Chapter 3
"Well, you have to excuse me and Britt, we have to head out and do our hair and make up, but maybe after the show, we could all go and grab a drink?" Rachel said politely. Santana's eyes were directly on Brittany and they both blushed slightly.
And before the Latina knew it, Brittany was forcefully pulled away from them just to have Rachel whisper something in her ear while they walked away briskly.
"Ow Rach, you're hurting my arm" Brittany whined as Rachel pulled her closer to her face.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Rachel said as she pulled her in to the make up room. Brittany frowned, wondering what the shorter girl was talking about.
"Tell you what?" Brittany asked confused as Rachel sat down and started putting on her make up while Brittany stood behind her tilting her head to the side.
"That she was beautiful! I mean if you had told me that in advance, I totally would have dressed up a bit more, and not come out with basically no makeup!" Rachel said in disbelief as she shook her head, continuing applying makeup. " She's probably not even gay, she seemed pretty straight. But she was just so, charming." Rachel said as she sighed the last part out.
Brittany was confused. She never knew that Santana was Berry's type. She had always thought that Rachel liked blond haired girl, not hot Latinas. That Rachel liked more…cute girls. But not beautiful and hot like Santana. If the little brunette liked Santana and Santana liked her, jealousy would take the best of Brittany. She hated feeling jealous, but Rachel was after all her best friend. She would totally be by her side and just ignore the fact that Santana was down right gorgeous.
"Well, I'm sorry." Brittany said after a sew seconds of silence. "I really didn't think you would care. I know Santana is hot and all but I thought-"
"Santana?" Rachel asked, looking utterly confused. Suddenly realizing her mistake she smiled and shook her head at her blond friend.
"No Britt, I wasn't talking about Santana". Brittany felt herself exhale. She was revealed. She didn't know why she really cared that much, but for some weird reason she just did, the Latina was intriguing.
"Wait, then who are you talking about? Santana is obviously the most beautiful girl in the crowd tonight", she said and just as the words left her moth she felt herself blush.
"As much fun it would be to tease you right now about your opinion, my fathers thought me right from wrong for a reason. You may like whomever you want to. However, I was not talking about Santana. I think she is quite intimidating. She doesn't seem to like me at all. I was referring to Quinn as a matter of fact." Rachel said as she saw her friend processing everything she had said one more time in her mind. Rachel knew that Brittany usually found it hard to understand everything the singer said, especially when she talked so fast.
"So…you weren't referring to Santana?" Brittany asked as she tilted her head again.
"No, I told you this before, I was referring to Quinn. You even tried to hook me up with her"
"Ohh…wait, weren't you "too busy to date"?" She finger quoted.
"Well, I was, and I still am. But when the circumstances change, I want to have as many options as possible", she said as if it was the most logic thing in the world. Brittany looked at her weirdly, but decided to drop the subject and run off to fix herself for the show.
Three hours later, Santana and the rest off them stood outside on the street waiting for their two friends. They were all getting along, especially Kurt and Mercedes. Puck, Quinn, Santana, Blaine, Finn and Sam where also getting along better then what they could have believed. They we're all discussing the show and how amazing it was. Suddenly Santana felt a hand tap her shoulder. She turned around and saw the beautiful blond looking back right back at her.
"Hi", the blond smiled sweetly.
"H…hi" Santana smiled back.
"Hi! My god Brittany, you guys were amazing!" Quinn said as she grinned and rushed over to Brittany and Rachel. Santana didn't even notice the shorter girl standing next to Brittany.
"I'm glad you guys liked it" Brittany smiled happily at them.
The other kept talking to Rachel and Brittany about how amazing it had been, and Rachel seemed to love the attention. While Brittany thanked them shyly, her eye's drifted towards Santana from time to time.
"Did you like the play, Santana?" Brittany finally said. Santana was just about to answer when Puck jumped slightly in front of her.
"She absolutely loved it, you should have seen her drooling", he said with a wink, making both girls blush, while Santana just pushed her friend aside.
