I'm sort of into the whole Quinn and Santana side fling thing so I have to keep that going. But then end of this chapter starts the Pezberry. I already have an idea for the next chapter so meeting the rest of the Lopez family will just have to wait. Enjoy.
As soon as I walked into Finn's house, I made a beeline for the booze. It wasn't like I could stand Big Foot, but he had a nice house with lots of liquor and at this moment lots of people. I didn't mind that Rachel was clinging to me like a puppy. Actually, it was sort of cute in a stalker sort of way. "If you're planning on drinking everything, maybe you should just get a bigger cup." Rachel offered jokingly as I finished up my third shot.
"Hey that's kinda funny." I said offering her a shot, she declined and that couldn't have amused me more. "No way, you aren't here to not have fun. You're drinking and that's final." She shook her head 'no', and even though I admired her stubbornness, I was used to getting what I wanted from people.
"You can't make me do anything." She said firmly crossing her hands over her chest.
"Santana will you dance with me?" Brittany asked happily pulling me towards the dance floor. I stood firmly in place, I could dance with Brittany, not with Quinn right there.
"Uh, I don't know if that's such a good idea. Maybe you should dance with Rachel." I suggested and Brittany seemed to like the idea because she grabbed Rachel and pulled her out to the dance floor. I would have been completely content with just watching to see if Rachel had any moves, but Quinn caught my attention before I could.
"Hey lame ass." Quinn said wrapping her arm around my shoulder. "You wanna dance? I don't know why I'm asking because you're gonna say yes." I couldn't believe how cocky Quinn was acting. I smiled and she tugged me out on the dance floor and turned her body around so that she was grinding slowly against my body. She knew that I wanted to pull her in closer and I wanted to be in control, but she wouldn't let me. She was completely in control and I didn't like that.
"Quinn, come on." I said pulling her back against me. I tried to put my hands on her hips but she pushed me away. She put her hands on my hips instead and pushed her back against my chest. I hated this little show of dominance Quinn was putting on. I chanced a look over at Rachel and Brittany who were jumping around and all smiles. They looked adorable over there just having fun. I wonder how hard Quinn would kick my ass if she found out that I kissed Brittany, my guess would be that she'd probably kill me. "Why can't we finish what we started earlier?" I asked into her ear. She turned slightly so that she could look over her shoulder at me.
"In your dreams." She said with a wink.
"I know you want to so badly." I reminded her and that's when she turned around to face me. She wrapped her arms around my neck and I could feel more than one set of eyes on me. I thought she was going to kiss me, honestly that's what I thought, but she didn't.
"It's not gonna happen." Quinn whispered to me with that husky voice of hers and then she just walked away. I didn't watch her go over to grab herself a drink instead I walked over to where Puck was seated.
"Dude, totally thought Quinn was gonna kiss you." Puck said nonchalantly.
"Fuck you." I muttered still frustrated that I had just let Quinn take control.
"You guys have been eye fucking for weeks, just go after her." Puck suggested. The problem was it just was not that easy. Quinn and I were friends, or at least that's what we're supposed to be. I like it this way, we flirt a lot but it never really gets beyond kissing or a little grinding. Puck was right though, it had heated up a little recently, but I couldn't take all that to heart. "So you brought that weird girl, Rachel, huh?" Puck said holding his beer up towards Rachel who was now talking to Finn and Brittany.
"Well I mean Quinn sorta made me. She brought Brittany out of one of those strange episodes of hers. Even I'm fucking impressed with that." I told him honestly.
"What are you going soft or something?" Puck said nudging me in the side.
"Oh please…" I said snatching his beer from him and taking a few gulps. "Whoa, hold up, what does that freak of nature friend of yours think he's doing?" I asked as I watched Finn try and cop a feel with Rachel. I was over there in seconds pushing him away before he could try something else. "Dude didn't your mom ever teach you to keep those monster hands of yours to yourself?" I questioned.
"Santana what the hell? Why do you hate me so much?" Finn asked with that scrunchy confused face that he always seems to be sporting.
"Because I think you're an asshole, that's why." I told him honestly. Rachel was standing behind me and I wondered what she thought of this. What was I even doing trying to protect her? Maybe she didn't need protection. I turned around and pushed between Rachel and Brittany and jogged upstairs and outside.
It didn't shock me at all that Finn had swings in his backyard. I rolled my eyes and thought about swinging on them just for a second, but rejected the thought quickly. Who was I strawberry shortcake or something? I was not going soft here. I looked up at the sky and wishing that I could see the stars for once. Damn the stupid industries and their unbelievable pollution. Damn all the lights shinning from the buildings a few streets down. There was no way I was ever going to see the stars, not out here.
"Are you alright?" I turned around in shock but I quickly regained my composure. It was only Rachel.
"What do you want?" I asked a little too coldly. I wasn't mad at her, I was just made at this city. It wasn't her fault that I couldn't get out of here.
"I wanted to say thank you for getting that very large boy to leave me alone. I was actually afraid to tell him to back off just because of his size. You were very brave to do that-."
"Do you always talk like that?" I asked her with a playful laugh.
"Not always." She said proving her point right there.
"I only did that because I do think Finn's an asshole. I mean look at him…total tool in my mind. Plus he's the kind of who looks for vulnerable girls to hook up with." I explained to her.
"Is that a thing with your friends? I mean you and Quinn-."
"Hold on you know nothing about that." I said stopping her midsentence. "And it's not like that and it never will be…why don't you go back inside?" I asked her trying to get her off my tail.
"You told me to stay with you the whole night." She said innocently.
"Aren't your parents worried about you? Won't they be pissed once they find out you've been spending your time in this shithole of a town?" I questioned.
"I'm not afraid of this place." She said quietly. I rolled my eyes because it didn't seem like I could knock any sense into this girl's head anytime soon. I kicked the gravel under my feet and bent down to pick up a small stone. I chucked it over the fence and watched it knock into Finn's neighbor's doghouse. "Are you frustrated?"
"Of course I am." I snapped. "I don't want you coming in here and thinking you're going to fix everything. Some times words are all people need, like with Brittany, but everything else…it's just different. If you wanna come in here and learn about what Heights is like do it from a distance." I warned her.
"I just told you I'm not afraid-."
"Well then start being afraid. You're a nice girl, I don't want you to get pull into this. What will it take for you to go away from here and never come back? Do you need someone to get hurt?" I whipped out my switchblade from my pocket and held it up in front of her face. Fear and confusion crossed her eyes.
"What are you doing? I haven't done anything to you." She said in a pleading tone. I put the weapon back in my pocket
"Sorry…" I said walking over and taking a seat on the swing. Rachel sat down on the swing next to me and watched me intently.
"You've been through a lot." She stated and all I could do is shrug in response. "Sometimes when you're silent you say more than you think." I looked over and connected my dark eyes with those large chocolate eyes of Rachel's. "I know I'm an outsider to you, but don't ignore me because of that."
"How are you getting home?" I asked her changing the subject.
"Redline." She said with a slight grin. I couldn't help but smile too.
"I'll ride the bus with you, it's late and you never know who is gonna be on that bus." I explained to her.
"You don't have to-."
"I know." I told her as I stood up. "But I am."