Chapter 6: Back To December

"Quinn!" Finn calls out across the hall.

"Yeah?" Quinn says walking up to him and Kurt

"Can you help us with something?" Kurt asks, Quinn nods "But you can't tell Santana."

"Why not?" Quinn asks "What is it?"

"Okay so did Santana tell you about the thing with her Abuela?"

"Yeah, she told me and Brittany. Wait, how do you know?"

"That's what you can't tell her." Finn tells her "You see, her Abuela came over to see Burt, she wants help with getting Santana to forgive her."

"So you're going to help her? After what she did to Santana?"

"No," Kurt tells her "At least I'm not. Santana's miserable, I can see it."

"And how will this help her?"

"Because" Kurt tells her "She misses her grandma."

"Why do you want me to help?" Quinn asks them

"So we spoke to her last night and asked her if there was a song that summed up the way she felt about Santana and what she'd done to her" Finn explains

"She gave us a song" Kurt continues "But it's Taylor Swift and we decides that either you or Tina would be much better for singing that so because Santana doesn't want to tell anyone else we chose you"

"I'll do it." Quinn tells them "I want to help Santana forgive her Abuela though. I don't want to trick her or force her into doing it."

"None of us do" Finn reassures her

"What's the song?" Quinn asks Kurt smiles

"It's perfect."

…

"And next up is Finn and Kurt!"

"Actually Mr Schue we were going to get Quinn up here to help us a bit too." Finn tells him

"We know we didn't pick her out of the hat but we decided to do a Taylor Swift song." Kurt explains as Quinn gets up "Well, actually we didn't decide on it. Someone else did. Santana," Santana looks up at him "This is a message. You can probably guess who it's from." The music starts before Santana can protest and Brittany holds her wrist to stop her from running out. Brittany keeps her tethered down, stops her from hurting too much. Everyone needs someone like that.

QUINN:
I'm so glad you made time to see me.
How's life? Tell me how's your family.
I haven't seen them in a while.

KURT:
You've been good, busier than ever,
We small talk, work and the weather,
Your guard is up and I know why.

FINN:
Because the last time you saw me
Is still burned in the back of your mind.
You gave me roses and I left them there to die.

The tears are already starting to flow, she wipes her eyes, trying to hide them, but they're there.

QUINN+FINN:
So this is me swallowing my pride,
Standing in front of you saying, "I'm sorry for that night,"
And I go back to December all the time.

KURT+FINN:
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you.
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine.
I'd go back to December, turn around and make it all right.

Santana shakes her head. She can't make what she did right

QUINN:
I go back to December all the time.

FINN:
These days I haven't been sleeping,
Staying up, playing back myself leavin'.
When your birthday passed and I didn't call.

Santana looks down. Her Abuela didn't call on her birthday. She didn't even get a card. It hurt. Her own Abuela was trying to wipe her from her life.

KURT:
And I think about summer, all the beautiful times,
I watched you laughing from the passenger side.
Realized that I loved you in the fall.

QUINN:
And then the cold came, the dark days when hate crept into my mind
You told me 'bout your love and all told you was "Goodbye".

'Wait a second' Santana thinks 'She just changed the lyrics. Mi Abuela changed the lyrics.' Santana did tell her about her love. All she told her in return was goodbye. Now she expects a hello.

QUINN+FINN:
So this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you saying, "I'm sorry for that night."
And I go back to December all the time.

'I hope you're sorry for that night. And all the others'

KURT+FINN:
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you,
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine.
I'd go back to December, turn around and change my own mind

'I wish you'd realised that too. I wish you never did what you did.'

QUINN+KURT+FINN:
I go back to December all the time.

KURT:
I miss your tanned skin, your sweet smile,
So good to me, so right

QUINN:
I wish I'd held you in my arms that September night
The first time I ever saw you cry.

'The first time you ever saw me cry was the day you kicked me out. You walked out the room, looking at me in disgust. Your own granddaughter.'

FINN:
Maybe this is wishful thinking,

KURT:
Probably mindless dreaming,

QUINN:
But if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right.
I'd go back in time and change it but I can't.

'You're right, you can't change what happened. I want to forgive you. I really do'

So if the chain is on your door I understand.
But this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you saying, "I'm sorry for that night."
And I go back to December...

QUINN+KURT+FINN:
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you,
Wishing I'd realize what I had when you were mine.
I'd go back to December, turn around and make it all right.
I'd go back to December, turn around and change my own mind

QUINN:
I go back to December all the time.
All the time.

'I really want to forgive you Abuela, I just need time.' Santana runs out the room crying and Brittany walks furiously up to Finn and Kurt.

"How did you know?" She asks them "Why did you do that? She's trying to forgive her but it can't just happen overnight. Not after all the things she did."

The rest of the glee club seem to sense this is a private conversation and walk out. Brittany turns to Quinn.

"Can you go and check on Santana? She asked me to talk to them but I don't want her to be alone. Not when she's like this." Quinn nods and runs in the direction Santana went.

"She's not that bad Brittany." Finn tells her "She just overreacted, that's the way she was bought up. It was only a little thing. Why can't Santana just forgive her?"

"Because" Brittany tells him "Alma Lopez is cold and cruel. She was always like that; Santana coming out to her was just the climax. Did you know that I first met Santana at the start of the summer before Kindergarten? I was at the duck pond and I saw her sitting on a bench. She didn't have any bread with her so I offered her some of mine. When I asked her why she was there she said that her Abuela had to take a phone call and had told her not to move until she got back. She said she was sure it was fine to go and feed the ducks though. I told her my name was Brittany and she told me she didn't really know what her name was but she thought it was Garbage Face because that's what her Abuela always called her. I asked her why and she just shrugged and said 'I don't think she likes me very much. She's always being really mean to me except when my mami and papi are there and they don't ever speak to me so I don't know my name from them either." I asked her if she was Spanish and she told me she was Hispanic and she was only allowed to really speak Spanish because her Abuela didn't like her speaking English. She mostly knew insults though cause that's all her Abuela ever said to her. She knew her exact nationality and how to speak two languages but she didn't know her name other than the insults Alma Lopez threw at her. You know when she found her with me by the duck pond she literally dragged her away. On the first day of Kindergarten she didn't respond when they called out Santana in the register. At the end the teacher asked if anyone hadn't been called out and Santana put her hand up. When the teacher asked what her name was she said she wasn't sure but she thought it was Garbage Face. What Santana told you about her was true Finn, Alma Lopez is not a nice person."

"Everyone deserves a second chance Brittany." Finn tells her

"Maybe but this isn't how she should go about getting one." Brittany replies "Now if you don't mind my girlfriend is crying and it's your faults." Brittany storms out and goes to where she knows Santana always goes to cry, the roof.

...

The song was Back To December by Taylor Swift

What else do you think Alma should do? Should she try talking to Santana again?

R&Rxxx