AUTHORS NOTE: I'm trying to get these out as fast as I can. I cut my finger the other day with a knife, and burnt two others. Life of a cook. Lol. I'm trying something new, I will have this chapter from both Brittany and Quinn's POV. You guys know the drill. Favorite. Review. Comment. PLEASE COMMENT. Leave ideas. Criticism. ANYTHING! Enjoy :)
P.S did you hear the new songs from Diva? My Brittana feelings are all over the place. ALKJFOIENGEWGB. Make No Mistake (She's Mine) is my FAVORITE.
Brittany's POV
When Quinn and I got back to LA, life went back to it's normal routine. The reality of Rachel being gone hit Quinn really hard. I would hear her cry every night. I'd go into her room and lay with her and just hold her. I layed there and rocked her until she calmed down. Don't get me wrong; Quinn and I had nothing going on between us. All we had was each other. Seeing her in such a state of depression killed me. There would be some nights that we'd be laying there and Quinn would lay on my shoulder and fall asleep. I'd fall asleep as well, and when I woke up I would forget and think it was Santana. It made me feel guilty all the time. I 'd be so torn between wanting to help her but I felt like I was cheating on San. It was nice having someone to cuddle with, but at the same time I wasn't ready for that. Little by little, I would start moving away from Quinn. I went from rocking her almost every night, to just laying with her. Eventually I didn't even have to go in her room anymore. And in time, we both started living again. AJ was growing to be so big now. He was really well behaved. I trained him myself. He could sit, stay, roll over, shake and my favorite; cuddle with me. He was like the big teddy bear I've always wanted. You could see it in his eyes that he genuinely cared for me.
A couple months later, we got a call from Mike Chang. He was opening up a dance studio and wanted us to come to perform at his grand opening. It was great. The Glee Club was together once again.
"Britt you look great." Mercedes told me. She had been gone on a tour with her new band. I hugged her.
"Thanks. I feel so much better. That visit home really did the trick, and it was all Quinn's idea." I turned to Quinn, and she looked at me and smiled. We performed a couple songs, and that's when Mike went on stage and told everyone his thank yous and how much he appreciated everyone coming out to share this special day with him. I looked over at our group of friends. I was so; I guess you could say the word I was looking for was astonished. We had grown so much. And to stay friends for this long was an accomplishment I was proud to say I had. I stayed with Quinn majority of the day because I knew how hard it was for her to see Finn and Rachel together. It made me upset, because I felt that Rachel had no consideration for Quinn's feelings whatsoever. After Mike came off stage, he came over to all of us.
"Thank you so much for helping me out today guys. It means a whole lot. I know Tina would've loved to been here with all of us." Mike just lost Tina to cancer. You could see the tears filling his eyes. He wiped them away and excused himself. It had only been less than a week. I could understand where his pain was coming from. It took me a while to search for him in the huge crowd of people but I finally found him sitting at a picnic table in the shade looking at his phone. I walked up behind him and saw that he was looking at pictures of Tina. I knew exactly how he felt. Like Santana and myself, everyone knew that Tina and Mike were meant for each other. There wasn't anyone else that was more perfect for him.
"Mike?" He turned around. I hugged him. "It's okay. Remember what I told you. Things get easier as time goes on. Time heals all wounds."
"I know they do. It's just hard for me. She was the love of my life." He wiped his eyes again.
"I understand, Mike. That's exactly how I felt when I lost San.. I didn't understand why she had to be taken from me. Why now? So many unanswered questions." I took a deep breath. "It's so hard for me still. I feel I have no outlet for my emotions. Like, singing isn't good enough." Mike put his arm on my shoulder.
"Come to my studio tomorrow. I have an idea. But promise me you'll be open minded. Okay?" He smiled.
"What do you mean?" I was confused. Mike and I weren't ever too close, but after that night he called me I felt like we connected in a way.
"Just trust me. 3:00 tomorrow afternoon okay?" He smiled. "I have to go now. I'll see you tomorrow." And he walked away.
Quinn's POV
When Britt and I returned home from Lima, I felt strong. But once I stepped into the house, I broke. I knew I wasn't coming home to Rachel anymore. It was like the mini vacation made me deny the truth. I walked upstairs and saw her side of the dresser empty, and her side of the closet completely bare. I cried every night for like a month straight. I felt so heartbroken. One night, Britt knocked on the door.
"Q? Can I come in?" I didn't say anything. I felt her sit on the bed, and her rub my back. It startled me because I didn't even hear her walk into my room.
