Chapter 4
Santana sighed as she turned off the stove. The evening had been more hectic than she had anticipated. Puck had called in sick, leaving her and Sam with Puck's part too. But things where slowly changing for the better at "The Edge". Now that she had split everything up with the guys, Santana didn't need to work every night and could actually have a social life, even though more and more people just kept coming. She didn't know where they came from, but the important was that it kept the wheels turning at "The Edge".
Through out the whole evening she still kept her mind on a special blond that just had accepted to go on a date with her. She didn't know when, where or how. But she did know that it was going to happen, which made this Friday evening a little bit less stressful than usual.
She still hadn't had time to talk to Quinn, which she needed to do. She'd seen Quinn several times thought-out the evening, coming in and out of the kitchen. Still she hadn't uttered a word about her encounter with the dancer and Santana didn't know how much longer she could keep her gap shut. She usually never shared emotions, but now she needed someone. She was so confused by everything. Usually she would just have flipped Q off if she even dared to ask, but now when she couldn't even keep her emotions in check, she needed help.
Just on cue, Quinn walked in to the deserted kitchen, Santana being the only one left. The blonde looked tired, her ponytail had stray hair sticking out there and there, and a thin layer of sweat covered her forehead. Santana basically looked the same; the only difference was the dirty apron she was wearing around her body
"Iaskedher" Santana said quickly.
"What?" Quinn looked at her confused, her eyebrow arching up.
"I. Asked. Her" Santana said slower, taking deep breaths as she felt the excitement rushing to her body again.
"Ah, her! Of course I know who you are talking about" Quinn said with an eye roll.
"I asked her. I asked Brittany out on a date" Santana finally said. When those words where said, it didn't feel like a dream anymore: it was reality and made her feel at ease. Quinn's face went from bitchy to shock to curious within seconds, which made the Latina smile wider.
"Seriously? Wait, what happened? Tell me everything!" Quinn said as she pulled a chair from the corner of the kitchen and sat herself next to the Latina, waiting anxiously for her to continue.
After Santana had told the story, earning a couple of naaw's here and there from Quinn, not leaving out one single part, she was out of breath. Quinn just looked at her with an adoring smile.
"You are so whipped" She finally said as she chucked and swayed her head from side to side. Santana frowned.
"Not the answer I was expecting and I am in nowhere near "whipped", she said while finger-quoting. Quinn smiled again, stood up and took both Santana's hands in hers.
"I'm truly happy for you" She said with a genuine smile as she let go of Santana's hand and started to clean up the rest of the kitchen. Santana stood still for a couple of seconds before turning around and starting to clean the kitchen. The rest of the evening continued with small talk of ideas where she could possibly go on the date while cleaning until it was time to head home.
Brittany was sleeping in her bed. Her blond hair was covering the entire pillow while she slept on her stomach. She suddenly felt something wet stroking against her cheek. She stirred in her sleep and buried her head deeper into her pillows ignoring the weird feeling on her cheek. Then she felt something push against her neck and she looked up. Her eyes were gazing lazily into the familiar brown orbs that she loved. She smiled while she stroked her cheek, loving the warm feeling.
"Well hello Whiskers, you hungry?" Brittany asked her cat, Whiskers, while the dark cat cuddled closer to her.
"What time is it?" Brittany said more to herself then to anyone else as she untangled herself from her blankets and sat up, stretching her long arms way above her head, and looked over at her alarm clock.
"8.24…" She mumbled as she turned around arching her eyebrows as she looked questionably at Whiskers.
"Really? It's Sunday. Can't you even let me sleep in on a Sunday?" Brittany huffed, petting her cat over the head while he purred.
"Well, I'm up so I'll better go get us some breakfast and then go for a jog" She thought for herself as she got up and started heading towards the kitchen while Whiskers followed her, making Brittany nearly step on him several times.
She entered the kitchen and looked over at Rachel sitting by the table, sipping her coffee while reading the news paper. Whiskers jumped up on the table and sat down right in front of Rachel, meowing from time to time, making it impossible for her to read. Rachel arched an eyebrow at the cat, understanding that Britt just entered the kitchen.