"Well, I'm glad you liked it…" Brittany said as she tilted her head smiling kindly at her, which only made Santana's heart beat ever faster.
"Let's go grab a drink and celebrate!" Puck cheered as they headed towards the bar.
After several drinks, the gang were either playing pool or sitting around the table talking to each other. Santana had been shy in the beginning of the evening. Brittany had tried to talk to her, but the Latina had only answered with short, awkward sentences. Now, when she was feeling tipsy, they were talking away about nothing and everything. Santana had even placed her hand on Brittany's thigh, stroking it lightly and to her surprise, the blond hadn't pulled away, or given her a weird look, she had just smiled at her and continued talking.
"And that's why ducks are my favorite animal" Brittany finished her story which a goofy grin on her face. Santana smiled adoringly at her, and if someone had said two weeks ago that she was going to be sitting with a star from Broadway talking about ducks and flirting with her, she would either have punched them or just laughed her ass off. But there she was, looking into Brittany's beautiful eyes, smiling as she kept on talking. She felt so…happy? She didn't know why, this was the first time they ever really talked. They just had a connection. Brittany understood Santana and the other way around.
Santana looked over at Quinn who was telling that something midget something funny, judging from the way Rachel would laugh.
"Britt, look" Santana laughed and pointed at Rachel and Quinn. "That dwarf is totally going to hook up with Q", Santana said as she rolled her eye's laughing.
"San, be nice. She's actually nice once you get over the fact that she talks a lot." Brittany said smiling.
Santana smiled, she didn't know why but it felt like she'd known the girl for at least a month already. Maybe she was just drunk, or maybe she just realized she had feelings for the girl in front of her. Whatever Brittany did, Santana just could not stop smiling, and she felt a slight ache from her smiling muscles. Santana felt her face leaning closer and closer to Brittany's while her gaze shifted from her beautiful eyes to those pink kissable lips. Britt smiled at her and leaned in.
"Oh my god Santana is that you?" A voice said, making Santana turn around and away from Brittany. She saw a girl from the bar walking over to her smiling.
"Oh shit" Santana cursed under her breath, but loudly enough for Brittany to hear. Santana removed her hand from Brittany's thigh, stood up and greeted the girl in front of her. Brittany took one long look at the girl. She was smoking hot. While Santana still looked beautiful, this girl just looked hot beyond belief and Brittany couldn't help but suddenly feel insecure about her appearance.
The girl looked over at Brittany and glared at her with a frown on her face before her eyes became ice cold.
"Santana, who's this?" The girl, obviously jealous, asked Santana, with words like venom.
"Eum…this? Eum-"
"My name is Brittany, pleasure to meet you" She said politely as she took forward her hand. The girl took it forcefully, making Brittany frown.
"My name is Mika, yes pleasure is all yours." She said as she rolled her eyes. Santana elbowed her in the ribs while mouthing "Be nice". She only looked at her weirdly, she pushed both girls in and sat next to them. Mika completely ignored Brittany for the next 20 minutes and focused all her attention on Santana, whose gaze would always shift towards Brittany, who just sat there awkwardly. She felt so bad for Brittany, she didn't really know how to act in a situation like this. Her ex had just popped out of nowhere and started to make moves on her. While Santana didn't want anything to do with the girl, a week ago she wouldn't have said no for a reunion fuck.
She didn't really know how to act around Britt now when Mika was here. If she did anything, it would look like they we're dating, which they weren't… Her eyes kept drifting towards Brittany who kept playing with the umbrella from her drink. Santana's hand was no longer on her thigh, but on her own knees, rubbing her legs in a stressful way.
Brittany sat there and played with her umbrella feeling bored, jealous and bothered. Why did this girl have to show up? Who ever she was, she was making her fun evening miserable. Santana had finally opened up and was actually really nice and fun to talk to. But since that girl showed up, Santana had been acting more awkward than usual. She would sneak a glance at her from time to time, but nothing more. Brittany almost got the feeling that the Latina wanted her to leave. But how could she want that now, when just minutes ago they were just about to kiss?
