A/N: Some things are going to be revealed in this chapter... Sorry to keep you guys waiting ;)
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"We need to talk," Brittany said almost as soon as she walked through the door.
"What about?" I questioned, tilting my head slightly.
"We need to break up," Brittany stated simply.
I blinked, completely taken aback by this sudden statement. "We what?"
"Look, Santana, I just don't think that we're meant to be. And we're both getting older. We both need to be looking for someone that we're going to be with forever," Brittany reasoned. I took a deep breath and nodded. No, I didn't think Brittany and I were meant to be, but that didn't meant I expected us to break up all of the sudden. "You agree?"
"Yes," I said, "you're right. Do you want me to move out?"
"No, I found a place," Brittany admitted. That's probably where she was with Kurt after work.
"Okay," is all I said, and for the next hour or so, Brittany gathered up all of her stuff. It looked as though she'd been slowly and steadily packing up her stuff for days. When she was done, we both gave each other a quick goodbye and then she left.
I didn't cry at all, and surprisingly, I was hardly even sad. Why was that? My girlfriend had just broken up with me on my birthday.
"Some birthday present," I muttered, shaking my head. Maybe this was what I needed. I could find someone that I would ultimately be happy with. How I was going to do that was unknown, but I was sure that I'd figure it out. Or maybe I wouldn't. For some reason, life felt so confusing right now. I didn't know what I wanted out of it, and I didn't know how I was going to even move forward. What did I have? Half of a diner, a couple good friends, and an apartment that I would now have to completely pay for.
Groaning, I fell onto my bed. I'd been staying up to wait for Brittany to get home, and now I wish I'd gone to sleep as soon as I'd gotten home. Certainly, this had been the worse birthday ever.
As I drifted off to sleep, finally, I felt another weird dream sneaking up on me. Or really, just another memory.
"Have you seen Dani, Mami?" I asked my mom as I walked inside my house. She hadn't been at school, and it was only the fourth day of senior year. Why she hadn't shown up, I had no idea.
"No, wasn't she at school?" Mami asked me, tilting her head.
"No," I answered, suddenly getting a little worried.
"I'm sure she just had a doctor's appointment or something," my mom tried to comfort me, giving me a careful smile. Even though I'd never told my mom about us, I was pretty sure that she knew about mine and Dani's relationship.
"Sure," I said, nodding, but not really believing my mom's suggestion.
There was a sudden knock on the door and, hoping it was Dani, I quickly turned back around and opened the door. But no, it was Dani's parents. That couldn't be good. "Mr. and Mrs. Tyler?"
"Have you seen Dani?" Mrs. Tyler asked immediately, her voice sounding just as worried as I was starting to feel.
"What do you mean? You don't know where she is?" my mom asked, stepping up next to me in front of the door.
"No," Mrs. Tyler answered.
Mr. Tyler continued to explain to us the situation, "We had a small difference of opinion last night, and then she went up to her room. This morning when we got up, she was gone, so we assumed she went to school. But she hasn't come home. Didn't she come home with you?"
I shook my head. "No. She wasn't at school."
"Well is there any chance that she camped out somewhere on your property?" Mrs. Tyler questioned.
I took a deep breath. "Maybe she came into my room after I left. I'll be right back."
She was either hiding in my room or she was in the woods, in our spot. There was no where else she would've gone.
I entered my room, and at first glance, I noticed nothing out of place. And then I saw it, a note taped to the outside of my window. My breath catching in my throat, I ran over and slid the window open, snatching the note from the glass and pulling it into my room.
My hands already trembling, I opened the note. It was Dani's careful handwriting that covered the page. I started to read.
Dear Santana,
I had to do it. I'm sorry, first off. I know you always thought that running away was an incredulous idea. You thought it was cowardly, but I had to. I know I talked about us running away together, but I realized that even if you had wanted to, I couldn't let you come with me. You have a life ahead of you. Fame, fortune… I know you'll be happy. I had nothing, besides you of course. My parents, though, would have stolen even you from me. So I had to leave. On one hand, I hope we meet again someday. On the other hand, though, I know you'll find a beautiful girl who deserves you and I don't ever want to butt into what you will have built for yourself. I hope you get everything and more out of life. I, meanwhile, will settle down somewhere small, or move around some. Who knows? But don't worry about me, babe, I'll be fine. I suppose that one day, if we meet again, it'll be some where only we know…. You and I both know where that is.
I love you Santana, and that is why I had to leave you behind.
Love,
Dani
She had drawn a small heart next to her name, and my heart clenched as I finished the letter. Hot tears were already streaming down my cheeks from my eyes. No, she couldn't have done something like this. She wouldn't have…
I wiped my tears away the best I could, and clenched the note in my hand. A surge of anger flowed through me. Not anger at Dani so much as anger toward her parents. What different of opinion had they had the previous night?
I was determined to find out, unsurprisingly. I stormed back downstairs. "Did you find anything?" Mrs. Tyler asked me instantly.
