Room for One(shots) Chapter 4: Idiot, a glee fanfic

Here's a new one shot for ya! Just besties? Or maybe more...

"Yo! D-Train! Bestie with the testes! Let's go already!" Santana yelled from the doorway of her best friend's New York apartment.

"Chill out, Lopez!" Dani shouted from her bedroom.

"What the hell are you two doing back there?"

"I wanted to see her new piano, you inconsiderate breakfast cereal!" Elliot responded.

"...The fuck kind of insult is that?"

"You were a Cheerio in high school, Cheerios is a cereal brand..." Elliot explained as he rounded the corner. Santana burst out laughing.

"Oh my god, you really need to work on your verbal abuse skills."

"Well Satan was already taken, so I'm trying my best."

"Work with Hobbit and Lady Hummel. I'm sure you guys will come up with something utterly adorable." Santana turned to the hallway. "Dan! Come on! We're gonna be late!"

"How come Dani doesn't get insulting names? She gets fun stuff like D-Train."

"She's my best friend. Therefore she gets the privilege of un-insulting nicknames," Santana explained.

"But you consider Rachel and Kurt your best friends too. And me, judging by "bestie with the testes". We all have slightly less than un-insulting nicknames from you."

"Well, Curry Fisher, let me explain to you a little something. That musically adept blonde in there is my absolute best friend in the entire world. Yes you and Kurt and Rachel are amazing best friends and I have love for you all, but nobody gets me like Dani. It's like she knows what I'm thinking even before I do. That kind of connection in a friendship deserves something special," Santana finished as Dani rounded the corner, picking up her bag.

"God Santana you are so impatient," she groaned.

"I just want to get this over with. I'm only going to this stupid concert because you begged me to."

"Santana Lopez that is the biggest load of shit you have ever said the entire year and a half I've known you," Dani said with raised eyebrows. "You love The 1975 more than I do. Girls is the most played song on your iTunes!"

"Fine, I really want to go," Santana narrowed her eyes at Dani. "But if we miss The City because we get there late your ass is mine."

"How do you even know they'll play it first?" Elliot asked.

"...Can we just go now?" Santana huffed as she walked out of Dani's apartment and into the hallway.

"You totally creeped the setlist online, didn't you!" Dani laughed, following Elliot outside and locking the door behind her.

"I did not!"

"Yes you did!" Elliot and Dani said simultaneously. Santana just shook her head and made her way down the stairs and outside the building, Dani and Elliot following her and laughing.

The three walked to the nearest subway station and got on, chatting until they reached their stop. Getting off, the group made their way to the venue, joining the already fairly long line.

"See, San? It's fine. We're even a little early," Dani grinned.

"Yeah yeah," Santana grumbled. She hated when she was wrong, but Dani was the only one she'd allow to tease her about it.

The three friends stood in a circle facing each other, talking and waiting to be let in. They were in the middle of a discussion when somebody knocked into Dani, causing her to stumble forward. Santana caught the blonde in her arms, quickly righting her.

"Are you okay Dani?" she asked concerned, looking into Dani's eyes and holding her shoulders.

"Yeah I'm fine, thanks," Dani smiled.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" a voice said from behind them. Santana gave Dani another once over to make sure she was okay, then gently moved her to the side and faced the perpetrator. The girl before her had brown eyes and a worried look on her face. She was smaller, but still taller than Dani, and she looked to be about sixteen or seventeen. "That didn't give her an excuse to knock into people like that," Santana reasoned.

"What the hell! You could have seriously hurt her!" Santana growled. Another girl stepped out in front of the smaller one. She was taller, just a couple inches shorter than Santana, but still around seventeen. She had fierce green eyes and looked straight up at Santana.

"Hey back off! It was just an accident!" Santana stepped closer and opened her mouth to respond, but Dani tugged Santana around to face her, forcing the brunette to look at her.

"Calm down. I'm okay, Tana. I promise," she said gently. Santana clinched her jaw and nodded. Dani moved to the two girls, noticing a smaller third girl behind them.