"Hi Britt" She greeted without turning around.
"Hi Rachel" She smiled while she poured up Whiskers food and then proceeded to make her own coffee.
"You're cat is disturbing me again" Rachel said as the cat didn't move, even though the food was severed. Brittany giggled when she saw the interaction in front of her.
"He likes you" She said simply as she took out her favorite cup.
"I assure you, your cat does not like me. He looks at me weirdly…" Rachel said eyeing the cat suspiciously as she pushed him down from the table and started to read again.
Before Brittany could answer the brunette had turned around and looked at her. "Where were you yesterday? You were 13 minutes late for rehearsals and then you just disappeared." Rachel asked.
"Oh, I went out for a walk and then I ran into Santana" Before she could continue Rachel cut her off.
"Santana? That was a while ago you met her right? "
"Yeah, we'll she was sitting in the coffee shop and I just randomly ran into her and asked if I could sit. Then I left and she ran after me and asked me out." Brittany said with a big smile on her face, while she pulled her hand through her hair.
"Wait, you are going on a date with Santana?" Rachel asked, clearly curious. "When?"
"Eum, we haven't talked about it. I gave her my card and now I'm just waiting for her to call me I guess." She said as she started petting her cat while he ate.
"Oh my god! Don't you understand how fun this could be? We can go on so many doubles dates, you, me, Quinny and Santana!" Rachel said clearly super excited.
"I don't know Rache…I think we will first see what happens between me and Santana, if like you know…I like her and so on. I don't want to have any expectations…every time I put myself out there I always get hurt…" She said quietly as she chewed on her bottom lip nervously.
Rachel smiled knowingly at her. It was true, Brittany had had her heart broken on several occasions, always thinking too highly of them, and then always being left heartbroken. It hurt Rachel to see how Brittany had started hiding after her ex cheated on her, and seeing her dating again made her so proud.
"I understand" She said calmly. "But Britt, just do what feels right. I don't know Santana so well, she kind of freaks me out…But if you like her focus on that instead of being scared of what may or may not happen. Go with the flow and I'm sure you will figure things out" Rachel finished as she smiled at the blond, who smiled weakly back.
"Thanks Rache…you always know what to say" Brittany said with a weak smile as she shifted her weight from side to side. "Well, I got to go. I'm going for a run, so watch Whiskers for me while I'm gone." Brittany said as she headed out from the kitchen. Before she left the room she turned towards Rachel again.
"And Rache, I want to thank you…you know…for being so patient and nice with me." Brittany said with a weak smile on her lips while Rachel only smiled at her.
Santana was laying on her bed while looking at the card in her hands, letting her fingers stoke over the name. Brittany S. Pierce. She had tried to call her at least ten times. She would dial the number and then suddenly hang up before it reached the other phone. Santana was pretty sure she knew the number by heart now as she once again dialed it on her phone. "This time I'm not hanging up" She though for herself as she pressed the green button on her phone, making it call.
She heard a beep. She froze, what was she going to say? She knew where she wanted to go. Beep. What if Brittany just had been nice when she offered her card, thinking that Santana was so pathetic that she just felt pity for her? Beep. No she wouldn't. Or would she? She had kissed her though.
Before Santana could think any further she heard Brittany pick up.
"Hi, it's Britt" Brittany said, clearly out of breath.
"H-hi it's Santana" She answered, mentally hitting herself for always stammering around the blond.
"Oh, hi!" Brittany said while trying to catch her breath.
"Is this a bad time?" Santana asked unsurely as she nervously played with Brittany's card.
"No, not at all. I was just out running, I had actually just stopped outside my apartment when you called" Santana could hear Brittany smile into the phone and she smiled too.
"Ah, cool." She said as she started thinking about the other day when she had to run after Britt and the thought about starting training again entered her mind. "Well I was thinking, what days are you free?"
"Eum" The blond started, clearly thinking out a day she could meet Santana. "I actually got a new shift the other day, so I'm free everyday except Saturday, Thursday and Wednesday."
