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Chapter 7 – The Park
It had been nearly two weeks since the two girls had met by chance in the janitor's closet. Brittany, despite enjoying the moments she spent with Santana, just got more and more restless. She missed dancing, she wanted to move, she wanted to be outside, really she wanted to do anything except be in the hospital building. But her father refused to let her outside unattended and he was too busy with his work. She didn't want to ask her Angel because she was still afraid the other girl would leave. One day Brittany fretted so much that Santana felt like she had to do something. Hell to the rules, Santana decided as she took the blind girl by the hand and led her stealthily to the exit. It was December now, only one more week until break, the cold was biting but Santana paid it no heed as she wrapped her jacket around Brittany and strapped a helmet onto her. Taking Brittany's hand she guided it to the seat of her bike.
"You're going to sit where your hand is, and then we're going to go for a little ride." Santana told her as she strapped on her own helmet and got on the bike. "Well come on, we don't have all day." Brittany didn't need to be told twice, she was outside, she was with her friend, nothing else was important. "Hold on tight, just in case. It's icy." Santana warned. Double checking to make sure Brittany was secure; Santana eased out of the parking lot and took off toward the nearest park. The park would probably be deserted now because of the cold, but it was an open space and Brittany looked like she needed to not be locked up in a box. Maybe they'd be lucky and there'd be some geese.
It only took ten minutes to arrive at the park, Santana was thankful it was Sunday; it meant that everyone that lived here was either at home or in church. They had the park to themselves which meant that Santana didn't have to worry about children running around and causing mischief with the snow. Santana sat down and watched Brittany feel her way around. She wanted to help but the blonde didn't seem to want assistance, so she just sat there and took in the calm only winter could bring.
"Whatcha doing?" Brittany asked from where she stood.
"Just thinking. You?"
Brittany sighed, "I wish it wasn't winter because then, I could dance."
A thought tugged at Santana, something bothered her. She closed her eyes for a moment to chase the elusive thought. That's right. The first time she had met Brittany, the girl had given her directions in steps.
"Brittany, do you want to play a game?" Santana wanted to see if she was right.
"A game?" Brittany asked questioningly.
"We can stop if you don't like it."
"Sure," consented Brittany immediately.
"Ok, here's how it works. I'm going to lead you around and have you feel where things are. Then I'm call out where I want you to go, and when you get there I'll tell you where to go next. If you can do this and don't get confused, I have special something in mind."
"Surprise?"
"Yeah, a surprise."
"Is it a dwarf?" inquired Brittany.
Santana blinked for a second before answering, "No, it's not a dwarf". She took Brittany's hand in hers and carefully led her to a tree, a wire fence, a large rock, an abandoned trashcan, a park bench, and the playground. If her suspicions were correct, then she needed to ask Sue for a favor.
Walking a short distance away, "Ready?" she called to the other girl.
"Ready!" Brittany said with a smile.
"Can you walk to the trashcan?" Brittany did so. "Now walk to the bench." Brittany walked to the correct spot. Santana had Brittany walk to them and mixed up the order trying to confuse the other girl. But Brittany walked; she even somersaulted once, to each destination without missing a beat. Santana was impressed, even more importantly she was right.
"Ok that's enough," Santana informed Brittany walking towards her.
"Did I win?"
"Yes Brittany, you won," said Santana as they walked toward the bench.
"What's the surprise?" Brittany asked eagerly.
"I don't have it ready yet. But I'll have it ready soon."
"Promise?" yawned Brittany as she laid her head against Santana's shoulder.
"Promise," Santana replied. "Come on let's get you back to the hospital."
"Can't we stay like this a little while longer?" murmured the other girl. Santana hesitated, she knew the answer was no, she knew it. But when she turned to say it, she just couldn't.
"Fine," conceded Santana. "But only for a couple minutes."
Santana watched as the sun started to set, she had to get Brittany back to the hospital before it got too dark to drive safely with two people. Nudging the other girl awake, she assisted her onto the bike. Santana made sure that the arms of the other were securely around her waist before slowly easing out of the parking lot and headed towards the hospital.
Unlike the ten minutes it had taken to get to the park, the return trip took nearly an hour because Brittany kept falling asleep and loosening her grip on Santana. Each time Santana felt the pressure on her waist lessen she had to stop, gently wake the other girl and once the hands were again holding tightly to her, resumed the journey. They arrived back at the hospital around six, and Santana escorted a half-asleep Brittany back to her room. After getting Brittany safely into her bed, Santana left the room to go home, she was stopped by a doctor who she'd never seen before.
"In the future don't take her out without telling me," the doctor said. Santana looked at his nametag, "Dr. Pierce".
"What? No scolding?" Santana question in slight disbelief.
"No, scolding," Dr. Pierce confirmed. "I've never seen my daughter as happy as she is with you." So this was Brittany's dad. "Where'd you guys go?"
"To the park."
"Were there ducks?"
"No." Santana replied wondering where this was going.
"She likes ducks," was the only explanation given.
"I should get going." It was half past six and soon the roads would be too icy to navigate on her bike safely.
"Take care of her, will you? I don't have enough time to…"
"You don't need to ask," Santana interrupted. Oh yeah. "Since you're here, I'm taking Brittany out later, probably next week. Don't want you all in a panic if you can't find her. I'll keep you updated."
"Thanks, drive safe."
"Yeah, yeah" was all she said as she headed out the door. She made a mental note to see Sue tomorrow. She needed a favor, she just wasn't sure what it would cost her.
A/N: Yes geese are in Ohio during December it's in the hunting magazine… not that I like hunting. Shooting guns at targets is fun, shooting animals for non-eating purposes is not (well for me at least). I'm starting to think I write better when Brittany and Santana get together…
Thanks always for the reviews.
There will be an INTERLUDE next week because it's my first week of summer and I have to move back home.