"Hi, sorry about that. I'm sure it wasn't on purpose," she smiled. The green eyed girl visibly relaxed, and the one who bumped into Dani shook her head vigorously.

"It wasn't I swear! We were goofing around and I'm literally like the clumsiest person ever and I tripped and fell into you. I'm sorry," she explained.

"It's okay, these things happen. I'm kinda clumsy myself. I'm Dani by the way. Red Hot Temper over there is Santana, and that dapper young gentleman is Elliot," Dani introduced herself and her friends.

"I'm Karla," the brown eyed girl replied, "Equally Hot Temper is Michelle, and the small one is Brooke."

"Nice to meet you all," Elliot grinned. The two groups decided to join together while they waited in line. Santana ended up standing next to Michelle, and after a while she noticed Dani giving her pointed looks while talking to Karla with Elliot and Brooke. She rolled her eyes and turned towards Michelle.

"Sorry I snapped at you guys earlier," she forced out.

"No you're not," Michelle chuckled. "Let me guess, Dani has been giving you the "you need to apologize" look, right?" Santana nodded. "Karla's been giving me the same one." Santana gave her a genuine smile.

"You should just go for it already."

"W-what?" the green eyed girl spluttered.

"Mexican third eye never lies," Santana grinned as she tapped her forehead. "What's stopping you?"

"I...we...she's been my best friend for the last 3 years. I don't want to make things weird and lose her. I couldn't handle it."

"I feel you on that one, kiddo," Santana quietly sighed to herself, glancing at Dani. Suddenly, the doors opened and everyone started the mad dash to get inside. When the group reached the entrance, they waved goodbye to each other as they split up and went to their separate seats.

The concert started not long after, causing Elliot, Dani, and Santana to jump up out of their respective seats and sing along. They sang and danced together like complete idiots all night, Dani and Santana making faces at each other as Elliot danced around them. When the intro to Girls started, Santana stopped dancing and stood to just listen. Dani looked over at her and grinned, knowing it was her favorite song. Santana grinned back, pulling Dani to stand in front of her, still facing the stage. She folded her arms around the blonde's neck and shoulders, and Dani reached up to place her hands on Santana's arms. Elliot threw his arm over Santana's shoulders and they all gently danced to the song. Santana loved it. When the song finished, they all broke apart, but Santana decided to keep an arm around Dani's shoulders for the remaining songs. Dani threw her arm around Santana's waist, sending her a huge smile. It was perfect.

When the concert was over, they made their way back to Dani's apartment to spend the night. Santana and Elliot plopped on the couch as Dani made her way into the kitchen.

"Elliot do you want anything?"

"No I'm okay, thanks."

"What about me?" Santana whined.

"Oh you mean a huge bowl of chocolate fudge ice cream with a ridiculous amount of sprinkles?" Dani laughed as she walked towards Santana, bowl already in hand. "How could you think I'd forget?" Santana happily accepted the ice cream.

"You're the best, D!" She dug in while Elliot laughed. "Are you not having anything? Or am I gonna be the only one to pig out?" Dani smiled and shook her head.

"Santana, we've been friends for too long for you to not know how this works," the blonde replied as she slyly held up a second spoon.

"I'm actually slightly ashamed of myself right now," Santana muttered, offering the bowl to Dani. Elliot gasped in mock surprise. "You tell anyone I said that and I will ends you, Dilbert," Santana threatened.

"I can't tell if that was an insult or you just don't know my last name."

"Definitely an insult," Dani piped up. "Not a very good one, but an insult nonetheless." Santana whipped her head around.

"Are you dissing my insult skills," she leaned closer to Dani, "or have you forgotten about Dan Dan the Guitar Man?" she said lowly, with a slight southern accent. Dani slapped Santana's arm.

"You asshole! I told you, never again!" Santana couldn't stop the laugh that escaped her lips. "That's it, you're sleeping on the couch," Dani pouted, placing the bowl on the table and crossing her arms.

"No!"

"Yes! No cuddle puddle for you," Dani smirked. "Just me and Elliot."

