The Doctor and the Rockstar
One Week After Surgery
Dani has been at home for a week straight either lying in bed or on the couch, she was able to move on her own just fine, she just moved extremely slow, since her body and stitches were still pretty sore.
Devon had been an amazing friend and stayed with her the entire week but she was starting to get stir crazy. It had been a week since Devon had gone out and gotten laid something that was very strange and new to her. She didn't like it very much.
So while Dani was asleep Devon grabbed Dani's phone and got Santana's phone number from it, the two had been texting all week; Devon figured it was time for them to have some face to face time.
Dialing the number Devon impatiently walked back and forth in the living room "Hello" Santana answered.
"Santana, this is Devon Reynolds Dani's friend" Devon said trying to fight the impatience and slight irritation out of her voice.
"Oh yeah Hi, is something wrong?" Santana asked not sure why Dani's friend would be calling her.
"No everything's fine, I just had a question for you" Devon replied "Could you come over tomorrow and like spend the day with Dani. I haven't gone out in a week and I'm in desperate need of getting laid, plus I have a date with a potential girlfriend. And a week is a very long time for me; I'm starting to get a little stir crazy here. Please tell me you'll do it" Devon said.
Laughing Santana replied "Yeah I can do it. I have the entire weekend off so it won't be a problem. What time should I be there? And I'm not really sure where Dani lives" Santana answered.
"Does ten work, and that's not a problem I'll text you the address and the key code for the elevator, and tell security that you'll be coming up so they know. All you have to do is stop at the desk tell them who you are and then get in the elevator hit the twelfth floor and type in the key code" Devon said.
"Umm okay, should I like bring anything or something?" Santana asked only slightly nervous about the whole situation.
"I don't know movies or something I guess" Devon replied "Oh wait if you could pick up a large container of egg flower soup from the Chinese restaurant next door that would be awesome. She ran out of soup and has winning about it all day".
"I can do that. I'll see you at ten tomorrow. And thanks for calling Devon. Bye" Santana said before hanging up the phone. Excited that she now had a reason to go so the beautiful musician who constantly fills her thoughts.
The Next Day
It was just a little after nine thirty in the morning when Dani woke up, but decided to lay in bed for a little while. It had been a very long time since Dani had been able to sleep in and just relax, plus it hurt to get out of bed so Dani decided it'd be better and easier to stay in bed until she absolutely had to get out of bed.
Carefully grabbing the notebook she always kept on her nightstand Dani wrote down some potential lyrics that popped into her head. So involved in what she was doing she didn't hear the elevator that came right into her apartment ding, or the familiar voice floating up the stairs and into her bedroom. It wasn't until she heard a knock on her bedroom door and a familiar voice asks "What are you doing rockstar?"
Eyes wide in shock Dani snapped her head up towards the doorway her eyes landing on Santana who was leaning against her doorway smiling softly at Dani "Santana what are you doing here?" Dani asked.
"Devon called me yesterday and asked if I wanted to come hang out with you while she went out with and I quote 'A potential girlfriend and got laid' and since I have the weekend off and I wanted to see you so I said yes" Santana said "So I brought movies and what Devon tells me is your favorite Egg Flower Soup".
"Egg Flower Soup?" Dani asked a large smile forming on her face.
Santana nodded her head "Yeah I put it downstairs in the kitchen, so how about I help you out of bed and downstairs where you can choose a movie and we can eat and just hang out".
"That sounds perfect Santana, but uhh I really need to take a shower first" Dani said with a sheepish smile.
"That's fine, you take a shower, do whatever you need to do I'll wait for you downstairs, and put the soup in a pan on the stove so it stays warm" Santana replied "Do you need any help?" she asked.
Dani shook her head "No I'm able to move around on my own now, just a little slowly so it may take me a while" Dani said as she moved her blankets back and moved so her legs were hanging over the edge of her bed.
"That's fine, I'll be downstairs then" Santana said with a smile as she stepped out of the doorway and headed back downstairs to Dani's living room while Dani slowly got out of bed and moved into her bathroom, cursing Devon's name as she went.
Twenty minutes later Dani slowly walked down the stairs wearing a pair of loose and low baggy sweats and an old Ramones t-shirt, her hair up in a messy wet bun. Walking down the stairs she smiled when she saw Santana standing in front of her large book case that covered one wall in her living room. The shelf held books, pictures, different award trophies, movies, and her large flat screen TV.
"I didn't realize you had so many awards" Santana said turning around to look at Dani when she heard the shorter girl coming up behind her.
Smiling Dani looked at all the different trophies "Yeah there are quite a lot of them, but I think the Grammy win was probably the most shocking and amazing one for me. I feel extremely honored that people like my music so much, I literally have the best fans in the world".
"Winning a Grammy is pretty impressive, I'm not too sure I can compete with that or all the fans that practically worship you" Santana said with a grin.
Reaching out for Santana's hand Dani laughed "You have no competition. I mean you're a doctor, who's really, really hot. How am I supposed to compete with that?" Dani asked teasingly.
Smiling Santana leaned forward pressing a light kiss to Dani's lips "I think you're pretty hot as well Torrez".
Lightly moaning Dani wrapped her arms around Santana's neck pulling the taller woman closer to her. Smiling into the kiss Santana wrapped her arms around Dani's waist, running her tongue across Dani's lower lip, asking for entrance into the musician's mouth. Dani quickly answered and opened her mouth allowing Santana's tongue to meet with hers, both women moaning at the contact.
