A/N- So I'm back... Anyways I won't be saying anything else... Read on! :) xx
Chapter 12
Love is just like life, it's not always easy and it does not always bring happiness. So when we are still living, why should we stop loving?
Everything about the night before was just perfect for Santana. Finally she had declared her love for Brittany and even though doing it in the principal's office wasn't exactly first choice, it was good enough. Such was the intensity and passion behind every kiss and touch they shared last night, both women were totally oblivious to Sue watching them; if only for a few seconds.
Miss Lopez strutted into class a little bit later than she would have liked, but thankfully none of her students were here yet. Truthfully, she just wanted a few minutes where she could clear things with Fiona in regards to her behaviour last night. But it was the latter that surprisingly started off the conversation once Santana had approached her.
"Santana, I'm really flattered that you feel some sort of attraction to me but I have a boyfriend".
Miss Lopez stared at her with wide eyes. "Ok, what?"
"Look, I understand, seriously I do, but I just don't like you that way".
Again her face was puzzled. "Fiona, seriously, what are you harping on about?"
"Last night, obviously you couldn't hold your feelings in for me any longer"
Santana released a barrel of laughter. "Oh my god, you have got it so wrong, I just did it because I was drunk"
"Really...it didn't seem that way".
"Just trust me on this one Fiona, I do not feel any sort of attraction to you, and I mean that in the nicest way possible".
"Oh, okay" The assistant replied, sounding a little disappointed.
Well that was weird.
Brittany walked down the hallways, a massive grin plastered across her face. She was still in a state of shock that Santana had actually said the words 'I love you' to her. It somehow didn't seem real, that she was about to wake up any second now from some fluffy dream.
Then the principal's office entered into her line of sight, and the blonde half-heartedly slapped herself across the head for letting things get overly heated in there. But she managed to let out a giggle, before making her way to Miss Lopez's class.
Santana instantly acknowledged Brittany's presence the second she walked through the door. It was hard to not push the blonde against the wall right there and then. Just everything about her was so damn beautiful. She even managed to make a tacky uniform look incredibly sexy.
"Morning Miss..." Brittany taunted as she whistled past her teacher to sit on her desk. Even as she began taking things out of her backpack, she still kept her gaze on Santana. The last thing the brunette needed was for Brittany to be eye-fucking her.
An hour into the lesson, Brittany sat up from her chair, walked towards her teacher's desk and tossed a scrunched up piece of paper when she was sure that nobody was looking. She gave one quick smile before slowly turning to leave the room.
"Brittany, where are you going?" Fiona quickly asked before the blonde was completely out of sight.
"Bathroom" Brittany grumbled back, she just didn't like this assistant at all.
Santana shifted sideways a little, so she could read the note away from prying eyes.
I'm in the bathroom, don't keep me waiting.
She didn't need telling twice. The brunette informed Fiona that she needed the rest room and swiftly left the class.
...X...
"Finally, come here". Brittany pushed herself from the bathroom wall and pulled Santana by the hips into a tight embrace.
"We shouldn't be doing this here". Santana whispered, as she stared deeply into her lover's eyes.
"But...I want you now" The blonde whined back. Santana fluttered her eyes shut, expecting their lips to unite in the next few seconds.
Brittany's mouth came down on hers. Her arms came up around Santana's neck and she pulled her in so their bodies could touch. Santana's hands flattened against her back, pressing herself against Brittany's breast. She was up on the tips of her toes, kissing Brittany as fiercely as she was kissing her. They flicked tongues along each other's lips, and Santana clung to her more tightly, knotting her hands into blonde hair.
"Brittany, I love you...but we can't keep us a secret forever".
The blonde slid her hands down Santana's waist, pulling her in harder. She was so lost in the sensations that spiralled through her nerves, blood and bones, that right now, telling people was the last thing on her mind.
"We will, not yet, soon".
Santana broke the kiss, motionless as she found it difficult to speak her next words. "We're going to get through this, right?"
Brittany looked at her teacher quizzically, "What do you mean?"
"Your mum, friends, I mean no one will be on our side once they find out".
"Hey, listen to me...we'll get through it all, every single obstacle, I promise you"
Still not feeling completely sure, Santana expressed, "But what about when Sue finds out? My job, your place here at this college, everything will be in tatters"
Brittany assured back, "Then we'll find something else to do with our lives...I'm not ashamed of our love and I'm never going to let you go".
"You make it sound so easy, life isn't all rainbows and sunshine" Santana objected, but not in a rude way.
Brittany smiled, "Do you remember when you told me how you were losing sleep due to thinking of me all the time?"
Santana blushed, remembering that small confession. "Yeah, I do why?"
"Because..." The blonde started, locking their hands together. "When people fall in love, they can't sleep because reality is finally better than their dreams"
"I don't get it" Santana croaked.