"That's not fair!"

"Too bad. You can either say you're sorry or you can sleep on the couch." Santana groaned.

"Dani, please no." The blonde turned her head away from Santana. Elliot could barely contain his laugher.

"Have fun on the couch alone then. Come on Elliot, let's go." Dani made a move to get up, but Santana pulled her down onto her lap, wrapping her arms around the blonde's waist and burying her face into Dani's back.

"No! Don't leave me out here." She paused and took a deep breath. "Dani, I'm sorry. Can you ever find it in your heart to forgive me and allow me to rejoin the cuddle puddle?" Elliot didn't even try to stop his laughter from bubbling out. Dani grinned and hugged Santana's arms into her body.

"I suppose I can-" Dani abruptly stopped with a loud squeal as Santana stood up, keeping her arms around the blonde and lifting her off the ground. "Santana put me down!" The brunette ignored her and walked into Dani's bedroom, with Dani still struggling against her, and carefully tossed her onto the bed, faceplanting down next to her. Elliot followed, still laughing, and sat down on Dani's other side. Dani turned to face Santana, who was still on her stomach with her face turned towards Dani, arms folded under the pillow, eyes closed. The blonde chuckled, shaking her head. "Night Santana."

"Night D. Love you..." Santana mumbled out.

"Love you too, idiot." Dani waited until Santana's breathing evened out, then whispered, "More than you know."

The next morning Santana woke up to an empty bed, her arm across the space where Dani had been. No sooner had she realized she was alone than a body fell on top of her.

"Get up lazy!"

"Ugh Dan no," Santana groaned. "It's too early."

"It's not early at all!" Dani laughed, still stretched across Santana's body. "Just after 10 is not early. Besides, you gotta get up and get out." Santana managed to push Dani off of her onto the bed. She sat up rubbing her eyes.

"Why do I have to leave?" Dani stood up and grabbed Santana's hand, pulling her into the kitchen.

"Because I have to go to work soon, then Rachel's coming over for a little."

"And you and I are going out to lunch!" Elliot cheered enthusiastically. Santana quirked an eyebrow.

"We are?"

"Yep."

"When was that decided?"

"Right now!" Elliot laughed. Dani handed Santana a plate of pancakes and bacon, directing her towards the table.

"Come on, we were waiting for you and I'm starving!"

"How many times do I have to tell you not to wait for me, D?"

"At least once more, Miss Swan," Dani giggled as she pulled out Santana's chair and bowed low.

"You are seriously the biggest fucking dork I know," Santana laughed as she sat down. Elliot nodded in agreement. "But I wouldn't have you any other way." Dani gave her a cheeky smile as they all dug in.

Breakfast went by relatively fast, then Santana and Elliot had to get changed and leave so Dani could get herself to work on time. The two spent a couple hours wandering around, looking into different shops and playing with the silly knick knacks they found. At around 2, Elliot suggested they look for a place to eat lunch. Santana had noticed a mexican restaurant in their travels, so they made their way back to it. Elliot led Santana into a relatively isolated booth. They sat down and ordered, then sat quietly for a couple minutes. Santana's curiosity got the best of her, and she spoke up.

"Uh, Elliot? Why the hell are we all the way back here?"

"Well, I wanted to talk to you about something, and I figured you'd appreciate the privacy." Santana nodded, signaling him to continue. He sat back into the booth, looking Santana square in the eyes. "How long?"

"How long what?" Santana questioned, furrowing her eyebrows.

"Well yesterday, I noticed some things. At the concert, I noticed more things. After the concert, I saw even more. The way you talk about her, the way you act around her." Santana's eyes widened and she opened her mouth, but Elliot cut her off. "Don't even try to deny it, Santana." She closed her mouth and lowered her eyes. "Dani. How long?" he asked softly.

"Since the day we met," she mumbled. There was no escaping it now.

"Are you serious? Santana why haven't you done anything?" Elliot gasped.