"Oh, awesome! Well what about Tuesday? I though we could have dinner together. I'll pick you up around 6.30?"
"Sounds great! I'll see you then!"
Santana heard a click signaling that the phone call was over. Why had she been so afraid? It had gone smooth, or smoother then she had expected. Sure, she still had stammered from time to time, but there had clearly been some improvement. Santana smiled proudly of herself, she had done it. She had finally called her after lying in bed for hours just thinking about her.
Now she could focus on other things, until the actual date. At the moment, all Santana could think about was food and she got up and walked towards the kitchen.
Santana sat in the cab. It was Tuesday and she was checking herself in her mirror one final time. She smacked her lips together as she put on final layer of red lipstick. Her hair was put up in a loose bum, the same hairstyle that she had first seen Britt in. She had a sparkly top on and over that she wore a blazer. She had chosen a pair of dark tight jeans and high heels, knowing that Brittany was at least a few inches taller then her.
The cab stopped in front of the apartment building where the blond lived and Santana told the driver to wait as she got out. She felt the chilly air bite down on her skin as she wrapped her arms around herself trying to stay warm. She walked up to the door and just when she was going to buzz, the black door opened revealing the beautiful dancer.
Santana felt her breath hitch in her throat as she looked up at the blond. She wore a pair of high heels, making her even taller than before, and a white shirt that showed a fair amount of cleavage with a pair of thigh jeans.
Santana realized she hadn't even greeted Brittany and that the last 10 seconds had been used to check each other out, which made both of them blush slightly.
Santana's mouth went dry and finally she let out a raspy "Hi"
"Hi San" Britt said with a sweet smile.
"You look beautiful…" Santana said, happy that she hadn't stammered yet.
"Well, you don't look so bad yourself" Brittany flirted back as Santana just laughed.
"I have a cab waiting for us, it's kind of far to walk, so I thought you know…" Santana said letting her voice fade out as she looked at the girl in front of her, she was so beautiful she made Santana's brain go mush.
"Sounds great" Brittany said as they headed towards the cab. Santana opened the door for Britt who just smiled at her.
"A real gentleman I see, or gentlewoman." She said as she snickered, making Santana chuckle at how silly the blond was acting before jumping in the cab and giving the driver the address. They both started to small talk about their weekend though Britt mostly talked about the changes in her job, which made Santana smile. She was clearly talking about something that she was passionate about.
"San, you actually never told me where we are going" Britt said as her beautiful lips formed a slight pout, which made Santana giggle because she looked so cute.
"We are going to a restaurant I've been wanting to try out for quite a while. People say the food there is just the best" Santana said as she emphasized on the last words.
"We'll I bet that the food is just wonderful. If a talented chef as yourself chose it, it can only be good" Brittany said as she smiled at Santana and took her hand in hers squeezing it slightly. Santana looked up at her, eyes wide, before they soften up and she smiled at her and squeezed back.
Seconds later they arrived at the restaurant. Santana pulled her out of the cab still holding her hand. They arrived inside just to be met up by the waiters who brought them over to their table and they made themselves comfortable.
"I hope you like Italian" Santana said as she looked up from her menu to look back at Brittany who smiled back.
"It's my favorite, I love it. They actually eat Italian in my favorite movie" Brittany explained as she looked over at the menu, trying to decide what to order.
"Really? What movie would that be?" Santana asked while she glanced at her menu, not looking up at Britt who bit her lips nervously. Since Brittany didn't answer Santana looked up at her questionably.
"It's kind of embarrassing…" Brittany finally said as she hid her blush behind the menu. Santana felt her heart beat faster at how cute Brittany was acting. She took away Britt's menu from her grip and placed it down besides her while she took her hand in hers and looked deeply into her blue eyes.
"Hey, it's ok you can tell me. I mean I wouldn't judge you over a movie" Santana said smiling genuinely while she let her thumb slightly stroke Brittany's knuckles.
"People usually laugh at me when I tell them… "Brittany said as her cheeks grew redder.
