding as soon as she got into her car was in no way related to Dani. Nope, the brunette was determined to blame it all on the dodgy and barely safe to eat cafeteria food. It was a pointless battle really, but if Santana was anything it was loyal.
Well when it came to her friends she was and she tried incredibly hard to be loyal to Britney and until the moment she met Dani she had been.
Really if I did love Brit I would just not contact Dani again if she makes me feel this way, right? I mean, I do love Brit, or at least I think I do. It's just a rough patch, it has to be. I don't want to lose either of them and I've only just met Dani. Damn it! Santana thought, she knew Brit would likely be pissed at her for purposely keeping the whole Dani thing to herself, it wasn't like she had anything to hide, she just didn't want to make her girlfriend feel insecure or jealous like she usually gets when Santana talks to other girls.
It wasn't like Santana could blame her, a few weeks after they started seeing each other people kept telling Britney that Santana was cheating on her with the brunettes best friend Quinn, which in Santana's opinion, was gross and absolute fucking bullshit. Being an attractive popular girl that had a fair few flings in the past was bound to cause problems when she eventually got into a relationship, she just didn't expect Britney to believe them over her. It took a lot of time to convince the blonde that it was all lies and she wasn't the type of person to cheat.
It was only in the past couple of months that Britney had started to act really strange (arguments, not spending time together like they used to and the random mood swings), it did make the brunette wonder why sometimes but whenever she brought it up Britney would deny acting weird and blame it all on Santana, like usual. Which the Latina was getting increasingly sick off.
As usual it took around 45 minutes to get to her Abuela's and since the coffee shop she was meeting Dani at was around 3 blocks away it made sense to leave her car the same place as usual which was where she first met the beautiful and mind capturing blonde. Santana shook the thoughts from her head and started walking to her Abuela's apartment.
"Abuela I'm here, are you okay?" Santana asked loudly as she entered the apartment.
"Santana, don't be so loud! I'm old not deaf!" The brunettes Abuela replied playfully.
"Sorry, I just thought I'd pop in before I go for coffee.."
"Wait, is Britney here? Do I finally get to meet this girlfriend of yours?" She asked.
"Not exactly, we're still together but I'm going for coffee with a girl called Dani, we met quite recently to be honest…" Santana trailed off, the stampeding elephants now returning knowing she was soon going to be seeing the girl that had constantly been on her mind since they met.
"Santana. I know that tone of voice. You already have a girlfriend, I know things aren't going extremely smooth right now but please be careful." Her Abuela warned, already knowing about the situation with Brit.
"Of course! I would never do that! I just, there's something about her.. I've got to go anyway, I'll be back round after ok? Love you!" Santana shouted as she left the apartment again.
As the Latina was walking to the coffee shop she couldn't shake the feeling that something pretty shitty was going to happen, but like the feelings that Dani was stirring up she pushed it to one side. Plugging in her headphones to try and keep her mind busy a song started playing that seemed to go a bit too familiar…
Let me know that I've done wrong
When I've known this all along
I go around a time or two
Just to waste my time with you
Tell me all that you've thrown away
Find out games you don't wanna play
You are the only one that needs to know
I'll keep you my dirty little secret
(Dirty little secret)
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret
(Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)
My dirty little secret
Who has to know
When we live such fragile lives
It's the best way we survive
I go around a time or two
Just to waste my time with you
Well, that's a pretty shitty way to keep my mind off of everything, fuck! Santana couldn't help but think as she walked into the coffee shop. Noticing that Dani had not yet arrived she placed herself down in a booth by the window facing the door and got her phone out to let the girl know that she was here.
*To Dani*
I'm here, near a booth near the window :) xox
Not even two minutes passed before she felt her phone go off alerting her of a new message.
*From Dani*
Literally 1 minute away pretty girl! (: xoxo
The Latina literally couldn't help but smile wide at the reply, her response to the message even surprised herself, she rarely smiled when she heard from her girlfriend. Before she could start to feel guilty her attention was taken away from the phone the moment a certain blondes voice could be heard.
"Hey you, what's got you smiling so wide?" Asked Dani with an equally wide smile on her face, knowing that the girl was likely smiling due to her.
"Oh.. erm.. just, a text?" Santana answered incredibly shyly which made Dani smile even brighter.
The Latina got up to hug the blonde properly, both girls letting the hug last longer than they usually would with anyone else. Eventually when they pulled away Dani kissed Santana's cheek which made the Latina blush furiously which the other girl thought was both adorable and gorgeous.
Soon after both girls sat down the waitress came around to take their orders and soon enough they were soon enjoying either drinks, vanilla latte for Dani and caramel macchiato for Santana, and conversation was flowing easily between the two.
"Hey can I try some of that?" Asked Dani, pointing to Santana's drink. Santana simply pushed the drink towards her.
Dani took a sip, "It's good, but I think it could taste better.." she trailed off, briefly looking at the brunettes lips knowing the drink (or anything for that matter) would taste better on the girls lips.
It was at this moment that two things happened. The first being Dani had started lightly playing with the thin band on Santana's wrist, both girls still looking at each other. The connection and attraction between the two was obvious. The second being the bell on the door to the coffee shop rang, signalling someone either leaving or entering. The ring of the bell brought Santana back to the moment, the moment that brown eyes met blue.
Oh shit.
There in the doorway stood a pretty pissed off looking Britney S Pierce.
I'll keep you my dirty little secret.
Who has to know?
Cool, so I hope you all enjoy the chapter. Sorry it took a while to upload it, had a bit of writers block and a couple of ideas for some new stories...
Please let me know what you think of this chapter/story, the feedback REALLY helps! :)
Song used: Dirty Little Secret - All American Rejects