Finally Brittany got enough and she excused herself. She left towards the rest of the group, where Quinn and Rachel stood and flirted while the rest of them played pool.
Back at the table Santana was trying to spot Brittany. Hell, why of all nights did Mika have to be here just tonight? She was having a perfect time with Brittany, and just when everything seemed at its peck, suddenly Mika was there, making everything so awkward.
"Are you even listening to me?" Mike asked as she tried to reach for the Latina, who just moved back from her touch.
"Yeah totally" She said, her gaze still looking after those blue eyes. She turned and met Mika's green ones instead, feeling slightly disappointed.
"What was I talking about?" Mika said suspiciously trying to see if the chef had listened.
"About that thing, you know whatever", she said as she shook her hand, dismissing the subject.
"Santana, stop looking for that Brittany girl, she left like ten minutes ago" Mika said. "Now I can have you all by myself". A sly smirk appeared on Mika's lips as leaned closer to the Latina trying to kiss her neck. Santana's eye's shot up as she pushed Mika off of her.
"What the fuck S!" Mika raised her voice. "Why do you care so much for her anyway, never stopped you before" Mike said while Santana just gave her a bitchy glare and walked off towards the rest of the gang.
"Quinn, have you seen Britt?" Santana said as she pulled Quinn closer towards her. Just when Quinn was about to answer she felt two small tender arms suddenly pull her back.
"No Santana, Quinn is mine!" Rachel slurred as she gripped onto the girl's hips. Santana suddenly felt the smell of booze and she turned away disgusted by the smell. How could anyone get so freaking drunk?
"Q, what the fuck?" She asked. Quinn just had a goofy smile on her face.
"No, mine!" Rachel kept repeating, making Santana roll her eyes.
"Yes whatever you dwarf she's yours, just tell me where Britt is" Santana felt a headache slowly coming.
"I'm hers…" Quinn said goofily, pointing at Rachel. "And B…B-bri-britt-a…yeah you know", she said whit barely open eyes, "left like, a looooong time ago! Didn't she babe?" Quinn said as she turned around and looked at the drunken Rachel, who just kept repeated saying "mine" in a low voice. It made Santana roll her eyes again.
"She said she was feeling sick!" the brunette smiled proudly, remembering what Brittany had told her. "And she was going to head home early", she said as she sleepily rested her head on Quinn's shoulder. "I hope she get's home safely, she usually get's lost…" Rachel said as her eye's widened. "Wait I'll go call her" Rachel sobered up as she went towards the restroom to call Brittany. Santana sighed as she massaged her temples. She looked over at Quinn who just kept swaying slightly from side to side and at the others. Mercedes and Kurt we're laughing hysterically about something Santana couldn't care less about. Blaine was showing of his pool skills towards Sam, Puck and Finn we're playing a drinking game with some bimbos by the bar.
"So, you and Berry huh?" Santana said with a smirk as she tapped Quinn playfully on the shoulder, only to have her almost tip over. "Shit Q, if you puke tonight, I will sooo not be holding up your hair." Santana said as she grabbed the girl's arm, keeping her steady while Quinn mumbled a sarcastic thank you.
"She's home" Rachel said as she reached over and pulled out a chair sitting next to Santana and Quinn. Quinn directly sat on her lap while tapping her feet un-rhythmically to the song. " I told her you where looking for her and that you we're worried." And Santana just mumbled thanks.
"Quinn, I think we should head home, you seem pretty drunk" Santana said calmly as Quinn just shook her head forcefully.
"No! I wanna stay here with Rach" Quinn mumbled into Rachel's neck. Rachel looked up sympathetically at Santana and just gave her a reassuring smile before saying
"Quinny, you have my number, I have yours, and we could totally meet up one day. But you need to go home now", she said, shocked by her own words. Rachel never understood how she could sober up so fast.