"Hey it's gonna be okay. You have to relax. Take deep breaths." I felt her body lay right next to mine. Her arms went around me and I felt her pull me towards her.
"Shhh.. You're going to be okay Quinn. I'm here for you. I'm going to make sure that you'll be okay. No matter how long it takes." She rocked me and I started to calm down. I didn't know what it was, but I stopped crying and felt relief. Was this the Brittany that Santana fell in love with? So compassionate and caring. I never saw this side of Britt before. It was different. And not in a bad way. I got used to Britt coming into my room after a while. We'd cuddle and it felt so nice. I would fall asleep on her chest, and wake up the next morning and we would still be in the same position. In all honesty, I started to like her. She didn't do much, but it was those little things that meant the most to me. I knew it wasn't the best time, but I couldn't help myself. I was torn. My feelings for her kept growing, yet I didn't want them to. I liked the feeling of cuddling but I knew it was wrong. I didn't want to like her, but I wasn't stopping myself from feeling that way. I stopped crying at night, and slowly she stopped coming into my room. I felt like I was missing something. I was missing her. It was so cute when I would watch her play with AJ. Everything little thing about her seemed cute to me as time went on. The way she smiled, the way she held her cup when she drank her coffee; especially the way she layed on the couch after she came home from work. It was so tempting to just lay with her but I knew that would be weird. It would make things awkward between us if I acted on my feelings. So I decided to let it blow over, I figured that it was just a phase.
A couple months later, we got a call from Mike Chang. He was getting the Glee Club together so that we could perform at his grand opening of his new dance studio. It was a huge achievement for him and Tina. It was his dream since we were in high school and to see him achieve it was amazing. But a week before the opening, Tina lost her battle with cancer. Everyone was devastated. Especially Mike. The doctors had just told him that she was going to make it and that her cancer was going into remission. But there were complications with the last couple days of her chemotherapy and she didn't make it. Brittany was sleeping with me that night because I found one of Rachel's cards to me, and like a idiot I read it. And ended up breaking down. That evening, Mike called her. It was about 4:15 in the morning when we were woken up by her phone.
"Hello?" You could still hear the sleepiness in her voice. I smiled and cuddled closer to her. "Mike? What's wrong?"
"She's gone, Britt. Tina. She's gone. I don't know what to do. I didn't know who to talk to. I called you because I felt you were the only one who knew what I felt. What I was going through." Brittany sat up. The look on her face worried me. I didn't know what was going on.
"It's alright Mike I'm here." They talked for about an hour. Then she layed back down and told me what happened. I cried a little.
"That's why we need to keep the ones we love close. And always remind them how much they mean to us." At that point I almost came out and said that I liked her. But I hesitated. She sat up on the bed and ran her hands through her hair. She stood up and put her shirt back on (because Britt never slept with her shirt on) and walked towards the door.
"I'm gonna go downstairs, I can't sleep. There's too much on my mind. I just need some time to process things; to clear my head. Do you want me to close the door behind me?" She turned around and looked at me.
"Yes, please." She closed the door and I layed on my back and stared at the ceiling. I didn't know what made it so hard for me to just tell her. Usually I wasn't scared of anything. But the thought of telling Britt terrified me.
At the grand opening of Mike's dance studio, we met up with everyone from the Glee Club. I spotted Rachel in a good second. I didn't like what I saw. She was hand in hand with Finn, and she was happy. I stood by Brittany and looked down.
"What's wrong, Q?" I pointed discretely at the couple walking towards us and she made me look up at her and assured me that everything was going to be okay. She walked away to talk to Mercedes. After our performance, Mike went on stage to give a little speech to the crowd that came out for his grand opening. When he walked off stage to come and talk to us, Tina came up and he walked away. Brittany went after him, and I watched as she made her way through the sea of people.
"You like her don't you?" I turned around and Sam was there.
"What? No I don't, Sam. That's ridiculous." I gave him a disapproving look. But he just shook his head.
"Don't try that with me, Quinn. I know how you get when you like someone. You look like a puppy dog lost when that person isn't around. No offense." I looked down. "You haven't told her yet, have you?" I could see Britt from where I was standing now.
"I'm not going to tell her Sam. I can't. It just doesn't feel right." He moved closer.
"But what if she feels the same way about you?" I didn't even look at him. I watched as the beautiful tall blonde made her way back towards me. She waved and had a smile on her face. Her hair glistened in the sunlight, I felt like my feelings were growing stronger by the second.
"Because I know she's still in love with Santana."
