Junior Year

"I guess I understand." Said Santiago. The truth was he understood completely but that was something that he was going to keep to himself. Quinn his girlfriend of 1 year (this go around) was breaking up with him. He knew it was coming and honestly he probably should be more torn up from this news than he was. Quinn had told him that she wanted to end the relationship because she felt that he had checked out on her emotionally and mentally and he had but that wasn't the real reason that she was ending things with him. There were two reasons that she was walking away from their year long relationship, one was that she wanted to be with someone else, she wanted to be with Puck. She had loved him since the end of their freshman year and it looked like Puck had finally grown up and realized that he wanted to be with Quinn. The second reason was that Quinn could see that Santi really wanted to be with someone other than her. He wanted Rachel Berry and it was obvious to everyone except Rachel and of course Finn.

"I promise you San that you will find someone who you love so much that nothing else in the world will matter." Stated Quinn knowing that he already had. She just hoped that he would pull his head out of his ass and do something about it soon. Before Rachel left Lima and never looked back.

"Thanks Q. I'm sorry that it couldn't work this time. I really hoped that this time would be different than all the other times. But I guess you don't find your soul mate when you're 10."

"But we had a good go of it this time Santi don't forget that."

"Never. Still friends?"

"Always Santiago always." With that Quinn turned to go to cheerleading practice.

He sat there for a few more minutes after Quinn left and then realized that she did deserve better she deserved someone like Puck that was going to love her and be there when she needed, not someone who was stealing glances at her best friend wishing that he was the one making her smile instead of that tall man child that she was with instead. It was this thought that was running rampant around his mind when he noticed a group of kids over by the bus lane. The closer he got the more he realized that the group of teenagers didn't go to his school but according to the jacket of one of the kids, they were from Vocal Adrenaline, the rival glee club.

"What the hell?" santi said to himself. That's when he saw it. There in the middle of the group was none other than Rachel.

Then everything happened so fast. One moment Rachel looked happy and was talking to the other team and then all of a sudden eggs were flying towards her before she could react. When it started to register in santiagos head his feet were already in motion taking him to her side. He, however, did not make it in time to stop the apparent leader of Vocal Adrenaline, Jesse St. something, walk up to Rachel stand right in front of her and smash an egg right on top of her head. Furious, santi picked up speed and by the time Jesse turned around it was already too late, Santiago had tackled him.

"What the fuck man? Have you lost your fucking mind?" santi said as he punched the smug ass kid in the face.

"What the hell man we were just showing her who's boss." Said jesse.

"Well then allow me to show you who is boss." As he punched him again.

"Santi!" Screamed Rachel.

"Santi please stop please! Santiago!" Rachel yelled one final time as she touched his shoulder. This seemed to bring his attention back to the present. He turned around and looked at Rachel.

"Please stop." She pleaded.

"What do you need rach?" questioned santi.

"Take me inside. I need to find Quinn and get cleaned up."

"Sure come one," he got off of Jesse and tucked Rachel under his protective grasp and turned around to face jesse and most of Vocal Adrenaline, "Come near her again and so help you I will break every bone in your puny body."

He couldn't believe that this had happened to someone like Rachel. She looked so beaten and broken. So unlike the diva he knew that she was. She cried into his shirt and never took her eyes off of the ground. Never again. He promised that never again would someone make her feel like this. He swore to himself that he would do whatever it took to make her happy to make her see herself the same way he did. Even if that meant he would have to do it from the sidelines, he would spend forever trying to make her feel special.