"Really? Because you are like… toootally awesome" Quinn said dreamily as she snuggled closer towards the petite girl.
"Santana and I are going to help you get a cab home and we will talk later ok?" Rachel smiled reassuringly at her, not knowing if she would actually call. After all, she had told Brittany earlier that day that she needed to focus on her career. But this girl was so funny, cute and charming, it made her knees go weak.
Santana and Rachel grabbed her from both sides and helped her out of the bar. Which was a hard task for Rachel, being slightly shorter then Quinn.
After spending minutes waving for a cab and within those minutes having Quinn yelling incoherent things towards people over the street, they finally got a cab and helped Quinn in.
"Hey, dwarf?"
"I can't believe I'm going to answer that but yes?" Rachel said as she turned around facing Santana who just smirked.
"Just you know…wanted to say thank you…for helping Quinn and, eum calling Britt." Santana said awkwardly scratching her neck. Rachel could see that it was not in the Latinas nature to thank people, so she just smiled.
"No problem, I'll see you around ok?" Rachel said as she closed the taxi door and waved one last wave before heading back towards the bar.
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"Ok Quinn, seriously help me out here, one more step come on" Santana said desperately as she held onto her friend for dear life. Quinn was practically putting on all her dead weight on Santana.
Finally Quinn made it to her bed and fell face first into the pillow sighting at the relief.
"Here, drink this" Santana said as she handed Quinn water. Quinn took and it drank it all, making the plastic bottle crack under her grip. It had become a routine for her and Santana, whenever they went out and one of them got a little too much to drink, the other one would take care of that person, even though it meant losing a one night stand, which happened a bit to often for Santana's liking.
"Thanks San" Quinn mumbled against the pillow. Santana leaned in and kissed her friend on her forehead. "Love you Q." She said, stroking her friend one last time on her head before exiting the room, feeling her own tiredness hitting her.
The next morning Santana woke up feeling better than she had thought she would. She was still wondering over the blond, but figured she had to get up and fix breakfast for her probably hung over friend.
30 minutes later Quinn emerged from her bedroom. Her hair was sticking out in directions Santana didn't even know existed, her mascara had been smudged out around her eye's making her look like a panda and she squinted her eyes, clearly not enjoying the beautiful autumn morning.
"Good morning sunshine" Santana smirked as she saw how Quinn wrenched at the sound of her voice.
"Shh, not so loud…" Quinn said as she sat down and put her hands over her ears. Santana just rolled her eyes as she put a plate in front of her friend.
"Here, eat your bacon" San said as she turned around and started making breakfast for herself.
"No…please no food…no bacon." Quinn said as she covered her mouth with her hand. Santana turned around looking at her with a weird expression. The day when Quinn Fabray said no to bacon was as unlikely to happen as the day pigs would fly.
"Wow, you must really feel like shit huh?" Santana said as she turned around, putting all her focus on the girl in front of her "And you really do look like shit"
"Thanks…" Quinn said through her hands.
"So, you and the hobbit huh?" Santana said a smirk plastered on her face as she pressed up her glasses that kept falling.
"Hobbit? Really San, she's actually really nice…and friendly." Quinn smiled, looking up at her friend.
"Yeah, you guys got really friendly with each others" Santana said with a smirk.
"Shut up S, now tell me. What happened between you and Britt? You guys seemed all over each other, then she just left" Quinn said as she started to eat her bacon, which made Santana smile. Her Quinn was back.
"Well I don't know…everything went smoothly, then Mika happened." She said.
"Wait, you saw Mika?" Quinn said raising an eyebrow. "Wow…talk about awkward…"
"Not only was it awkward, she started hitting on me and Britt just sat there next to me and I didn't know what to do, you know… because we aren't dating and like… you know…" Santana said, struggling with her words.
"You really like her don't you?" Quinn said with a genuine smile on her face, holding her cup of coffee with both hands.