"What was your difference of opinion with Dani last night?" I demanded, my teeth clenched.
Mr. Tyler cleared his throat. "Dani told us that she thought she may be a lesbian."
"She did what?" I asked, my question almost dissolving into the air as my voice weakened. Why would she do that? She knew how her parents would react.
"The conversation came up during a friendly discussion about the issue of gay rights in our country," Mr. Tyler told me, as if he could tell that I wanted to know more about this friendly discussion.
"Friendly?" I demanded. "Think back, Mr. Tyler, how friendly could this discussion have been to get Dani to tell you something like that?"
"You mean, to make up something like that," Mrs. Tyler tried to correct me.
"No! She didn't make up anything! Dani is a lesbian, and so am I! And guess what, you've really done it, because she's run away!" I exclaimed, shoving the note I their direction and trying not to start crying in front of Dani's parents.
"I… I don't understand. You and our daughter…?" Mr. Tyler asked, looking at me with evil eyes. "You perverted our daughter!"
"Oh my god," I groaned, snatching my note back from him. I didn't want him to have it. It was mine. From Dani. The last thing I'd received from my girlfriend. And now she was gone.
"You perverted my daughter you sick little creep!" Mr. Tyler exclaimed. "And now you've made her run away from us! You turned her against us!"
"Hey now you asshole!" my Mami exclaimed, stepping up in front of me and between me and Mr. Tyler. "Do not speak to my daughter that way! She did no such thing to your daughter! Can't you understand that being gay is not a choice? If Dani loved my daughter, that's because she knew how to look past your ignorance!"
"My daughter was perfectly normal until your daughter messed her up!" Mr. Tyler exclaimed.
"Out! Out of my house! For Dani's sake, I hope she never comes back!" Mami snapped at Dani's parents, before slamming the door in their face. My tears were free flowing by now, and they turned into sobs as my mom wrapped me in one of her soft hugs.
"Mama," I mumbled through my sobs.
"Shh, mija," she objected, guiding me to our sofa. "It'll be okay. I promise."
"She's gone, Mami. She left me," I whispered out, sniffling as we sat down.
"She's going through a personal journey, Santana. She'll come back to you when she's ready," my mom tried to insist.
"I don't think so, Mami. Why would she ever come back here?" I asked. "And even if she did, I'll be gone after this year. She won't know where I will have gone."
"If it's meant to be, my dear, you will find her again. I promise."
I woke with tears streaming down my cheeks. These emotions, thought to be lost, were back. I'd experienced this feeling before, almost eleven years ago when my girlfriend ran away from home. Ran away from me. She disconnected her own phone, deleted all of her online accounts. She told no one where she was going.
And still to this day, I hadn't met her again. And I likely never would.
I took a deep breath as the image of the brunette smiling at me appeared in front of my eyes. Pushing her soft hair from her face as her brown eyes glistened. Smiling that sweet smile at me. I took a deep breath. How was I supposed to find her again?
I took out my laptop, skipping my normal thing of having coffee before doing anything else in the morning. I opened Facebook and went to the search bar. Hastily, I typed her name in the search bar.
Dani Tyler
There were a few results, but none of them were my Dani. I huffed, and tried the next thought that came to my mind.
Danielle Tyler
When Dani and I were little, she used to tell people that her name was Danielle, because she said she liked the way it sounded. Her name was never actually Danielle, though. Why she would want to lengthen her name was always unknown to me.
None of them were my Dani either. Did she just still not have a Facebook? I tried Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Kik, everything. Nothing worked. My Dani Tyler was no where.
I wasn't going to be able to find her. That much was clear to me.
And then tears rushed back into my eyes and I fell back onto my pillow. Surely I didn't still love this girl?
Don't kid yourself, Santana.
I sighed. How was I going to find her?
Dunno, how are you going to find her, Santana?
Sorry it was kind of short! Hopefully this cleared some things up for you guys :P
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So I have made an oath to myself to always say something funny or random in my A/Ns now, because I used to without thinking and now my bottom A/Ns are always so boring D: Hmm so what to say right noww...
Ah well, I'll start with the fact that I likely won't update anything tomorrow. For us Amuricans, it's Independence Day! Yay! Fireworks! Yeah, so I'll be out for pizza and then out watching fireworks all night :) So to any fellow Americans, Happy 4th of July! *STARTS SINGING THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER BC I CAN* Actually I really can- at least the first verse. I mean I don't sound like Whitney Houston or anything, but I don't sound half bad haha. Anyway what. Yeah. Happy fourth :)
Also, omg all that stuff that happened on Twitter today. Chris got hacked and the hacker nearly gave everyone heart attacks. Then Wilmer got hacked, hacker posted Demi nudes (which I heard are actually fake) and said a bunch of shit, and then he deactivated. I was bracing myself every time I saw a celebrity tweet for the rest of the day. Geez. :/ It's been an emotional day anyway. I watched a billion episode of Glee and listened to old Glee music and stuff.
Yeah so, enough talking now I guess :D
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