"Well, you shouldn't care and if people laugh at you because of a movie, they are just stupid" Santana said as it was the most obvious thing in the world. Brittany sighed.
"It's…it is lady and the tramp…" She said avoiding Santana's eyes.
Santana felt herself grow warmer. Sure, she was kind of shocked, she didn't except Brittany to tell her that her favorite movie was a kids movie. But in the end of the day it was still Brittany and anything she did was just so adorable. Santana smiled at her as she leaned forward and put her finger under Brittany's chin lifting her head up so their locked eyes. Brown versus blue.
"Hey…" She said quietly, her cheeks going red as she realized how close they actually were. They were basically breathing the same air.
Brittany looked at her in awe. She knew Santana was beautiful, but seeing her so close gave her a big lump in her throat and she felt herself go light headed from the smell of the Latina.
"It's not stupid, it's a really good movie. It's actually adorable" Santana said as she winked at the dancer, making her blush again. She placed an intimate kiss right next to Brittany's mouth letting her lips linger a couple of seconds before pulling back, letting go of her face, but her hand never leaving hers.
Right after that waiter came back and took their order. During the rest of the dinner they were either talking or enjoying the comfortable silence.
When the check came they both reached for it, making their hands touch. Which made both of them giggle.
"Please San, this is the least I can do. This date has been nothing but awesome with awesomesauce." Britt said, not letting go of the check.
"Ok, let's make a deal. I pay this time, because I asked you out on this date…and then on the next date, you can choose and pay for everything ok?" Santana said with a smirk on her lips.
"Next date huh?" Brittany said as she smiled at her and let go of the check. "Okay, sure, you win Lopez."
"I always do Pierce" Santana said with a confident smirk.
"Don't get ahead of yourself Lopez" Brittany said as Santana gave the waiter her credit card.
Santana and Brittany walked, hand in hand in the chilly autumn evening. The moon was shining behind them as they walked aimlessly through the New York streets. It was a beautiful night, the leaves were dancing around their feet and the naked trees made a soothing sound as the autumn wind blew through them. Suddenly Brittany stopped walking. Santana turned towards her and looked quizzically up at her.
Brittany smiled and looked down on her. She loved that Santana was shorter than her, and for some reason Santana just became much cuter because of it.
"I just…wanted to thank you" Brittany said timidly while she blushed lightly. " Like, I haven't gone on such good date in over…I actually can't remember the last time I had such a good time" Brittany said honestly as she smiled at Santana, who smiled back at her, squeezing both her hands.
"Yeah… I know what you mean…" Santana said softly as she looked into Brittany's ocean deep eyes.
Before she knew it. Brittany's hands were on her hips pulling their bodies closer, while Santana wrapped her hands around Brittany's neck. They had both by that time closed their eyes, only focusing on the intimate touch. It felt right, the moment was perfect. It felt like slow-motion, Brittany leaning in gingerly while Santana stood on her tip toes, waiting for the blond to reach her. Just as Brittany was going to catch Santana's lips by her own she felt something vibrate in her pocket before the sound of her phone ringing, breaking the comfortable silence of the starry night. Santana let out a slightly irritated sight and Brittany giggled while she rested her forehead against Santana's looking at her apologetically.
"You should get that…" Santana finally said after holding a starring battle with the blond, her smile never leaving her red lips.
"I know…" Brittany answers while she sighed. She quickly kissed Santana on the nose making both of them giggle before she grabbed her phone and answered.
"Hi this is Brittany" She said in to the phone while she still held one hand around the Latinas hip. Santana lazily drew circled patters on the dancers neck enjoying the slight shiver that Brittany would get from time to time.
"What? Mhm…No I mean…Yeah…well if it's the only option I guess. I'll be there in 20." Brittany said before hanging up while she pouted towards the shorter girl.
"Do you really need to go?" Santana said as she continued lazily drawing circles on the dancers neck.
"Yeah, apparently one of the backup dancers' sprained her ankle and her backup is in Chicago for some apparent reason… So they called me" Brittany said, still pouting.
Santana pouted too, she really didn't want Brittany to leave. Not like this anyway.