"I…I…well… I guess I do…she's just so funny, cute…smart…different you know." Santana said, blushing at her corniness. "But you know, whatever. She probably doesn't even want to talk to me anymore and she's like famous, she wouldn't want to date me and all." Santana said a bit too quickly, making Quinn raise an eyebrow at her, not believing her.
"You totally want her" Quinn deadpanned, while she took a sip of her coffee.
"No, if I wanted her then she would already be mine" Santana said coldly. Quinn just rolled her eyes and smiled at her friend, sometimes she was just so stubborn.
"You like her, I get that and I think it's good for you. I mean, bringing home random girls repeatedly can't be good for anyone. If you like her, go for it. What could be the worst that could happen? Sure she could say no. But then you at least tried, not just sat doing nothing and kept remembering that that one special girl that got away." Quinn said as she wisely smiled at her.
"I thought you felt like shit Dr. Phil?" Santana said sarcastically as she took away Quinn's empty plate and put it on the counter.
"Hey, just trying to help a friend. And besides I owe you one for what you did yesterday, it was really nice. Though Berry will probably never call me again, it was a fun one time thing." She said with a sigh and got up from her chair, making it creak in the process. "Well I'm off to take a shower" Quinn announced "And San?" She asked looking deeply at her friend, who just looked up at her with those brown eyes. "Keep in mind of what I told you today" She said as she left towards the showers.
Weeks went by. Santana hadn't heard anything from the blond. She saw pictures of her from time to time in the paper, but more than that nothing. She thought that it maybe was for the best, she had too much to do anyway. Her restaurant was keeping her busy and so did her friends. But she couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if she had called her and asked her out. Brittany was the only girl that had made Santana's heart beat faster then she knew was possible.
Their new friends had started working for her restaurant and Finn and Mercedes had proven to be excellent waiters, even though she had been suspicious about Finn in the beginning. He did drop things from time to time, but he was better than expected. Then there was Sam who worked in the kitchen. He was actually a great chef as Brittany had said. He really did make it easier for them and everything was just going perfect.
Quinn and Rachel's relationship had blossomed over the couple of weeks, they we're even an official couple now. Facebook and all. Even though the Latina found the midget annoying she couldn't help but smile when she saw them together. Quinn was really head over heels for this girl, which made Santana happy. The blonde deserved the best after all the douche bags she'd been through and they we're actually cute together. Rachel had brought up Brittany a couple of times and the group of friends had met each other several times. But Santana and Brittany always seemed to be busy the night the other could go out, which made the Latina a bit annoyed.
It was around three o'clock in the afternoon and Santana was sitting in a coffee shop, reading her book while drinking some coffee. It had become a habit of hers to once a week leave the apartment, go wherever she felt like, bring her book with her and read. When it was warmer she would usually head for the park, but it was late autumn making it impossible for the Latina to stay outside. She had found this coffee shop a few weeks ago and the best part was that no one knew about it, which made her relax, knowing she would be free from awkward encounters. Or so she thought.
"Santana?" A soft voice asked as Santana looked up from her book while she pressing up her glasses. Her eye's widened as she saw who stood in front of her.
"Brittany?" she said clearly shocked. "What are you doing here?" she asked, regretting the question as soon as it left her mouth.
"Well…I'm getting coffee…it is a coffee shop after all…" Brittany said with a small unsure laugh.
Santana just shook her head. " Of course you are" She smiled at her stupid question.
"Is this seat taken?" Brittany asked unsurely as she pointed towards the chair in front of Santana. Santana looked at her confused for a couple of seconds before rapidly saying, " Yes, I mean No! I mean, eum sit…" Santana said as she blushed and Brittany just laughed her lovely laugh that made Santana weak to her knees. Brittany sat down and looked at the book in her hands and smiled. "Ah, would never have taken you for a Harry Potter fan. "
"Well there's a lot you don't know about me" Santana said with a challenging smile, which made Brittany laugh and shake her head.
"Like you wear those cute glasses?" Brittany asked as she pointed towards Santana's blushing face.