"When I met her, I had just gotten out of a rocky relationship. I wasn't looking for anything, but there was something about her that pulled me in. She's so different than anybody I've ever encountered. I was scared, I didn't know what to do, so I did nothing. Then we got closer and closer, and I didn't want to risk our friendship. She means everything to me, Elliot," Santana said quietly. Elliot walked around to Santana's side of the booth and slid in next to her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.

"Santana, you won't lose your friendship if you tell her. It's obvious that you two have the best kind of friendship, she's not going to just let you go like that. You know Dani better than anyone, you should know that's not how she works."

"I know," Santana sighed, resting her head on Elliot's shoulder. "I just don't want things to get weird. Everything is nearly perfect the way it is, I don't want to be the one to screw it up."

"What's the worst that can happen? She doesn't feel the same, then you work past it together and still have an amazing friendship. Or, she could be willing to give it a shot and you live happily ever after. Just give it a chance, Santana. You'll regret it if you don't." Santana looked up at Elliot.

"Thanks, Gilbert." He nodded and leaned his head on hers. After a few minutes, their food came and they began to eat. The two chatted about this and that, and when they were nearly done, Santana's phone vibrated.

From: Dani
Hey do you wanna come over in a bit?

"It's Dani isn't it?" Elliot grinned. Santana nodded. "Your stupid smile gave it away. Now that I know, everything is so much more obvious!"

"Oh shut up!" Santana grumbled. She texted Dani back as Elliot began to sing I Can See Clearly Now.

To: Dani
Work?

From: Dani
Short shift

To: Dani
Yeah of course. be there in an hour?

From: Dani
Sounds good :)

"What did she say?" Elliot asked as Santana put her phone away.

"I'm going over to her place in an hour."

"Are you going to tell her?"

"Today?" Santana shook her head rapidly. "No. No way."

"Santana you've waited for a year and a half. It's about time you told her. No time like the present and all that," Elliot told her seriously. Santana let out a long sigh.

"I guess you're right..."

"Of course I am," he grinned. "Why don't you just go over there now?"

"But I gotta pay, and I can't just ditch you."

"Don't worry about it. I got it. Now go!" Elliot exclaimed, shooing her away. "Let me know how it goes!" Santana nodded and headed out the door.

She walked back towards Dani's apartment, psyching herself up. She can do this. She's Santana Lopez, for fuck's sake. She can do anything.

All of a sudden, Santana found herself standing in front of Dani's door. She must have been walking fast, because she was half an hour early. Thinking about knocking, she decided against it and opted for the spare key on top of the door frame, hoping to scare the blonde. That was always funny.

Santana quietly entered the apartment, barely making a sound. Dani wasn't in the kitchen, and she wasn't in the living room, so Santana made her way towards the bedroom. The door was cracked open, and just before she went to push it open, she heard a higher pitched voice speak.

"Just play it Danielle. I have to leave in fifteen minutes."

"Okay okay, but don't use my full name, Rachel." Santana looked through the small space in the open door, seeing Dani and Rachel sitting at the blonde's piano, their backs to the door. Dani took a deep breath, then began to play.

I wish I had a seatbelt so I could strap my heart in
Looking for a crystal ball just to know what you're thinking
I wish I had a road map so I'd know where your heart's been hiding
I wish I didn't love you cause sometimes it's so frightening

Santana smiled. She loved Dani's voice.

Holding on and on
But should I be letting go
I am falling fast
And you don't even know

Am I an idiot, idiot, idiot
For making plans in my head for the two of us
The biggest idiot, idiot, idiot
In the world, in this world
I'm too scared to say a word so you're oblivious
But when I sleep we're a dream and it's brilliant
Am I an idiot, idiot, idiot
The biggest idiot in the world

Santana was surprised at how accurate this was. It was like somehow Dani knew exactly what she was feeling.

I wish I had an off switch on the top of my heart
Or I could tell you how I'm feeling but why do I find it so hard
If only I could come out clean and lay it bare on the table
But believe me when I try it feels like both of my lips are stapled

Holding on and on
But should I be letting go
I am falling fast
And you don't even know

They say the worst that can happen is that you say no
The embarrassing silence when my cover's blown
The only thing I'm scared of is what I don't know
But how can I speak if you never notice me

"What's going on in that girl's head?" Santana wondered to herself.