"It's ok" Santana finally says. " I mean if I remember correctly, someone owes me a date" She said as she let go of her grip around Brittany's neck letting her hands fall down towards the blonds' arms while she started to draw out patters there instead.
Brittany smiled at Santana "Yeah and Thursday after the show Rachel invited everyone out for a drink. Quinn told her your restaurant wasn't open that day, so I'll see you then" Brittany said as she smiled back at the beautiful Latina. She pulled her in into an intimate hug; while Santana rested her head on the blonds shoulder and the blond kept her arms around the shorter girl. Neither of them wanted to let go, both of them enjoying the warmth of the cold evening. Brittany sniffed Santana's hair, loving how sweet the Latina smelled. Finally Santana pulled away from the embrace, forcing herself away from Brittany's warm body.
"I'll call you" Brittany said before she fully let go of the Latina and hailed a cab. She quickly kissed Santana on the cheek and then she was off.
"So, you guys didn't kiss?" Quinn said in disbelief as she sat on Santana's bed with her pajamas on.
"No, I've told you this like a thousand times. We were going to!"
"But then someone called her" Quinn finished for her.
"Yeah" Santana said as she continued to brush her hair.
"What happened after?" Quinn asked as she continued painting her nails.
"Well, then she told me that everyone is apparently going out on Thursday after the show…" Santana continued as she turned around to face Quinn.
"And…?" Quinn said looking at her weirdly.
"Like, that's going to be super awkward" Santana said as she groined and put her face in her hands.
"Why? It seemed to me that everything went smoothly" Quinn said as she shrugged.
"Well yes, but no. You see I did not kiss her" Santana said.
"So?" Quinn asked, her attention now complete on Santana.
"Like, now when should I kiss her? It was like the perfect moment. Now everything is so confusing. Usually you kiss the person you like on the end of the first date to get it over with. Now when that opportunity is lost, I don't know when I am "allowed" to kiss her" Santana said finally finishing her little rant.
"…What do you mean "allowed"? Santana I think you are overreacting…I mean, I didn't kiss Rachel on the first date, we did it when the moment was right. I don't think a first kiss is something to "get over with" " Quinn said as she finger quoted, trying to convince Santana.
"Ok, I'll stop you right there. This is me we are talking about. You are dating a little gnome who lives in this perfect fairy world. I'm dating this super beautiful, cute, innocent yet sexy Broadway dancer. That my friend is the difference" Santana said as she breathed in through her nose, trying to calm herself down. "Did you know that her favorite movie is Lady and the tramp" Santana said adoringly.
"No…eum I did not know that. But I mean, you are totally overreacting just because-" Suddenly Santana felt her phone vibrate and took it out of her pocket.
Hi San, had a great time tonight can't wait to see you Thursday xoxo Britt
Santana smiled as she re-read the text. Quinn looked at her and smiled knowingly.
"I'm gonna go to sleep now S, but I think you are overreacting, judging by that smile on your face I can see everything is going to be alright. And please don't smile like that…it kinda freaks me out" Quinn said as she smirked at her, only to have Santana stick her tongue out at her.
Rachel and Brittany entered the bar while looking for their friends. They told them they would be a little late so they told them to go out without them. Rachel dragged Brittany across the bar and towards Quinn and Sam who were standing there discussing about everything and nothing. Rachel kissed her girlfriend and gave Sam a hug while Brittany hugged both of them. She started talking to Sam, her oldest friend except Rachel. But while they were talking, she kept looking for the beautiful chef, wondering if she was even here.
"I mean Batman is like so hardcore! But then we have wolverine and-"
"Hey Sam, just wondering" Brittany cut him off, after listening to him discuss the difference between Marvel and Dc comics over the last 30 minutes.
"You haven't happened to have seen Santana around?" Brittany asked as she looks around the bar. It wasn't a lot of people out, maybe 20-30 of them. But after looking through all of them she still couldn't seem to find Santana.
"Yeah, last time I saw her she was outside" Sam said. Brittany thanked him and walked towards the door.