Making sure to be gentle to not touch or irritate Dani's stitches Santana moved closer to Dani, one hand sliding down her back and onto Dani's ass, the other moving up towards the back her neck.
Breaking the kiss Santana started kissing Dani's check slowly moving down to her ear and neck. It had been so long since Santana had meet a woman who was as beautiful as Dani, who was caring, intelligent and who made the taller Latina weak in the knees when she smiled. Placing one last kiss to Dani's neck Santana pulled her head back so that she could look into Dani's eyes. She knew she needed to stop before things got to heated, Dani was in no position to have sex of any kind, and Santana wanted to take things slow with the beautiful musician.
"How about that soup?" Santana asked softly.
Laughing Dani pecked Santana's lips one last time "Yeah that sounds good".
Santana and Dani sat on the couch each holding their own bowl as they watched a movie Dani picked out from the collection Santana had brought over, even though they weren't really watching, they were too busy asking one another twenty one questions.
"How many ex's?" Dani asked.
"Including guys six, only two were actually serious where I actually loved them and what not, and there were many hook-ups and one night stands throughout college" Santana admitted. "What about you rockstar how many ex's do you have?"
"Only one serious relationship where I actually loved her and saw a future with her, and about a dozen small relationships here and there that never lasted a couple of months. It's hard to find someone who wants to actually get to know you for you and not for your money or fame" Dani admitted "At least until I meet you.
"Well I didn't even realize you were famous until Callie started screaming. Perk of not having a social life in over a year" Santana joked.
"Can I ask you something Santana?" Dani asked her voice taking a more serious note.
"Yeah you can ask me anything" Santana said.
"Were you ever engaged?" Dani asked, remembering what Callie had told her over a week ago.
Frowning Santana leaned forwards to put her bowl on the coffee table, holding her hand out to do the same with Dani's, after placing both bowls on the coffee table Santana leaned forward her elbows on her knees "Yes I was with a woman named Carrie. We had been together for four years, and we were engaged. But a little around a year ago I found her cheating on me with her assistant from her law office" leaning back into the couch Santana ran her hand through her hair. She hated talking about Carrie and what happened. "I immediately broke up with her, moved out of our shared apartment and dove even further into my work at the hospital. Not reemerging unless my friends forced me to, or until recently when I met you".
"I….I'm so sorry Santana, I had no idea. Callie last week told me about you being engaged and not being the same since you broke up, but I didn't know about the cheating. I'm sorry you had to go through that" Dani said softly her hand reaching out to rest on Santana's leg.
Smiling softly Santana intertwined their hands "It's fine, I'm glad you brought it up, I probably wouldn't have said anything about it otherwise" squeezing Dani's hand Santana smiled at her. "Can I ask you something now?" she asked.
"Yeah I thinks that's only fair" Dani said pulling on Santana's hand so the Latina would get the hit and move closer to her. Getting the hint Santana scooted closer allowing Dani to rest her head on her shoulder.
"Are you ready to tell me about your tattoos? More specially these two on your wrists" Santana asked lightly touching the tattoo's on Dani's wrists, not failing to notice the pale thin scars underneath the handwriting.
"I…it's a long story" Dani said her eyes watching as Santana's fingers traced the letters and scars.
"I have plenty of time, but if you aren't ready I understand, I don't want to push you" Santana said softly "I also noticed today that you and Devon share the same tattoo's, as some others" she pointed out.
"Devon and I met at the rehab center we were both admitted to. We instantly became friends, shared some of the same pain, same challenges. We promised each other that we'd have each other's backs, and we'd help the other stay strong which is why we got the tattoo, and we have each other's lips tattooed on our arms but it's not because of an intimate relationship, it was something we wanted to do and we did. Devon's my best friend but there's never been anything sexual or intimate between us" Dani clarified.
"Why were you in a rehab center?" Santana asked softly.
"I've struggled with self-harm and an eating disorder since I was fifteen years old. I was struggling to accept who I was, and when I did I knew my parents never would. And it didn't help that kids at school teased me for being fat, I just so desperately wanted to be skinny, so I starved myself, made my-self throw up when I would eat. It got worse when my parents kicked me out and I moved in with Lacey and Matt. Shortly after Izzy was born Lacey found me unconscious in the bathroom, a razor blade on the floor and a lot of blood coming from many different cuts in my arm" Taking a deep breath Dani smiled when she felt Santana kiss the top of her head "It was Lacey that talked me into going to rehab. I was there for months and they paid for everything. I still struggle at times with different insecurities but the tattoos remind me that I need to stay strong, that I am stronger than my inner demons".
"And you are stronger, you're incredibly strong. You just donated your kidney to your niece; you're a Grammy award winning musician, who cares so deeply for her family and friends that you'd do anything for them. You're an amazing woman Dani, thank you for telling me all that" Santana said softly once again kissing the top of Dani's head.
Not sure what to say Dani moved her head from Santana's shoulder, resting her hand on Santana's cheek Dani pulled her into a soft, sweet caring kiss.
Pulling away Santana rested her forehead against Dani's gently wiping the tears from her cheeks "I really like you Dani" Santana admitted.
"I really like you to Santana" Dani said softly her eyes never leaving Santana's as she brought the Latina into another kiss.