"You're asking if we'll be okay and how life isn't always rosy, but I'm trying to tell you that what we have...me and you, its reality"
"And the way I see it, we have two choices... To keep our reality going, or go back to dreaming"
Santana allowed a few tears to drop; this moment was just too emotional. "You opened up my heart; I'll be damned to ever let you leave my life"
Brittany wrapped her arms around the brunette's neck, "Well then, let's enjoy our reality and leave the rest to destiny".
...X...
"Wow, someone is awfully giddy" Finn teased his roommate as they sat for dinner.
"Am I not allowed to be happy?" Santana snorted.
"Well actually..." "Ouch San, that hurt"
"Then you shouldn't be so horrible you goof ball"
Finn stared at his friend apologetically, "Yeah you're right, I'm sorry"
"Hmmm, count yourself lucky that I'm in a good mood" Santana spoke, taking a sip of her drink.
"I still can't believe that Santana Lopez has finally found love" Finn chuckled.
"Eat your food before I take that teddy you secretly sleep with" The brunette threatened, a small smile creeping up on her face.
"Erm, okay, you win" The tall man conceded.
Santana sat up to take her plate into the sink before letting her mind wander off. "I wonder what Brittany is doing now..."
...X...
Quinn and Brittany were chilling in Rachel's room when the brunette queried, "Okay come on Britt, spill, you haven't stopped smiling all day".
"Jeeze, am I not allowed to be happy?" Brittany sighed back.
"Yes of course you are, but I didn't say that now did I... I'm just wondering that's all". Rachel shrugged, although she was keen to find out the reasons.
"Babe, leave Britt alone" Quinn spoke as she fiddled with the keypad on her phone.
"Trust the two blonde's to side with each other". Rachel retorted which resulted in a glare from Quinn.
The blonde made her way over to where Rachel was sat and pushed her arms around the brunette's neck. "You just love being so overdramatic don't you?"
As Brittany watched her two friends being all cute, she couldn't help but let her mind wander off. "I wonder what Santana is doing now..."
...X...
Miss Lopez stumbled into class fifteen minutes late and was immediately addressed by Fiona, who had a message for her.
"The principal wants to see you, she said it's urgent".
Santana tensed a little, and wondered why Sue would want to see her during class time. A quick scan of the classroom and she noticed that Brittany's desk wasn't occupied.
This did not look so good.
Santana knocked on the door and heard a commanding 'come in' bellowed from the other side. Upon opening the door, she saw Brittany sat on one of the chairs. She was crying. No wait, literally sobbing her eyes out. Sat next to her, was on older woman who looked a lot like Brittany.
"Sue, you wanted to..."
"Miss Lopez, I'd like you to meet Mrs Pierce, Brittany's mum".
Santana gestured out her hand but the older woman hissed it away. Why won't anyone say anything? What the heck was going on? And Brittany...all Santana wanted was to hug her. So she moved towards the blonde girl.
"Don't you dare come anywhere near my daughter"
Santana stumbled back a little bit, shocked at the level of tone Brittany's mum used. Not to mention how she looked at the brunette with total disgust.
Sue sat on her desk, arms folded. She was the one who had called Brittany's mum. She was the one who revealed the details. However the principal did leave out the tiny bit of information of where exactly she had found her daughter with Miss Lopez.
Brittany strangled out more sobs and tears. She looked so shattered right now. Santana was so lost in Brittany's feelings that she had not even realized that Mrs Pierce asked her question.
"How long...?"
"I don't understand, how long what?" Santana gulped out.
"Don't play games, you and my daughter, how long?" The older woman shouted back.
Santana guided her hand across her hair as she pondered on what to answer. "It's complicated".
"Then un-complicate it, I want to know when exactly you decided to corrupt the mind of my 17 year old daughter"
"Mum..."
"No Brittany, you don't get a say here, I solely point all the blame on to your teacher here, she should have known better" Mrs Pierce fired back, which caused Brittany to cry even more hysterically. Not once had the blonde made eye contact with Santana since she stepped into the room.
"Mrs Pierce, please try to understand, it's not what it seems like" Santana tried her best to reason.
"Understand? She is supposed to be your student; it's disgusting... not to mention the age gap".
"Well actually Mrs Pierce, Miss Lopez here is one of the youngest workers at the college, she's only 24". Sue quipped in.
"That's SEVEN years...and are you forgetting about professionalism, what this person did here with my daughter is in-excusable"
Santana again tried to reason, "Mrs Pierce, I didn't plan for any of this, it just..."
"Happened? Really... so you just happened to screw up my daughter's life and you just happened to force yourself against her".
"Now Mrs Pierce..." Sue chimed in.
"And you... you call yourself a principal? Couldn't you tell what was happening or do you just sit back not bothered about the students?"