"So you guys didn't kiss?" Puck asked as he took one more puff from his cigarette.
The Latina sighed. How many times did she have to repeat herself? She already felt like a broken record.
"No we did not kiss, we almost kissed." Santana said, sighting one more time.
"That's kind of unlike you, you know" Puck said as he took out a new cigarette from his pack.
"Well, I know. But I'm kind of nervous about tonight you know…what if things get awkward…" Santana said, shaking her head.
"I'm totally the wrong person to talk about these kind of things with man. I don't do relationships, or dates. I have sex then I leave. Easy and satisfying. But you'll figure it out. My Tana always does." Puck said as he smirked. Suddenly he looked down on his phone and saw a text message pop up. After reading the text message he suddenly stood up while Santana while she looks at him weirdly.
"Jessica's apartment is around the corner and she wants a quickie before she leaves to Arizona in 30" Puck explained.
"Oh, eum…have fun?" Santana said as she frowned.
"Could you hold my cigarette?" Puck asked while handing her the newly lit cigarette.
"Do you seriously believe you will be back before it's dead?" Santana asked, frowning at him.
"Is that a challenge Lopez?" Puck smirked at her, he loved challenging his friend.
"10 bucks you won't be able to make it" She smirked back at him, taking the cigarette between her fingers.
"10 bucks says I will" He smirked before rushing away around the corner.
Santana stood there alone laughing her throaty laugh. This was just unbelievable.
Suddenly she heard a voice belonging to a special someone.
"I really didn't see you as a smoker San" Britt said disappointedly as she leaned next to Santana against the wall. Santana suddenly realized Brittany's finally arrived. She smiled brightly before looking at her cigarette then looking at Brittany, who is eying the cigarette.
"Wait, no I don't smoke!" Santana said, trying to clear things up.
"Santana…I know it's your choice, but it's really not good. My last cat died because of smoking…" Brittany said as she looked down on the street, her head clearly hanging in disappointment.
"Your cat?..." Santana tried to ignore that part before continuing.
"I wasn't smoking, Puck was smoking. Then he had to leave so he asked me to hold it for him." Santana said desperately as she threw the cigarette away, forgetting the stupid bet. She stepped in front of Brittany doing the same thing she did a couple of night ago and took her finger under Brittany's chin and lifted it up, locking eyes with her.
"I promise from the bottom of my heart Britt, that I did not smoke that cigarette" Santana said honestly. She didn't know why she cared so much that Brittany believed her or not. The thought of Brittany being disappointed with her made her heart ache.
"Really?" Britt said looking up at her hopefully.
"Really." Santana assured her nodding her head.
"Well…" Brittany's lips suddenly wore a smirk. " There is only one way to really find out." She said as she leaned closer, licking her lips before bringing them towards the Latina. The chef stood still a couple of seconds, enjoying the feeling of Brittany's soft lips on hers, before responding. She pulled Brittany closer by her hips as Brittany put her arms around her neck, slightly rubbing her fingers against the delicate skin. Brittany finally ended the kiss by pulling Santana's lower lips between her teeth, earning a slight moan from the Latina. They both stood there complete out of breath as their forehead touched.
"You have no clue how long I've wanted to do that…" Brittany finally said, smiling at the shorter girl.
"Oh, I think I do" Santana said as she smirked, pulling her into a mind blowing kiss once again.
Just when things started to heat up, a familiar voice interrupted them.
"Wow S, I leave you for 10 minutes and you're already hooking up with someone" Puck grinned when he saw the annoyed look on Santana's face as she pulled away from Brittany.
"I'll let you two finish" He said with a wink before leaving Santana and Brittany alone again.
Both of them stood there, Brittany's hands still around Santana's neck and Santana's hands are on the dancers' delicate hips, their foreheads touching and both of them wore a lazy smile on their face.
"Maybe we should… you know. Go inside and actually talk to people" Brittany finally said, earning a small giggle from the Latina.
"Yeah I guess you're right…" Santana said as she gave the blond girl one last peck on the lips. They returned to the bar, this time hand in hand.
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