CHAPTER 17

"I love you, too, Brittany S. Pierce... I love you so much."

Brittany and Santana are in the brunette's car when the latter grabbed one of the cellphones on the dashboard. The smile formed on her plump lips were always there. It was really far from the impression the blonde thought about her. The blonde's very thankful for the Latina's persistence, if not, she wouldn't have experienced to love someone like Santana.

Brittany saw the other woman dialing a number on her phone and not long enough, she was talking to someone on the other end of the phone. "Hi, Mrs. Andrews," the brunette greeted cheerfully. The blonde was a bit surprise when she heard who the brunette was calling. "Someone wants to talk to you," Santana said and put the phone on speaker mode. Then after that, she handed Brittany the phone.

"Brittany, is that you, dear?" Mrs. Andrews said.

The blonde's cheeks turned hot. She felt like she was being introduced to the woman's mom. "Y-yeah. It's m-me. Uhm... Just wanna say 'hi' and -"

"And she already said 'yes', Mrs. Andrews!" the brunette interrupted, full of excitement can be heard in her voice.

"Well, is that true, dear?" the old woman asked the blonde.

The blonde put her hand on the brunette's grinning face. Santana caught her hand and planted a kiss on it. "Yes, it's true, Mrs. Andrews. Well, you know, I pity this crazy woman here. Another thing is, she's threatening me. She actually said 'say yes or I will ends you!'. See? And I don't want to die in this pretty young age, Mrs. Andrews. I had to say yes, I had no choice but to settle with her and her craziness," the blonde jokingly said.

Mrs. Andrews kept on laughing at the other end. "Ah, please be patient with her then, my dear," the old woman said, joking with her.

"Ugh! Women! Well, except for me," the brunette exaggeratedly grumbled.

After talking to Mrs. Andrews, Santana called her each of friends. The blonde's happy to see that Santana knows how to give importance to those of the people she loves. She felt that they treat each other not only as best friends, but definitely more than that of siblings. She's sure that this friendship would definitely last and it would be passed on to the next generation and the next that this group would make. The last person Santana called was Noah Puckerman. Brittany took the phone from the brunette's hand and held it herself.

"Britt and I are already official," she immediately said when Puck answered the call in the other end of the line.

Puck laughed. "So, what now? You won in our bet, Lezpez, you finally have blondie."

The blonde felt as if all of her blood left her system. She felt shivers ran dow her spine. All in all she just felt cold and numb. She looked at the brunette with a disbelieving look. She how tanned face turned pale because of what her friend had said. The brunette attempted to get the cellphone from her but she quickly moved it away from her reach.

"Puck, no! Stop it!" the brunette shouted but she knows that the guy on the other end won't hear her because the blonde covered the mouthpiece of the mobile. She wants to hear what Puck still has to say even though she felt how her heart is shattering into pieces right now. The feeling that you want to know everything, the very truth, no matter how much it will gravely hurt you. That kind of hurt that you know it truly hurts because you could almost feel your heart being literally torn into small bits, throw a fire unto it and letting it burn until nothing's left. She's not dumb and that stupid not to understand that she was just a bet that Santana and her friends made a deal of. Now she knows why the Latina just arrived in her life out of nowhere and never stopped pursuing her. That's why the well-known feared, vicious, feisty and powerful Latina was nice to her when she wasn't budged and moved by the woman's arrogance. So, that's why...

"So, what, San? When will you pick your new car up?" Puck asked.

The blonde closed her eyes. Her mind is running in miles per hour, her heart is pounding very hard against her chest. She can't believe what she's hearing right now. Her body is shaking with anger and depression. She doesn't know what more she was supposed to hear but she feels like she just can't take more of that if there is even more of it. She just can't. Then, she ended the call.

"B-Britt... B-Brittany, let me explain," Santana said, her voice is shaking. Then shaking tan hands attempted to reach for pale ones, eyes starting to well-up with tears.

The blonde flinched and slapped tan cheeks with every amount of force she had. Brittany went out of the car and walked away. But the brunette was quick, who got out of the car, ran after her and hugged her when she finally reached the blonde.

"Brittany, let me explain... Please, just let me explain, babe," the Latina pleaded, voice is shaking and weak.

Brittany then realized her tears are prickling her eyes and now flowing down her cheeks. She looked at sad brown eyes with full of anger. "What, Santana?! Are you happy now? Are you happy now to know and prove that I'm just one of those girls who will easily fall and be fooled by your little trap? Did your ego come back to its normal enormous size? And oh, I almost forgot. Has your pride woken up from its sleeping state while you were with me?" she asked bitterly while she was forcefully trying to get out from her grip. Damn, this woman's so strong for her size. But she finally got out of her grip and ran away as fast as she can. She was thankful that the moment she got out of the campus, she easily and quickly got into a cab and left.

"Brittany! Please, let me explain..."

Blue eyes closed tightly and pale hands wiped wet pale cheeks. Hot tears just won't stop from falling from her eyes. Her blue eyes are wet and just now swollen red. She's been crying since she arrived home. She walked away from the window, covered by a curtain, where she could see the Latina standing outside her house. The woman was there for a very long time now, asking her to open the door and talk to her, until heavy rain caught her. She was already wet and soaking but she didn't budge. Her long raven hair sticking to her skin, clothes are dripping and sticking to her body. Pleading brown eyes looking up trying to find her, her eyes were also red and she looks like she's been crying, too. She's still there and continued to plead outside, asking her to let her in. She was creating a scene but the blonde didn't care. She doesn't care if it's grabbing her neighbor's attention, or even if Justin was already asking why she wouldn't let his Aunty Sanny in. She doesn't even care if the woman would get sick because of getting wet in the rain. She just didn't want to care anymore. Oh, but I still care for fuck's sake. Damn. But I'm just too hurt to face this right now... I'm too damn hurt to do anything. I can't do anything. I just fucking can't.

She was the first woman she ever loved. Damn! Santana was the first person she ever fell in-love with. She thought everything's going great, she thought everything's going to be okay. She thought that her lovelife will have its own happily ever after. But it was just starting and now it was going down hill. Disappointment and heartbreak is what it brought her. People are saying that with loves, comes pain. But she didn't expect it to be this painful. That with so much pain, with just so much pain, her mind and her whole body is just numb. She doesn't know what to do right now. Ugh, God! I'm going to lose my mind here.

She looked for her phone and called her brother. If only he's here, the blonde knows that he won't let this thing with Santana pass just like that.

"H-hello..." she said with a shaking voice when her brother finally picked up. Right there and then, she just started crying and was now unable to talk, pouring every ounce of hurt she was feeling. The pang of pain buried deep inside her heart but it seems that it won't ever leave her system no matter how much she cries.

A/N: And now, Brittany knows about the bet. ouch. anyways, I'm working on the next chapter, so please, hold on. I hope you're still okay there. Thanks for all the support you've given me and this story. You guys are awesome. Tell me what you guys think about this :)