"Wow Dani. That was beautiful," Rachel praised.

"Thanks Rach."

"Are you going to sing it for her?" Her? Santana's eyebrows furrowed.

"I don't know, should I? What if she doesn't like it? It's gonna be weird enough as it is, she doesn't need it to be extra weird because I sang a song I wrote for her-"

"Dani, you listen to me. Whether or not she feels the same way, she'll love the song. She loves your voice." Dani slumped over on Rachel's shoulder.

"I just don't want to lose her."

"You won't. I've never seen her this close to another person." Rachel knows her too? What the hell! "No matter what happens, you won't lose Santana."

What.

The.

Fuck?

Santana quickly backed away from the door, quietly hurrying into the living room. She started pacing back and forth, trying to wrap her head around everything she just heard. Dani feels the same way she does? "How is that even possible? And what the hell am I gonna do now? She wrote a fucking beautiful song and I was just gonna blurt it out-"

"Santana?"

The brunette's internal rant was cut off by Dani's soft voice. She stopped pacing and looked over to the two smaller women, barely glancing over at Rachel before focusing on her favorite blonde. She crossed her arms over her chest and spoke directly to Dani.

"Yeah, Dani. You're an idiot." The blonde's jaw fell open and her eyes widened in surprise.

"Santana!"

"Beat it, Berry," Santana growled. Rachel instantly shut her mouth, grabbed her bag, and left Dani's apartment.

"You...you heard?" Dani managed to get out. Santana nodded, walking to stand in front of her.

"Yeah, I did. And you're an idiot." Dani's head dropped and she turned to walk back into her bedroom. Santana grabbed her arm and pulled her back. She cupped the blonde's cheeks and lifted Dani's head to look into her eyes, speaking softly. "You're an idiot for thinking I'd ever say no." Dani's eyes brightened as a wide grin spread across her face.

"Are you serious?" Santana nodded as she moved her head closer to Dani's, glancing down at her lips.

"Completely," she murmured before attaching her lips to Dani's. She felt shivers of the best kind roll down her spine at the feeling of the blonde's soft lips on her own. Dani reached up to circle her arms around Santana's waist, pulling her closer. Santana wrapped her own arms around Dani's neck and let out a content sigh. The kiss was everything Santana had ever hoped it would be. Slowly she pulled away, savoring the moment, and rested her forehead on Dani's.

"I have been dying to do that for a year and a half," she said, lightly laughing. Dani leaned back a little to see Santana fully.

"Why the hell did you wait so long?" Dani demanded, grabbing Santana's hand and leading her to the couch. As soon as they sat down Santana laced their fingers together.

"Why did you?" the brunette asked.

"You were always flirting with other people, but never me. I assumed I wasn't your type. Then we got closer and I just didn't want to ruin anything but I couldn't wait any longer."

"I didn't do anything earlier because I couldn't." Dani furrowed her eyebrows. "You made me too nervous. I couldn't form the right thoughts or flirt properly. Nobody's ever done that to me before. It scared me. I was afraid to do anything, so I did nothing. Then, like you said, we got closer and I didn't want to screw it up and lose you." Dani laughed and leaned into Santana.

"So let me get this straight: we both liked each other from the beginning but neither of us had the balls to say anything until now?"

"Looks like it," Santana chuckled.

"Wow, we're dumb." Santana nodded and unclasped their hands, wrapping her arm around Dani's shoulders and allowing the blonde to snuggle into her.

"Yep. A regular pair of idiots."

Ta-da! Okay so I felt kinda meh about this one. Sorry if it's not up to par, I know it could be better.

If you understood Curry Fisher you get a hundred life points, no questions asked. If you understood the three girls at the concert, you get another hundred life points. I just love sneaking things in like that XD

Please review, let me know what you think, drop me prompts or whatevs

Song is Idiot by Raphaella

Stay golden, lovelies :)