"Well, I usually wear contacts, but I thought I wouldn't run into someone today." Santana answered honestly as they both smiled at each other.
They sat there talking for hours. They talked about Rachel and Quinn's relationship, their careers, personal life and the list just went on. Before both knew it, it was 5 o'clock and Brittany had to leave.
"Well San, it was lovely to see you again" Brittany said with a kind smile.
"Yeah same with you" Santana said. Ask her. Her mind kept telling her.
"Well, I'll better get going." Ask her. "The show must go on" Brittany said with a chuckle which made Santana laugh.
"Yeah, I'll see you around I guess…" Santana said as she saw Brittany stand up and putting together her things slowly. It almost seemed as she did it extra slowly on purpose.
"Well, I'll better actually go now…" Ask her. "Bye Santana, it was fun to catch up" she said with a brief smile as she turned around and headed for the door. God damn it just ask her! But just like that, she was out of the out of sight. Santana sighed, why was she such a pussy? Why couldn't she just have asked her? Suddenly the conversation she had had with Quinn a couple of weeks ago came rushing through her mind. If you like her, go for it. What could be the worst that could happen? Quinn's voice filled Santana's mind as she quickly grabbed all her things and ran out of the coffee shop. When she exited she started looking for the blond who stood around 200 meters away from her calling for a cab. Santana's eyes widen as she saw a cab slowly approach her and she started sprinting towards her. The cab stopped in front of Brittany and she opened the door.
"Brittany!" Santana yelled as she finally reached the blond out of breath.
The blond looked at her with a shocked expression on her face, still holding the cab door open.
"Did…did I forget something?" Brittany said unsurely as she looked at the Latina in front of her with a confused expression on her beautiful face.
"No…just…I…you…Shit… I need to start training!" Santana said out of breath while holding her sides. Brittany smiled at her, but looked back at the cab driver that waited impatiently for her.
"San what is it, I really need to go." She said as she looked at Santana again.
"Will…will you…do you want to have coffee with me?" Santana finally said asked while looking at her with hopeful eyes.
Brittany frowned, Santana was really confused her.
"We just had coffee…" Brittany said, looking at her with confusion.
"No, I mean… yes I know. But I'm not talking about coffee, we could go for whatever, hot chocolate, tea, coffee, hell we can even go to a fruit bar or what ever. What I'm trying to say Britt is…will…w-will you go on a date with m-me?" Santana finally asked, looking at the blond as she started blushing furiously. Her glasses were falling down her nose again and her hands were palming the side of her jeans nervously. It was the cutest thing Brittany had ever seen. After a few seconds of silence, Santana just stood there awkwardly biting her bottom lip. Brittany was a loss of words.
"Is that a…a no?" Santana asked unsurely as she looked at the ground.
"What?" Brittany said, finally coming out of her gaze. "No, of course not! I totally want to go on a date with you!" Brittany smiled as she saw the Latina's grin, the biggest grin she had seen in ages.
"Yes! Eum I mean…cool…cool…" Santana said trying not to show her over enthusiasm as she scratched her neck while Brittany just giggled, grabbing her bag and taking out her card.
"Here's my number, call or text me." Brittany said with a big grin on her face too.
"S-s-sure!" Santana said again, blushing as she looked at those piercing blue eyes that looked dreamily into her brown orbs.
"But I really need to go now" Brittany said as she motioned towards the cab driver as he tapped his fingers impatiently at the steering wheel.
"O-of course!" Santana said, just as she was about to step back when Brittany pulled her in and kissed her tenderly on the cheek before winking at her and jumping into the cab that drove off, leaving a stunned Latina by the sidewalk, palming the cheek that Brittany just had kissed. She felt her knees go weak as she kept replaying that one moment when Brittany's soft lips met her cheek, it had not lasted more than a second but the Latina couldn't stop thinking about it. Finally, she realized she'd been glued to the spot over several seconds and looked around unsurely, watching if anyone had seen her. She decided it would be best if she headed out towards her restaurant, with a smile that wouldn't leave her face.