"With all due respect Mrs Pierce, what goes on between my staff and their students isn't a matter of mine". Sue answered back, maybe she was wrong to tell Brittany's mum. The woman was just so defensive.
"Mum, that's it, stop it, just bloody stop it"
"I thought I told you..." Mrs Pierce words were cut short by an emotional and very sensitive Brittany.
"You can't blame everything on her, I was there as well, and it's my fault too".
"Sweetie listen to me, people like her don't care about anyone but themselves. Do you not see how she just wanted to manipulate you?"
"No mum..." Brittany started, "Even before it all started, I felt something but I didn't know what, I love her mum, I love her".
Santana and Sue watched on, as Mrs Pierce erupted into an angry fit. "Love... you think this is love...?" The woman now turned so she faced Miss Lopez. "Are you satisfied... look at what you've done to my daughter"
Santana stared at Brittany and even though the blonde had her head down, she could feel her pain, her tears, her emotional stress.
To keep our reality going, or go back to dreaming...echoed and repeated in Santana's head. Brittany had stated this to her yesterday in the bathroom and she was right. If they didn't fight for their love, fight for each other, then they would simply have to go back to dreaming. And Santana didn't want that. She wanted reality. She wanted Brittany. The one she cared and loved so deeply about.
The brunette confessed, "No... no I'm not satisfied Mrs Pierce, because I love your daughter too and I don't regret anything we did together... Believe me, I did not plan any of this...Brittany is way too special for me to just take advantage of".
Now the blonde plopped her head up. Brittany locked eyes for the very first time with Santana and both were visibly tearing away inside. It was gut-wrenching, it just wasn't fair how they couldn't be happy and be together.
"Right then..." Mrs Pierce began with a very stern voice, "I have no choice but to remove my daughter from this college".
Brittany wept, "But mum, you can't do that"
Santana spoke next, "Mrs Pierce, please think about this, you'll only end up hurting Brittany".
"Now you listen to me woman, I was willing to skip the part where you fooled around with my daughter but to involve love; that just isn't permissible".
Sue abruptly rose from her chair. "Mrs Pierce, maybe we can come to some sort of compromise, your daughter is doing well here at the college"
Santana protested, "Let Brittany stay, I'll quit working as a teacher, I'm the guilty one here, please just lay off her"
Mrs Pierce ranted back, "My decision is final, Brittany will no longer be attending here".
The older woman took her daughter by the hand, dragging her out. One final glance took place between Brittany and Santana. This was possibly the last time they would ever see each other. The blonde pointed to the bracelet that was sat on Santana's arm, mouthing an 'I love you' before disappearing into the hallways.
Santana held on to the bracelet tight, letting every tear fall across her cheeks. She turned around to face Sue who had the look of guilt written all over her face.
"You could've just fired me, look what you've gone and done"
It was a mere whisper, Santana genuinely did not have the energy to shout.
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Rachel and Quinn visited Brittany at her house. They had received a text from the blonde and instantly dropped everything to be by her side. Surprisingly Mrs Pierce let them in, but told the two girls that Brittany wasn't allowed out of the room.
After explaining everything to her best friends, neither of them judged Brittany and actually sympathised with her. Quinn wiped the tears away from her face as Rachel rubbed her back softly.
"So what are you going to do now Britt?" Rachel finally asked.
"Talk to my mum, try and make her see sense" The blonde answered.
"But...what if it doesn't work?" Quinn spoke this time.
"Then..." Brittany sat up from her bed, and stared deeply into her friend's eyes. "I guess I have no choice but to just forget about her".
Santana called Finn saying that he needed to be home otherwise she was going to lose it completely. She needed someone right now, and Finn was all she had.
Finn rushed home from work, Santana was sprawled out on the couch and thankfully, there wasn't any alcohol visible. "Hey come on, get up, what happened?"
Once Santana explained the story to her roommate, he could only let out a big sigh; there wasn't really much to say.
After a few seconds Finn questioned, "So Santana, what are you going to do now?"
"Forgive me for sounding like a bitch but there really isn't anything I can do"
"So you're just going to let her go?" Finn asked, looking rather shocked.
"You didn't see the looks her mum gave me, she will never accept me"
"Never" Santana spoke again but this time in a whisper.
The brunette released herself from Finn's grasp and then opened her bag to take out something.
"What's that?" Finn queried.
Santana stared deeply at the item that was laid out on her hand. "It's a bracelet, she gave it to me".
Finn opened his mouth to say something but Santana continued, "I'm never going to see her again, I've lost her for good".
The tall man quickly reassured his friend, "Hey' you've got to be strong, for both your sakes".
Santana nodded her head in disagreement and walked towards her room. She looked at Finn one last time and muttered, "I'm not going to fight Brittany's mum, so it's best if I just forget about her"
The brunette slammed the door shut and Finn almost instantly heard the loud cries that erupted from his friend's room.
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