Chapter 2 – Something unexpected
Brittany is the first one to break the awkward silence that fell between them. "N-Nice to meet you." She stutters a little due to the shock and surprise of seeing the Latina again. She puts her hand out a little hesitantly and waits for Santana to shake it.
Santana looks at the blonde's extended hand with uncertainty and after a few minutes of hesitation she takes Brittany's hand in her own. As soon as their hands touch a shock of electricity runs through both their bodies and Brittany takes her hand back hastily. "Nice to meet you too." Santana is finally able to utter.
Jason not noticing the whole awkwardness or just deciding to ignore it, takes Brittany's hand in his own and walks towards his mother. "Mom, this is my girlfriend Brittany."
The blonde smiles sweetly and extends her hand at the woman. "It's nice to meet you Mrs. Lopez."
Maribel smiles at Brittany and gives her a motherly hug. Brittany is surprised at the gesture but hugs her back and smiles back at the woman. "Please call me Maribel. You're family now." Maribel says as they pull away from the hug. Brittany smiles at Maribel's words but her mind just keeps drifting to her reencounter with Santana, who she slept with three months ago and who, she now found out, is her boyfriend's sister. "Where's your father?" And as soon as the words come out of her mouth, Miguel Lopez appears with two suitcases in hand.
"Right here honey." He replies as he puts the suitcases on the floor, then walks towards his wife and gives her a soft kiss on the lips.
"Always the charmer isn't that right dad?" Jason teases his father.
"I bet you won Brittany over with the charm you inherited from me." Miguel says half serious and half joking, which earns him a slap in the arm from his wife. He looks at Maribel's scowl and gives her an apologetic smile as well as a sweet kiss on her cheek, which makes the corners of his wife's lips turn up.
"He won me over with his clumsiness." Brittany chimes in and chuckles to herself at the memory of their first meeting. Jason's cheeks turn pink in embarrassment and Miguel gives them a questioning look.
"I spilled coffee on her." Jason says quietly in hopes that nobody can hear him, but his plan fails when he hears his father laughing.
Meanwhile Santana just stands there in her spot, a few feet away from them, just watching the scene in front of her, or more exactly, Brittany. She just can't believe that she's here, that she's her brother's girlfriend. Seeing her with him doesn't feel right. Knowing that she slept with her 3 months ago and that now she's with her brother doesn't feel right. How is she supposed to act like she doesn't know the blonde, when said girl made such an impact on her life? She made her feel more in one night than anyone has ever made her feel in her whole life. And now she's with her brother and they seem happy. This is a total mess right now, Santana thinks to herself.
She's so entranced in her thoughts that she doesn't hear her father calling her name. She's startled and snapped out of her musings by a hand touching her shoulder. She looks up to find the warm brown eyes of her brother staring at her in concern. "Are you okay San?"
"Y-Yeah." She stutters a little but after a deep breath she recomposes herself and adds. "I'm just a little tired. You know I'm not a morning person."
"Yeah, I know very well. I still didn't forget when I woke you up early to wish you a happy 14th birthday and you punched me in the face." Jason says as he pouts at his sister and Santana just laughs, remembering that day as it was only yesterday and also remembering the black eye her brother had to support that week.
"Well you deserved it." Santana says half serious and half joking. "Who the hell wakes someone up at 5 in the morning?"
"Someone who is sweet and wants to be the first one to wish their sister a happy birthday." Jason points out. "But don't worry, I already learned my lesson."
"I really hope so because if you haven't, I'll not hesitate and I'll punch you again." Santana says jokingly but a little seriousness can be detected in her voice. Jason simply laughs and shakes his head at his sister's antics.
"You're making a great first impression on Brittany." And as the name of the blonde is said Santana's expression turns serious again. The only thing running through her mind right now is that her real first impression on the blonde was nothing compared to this one.
"Nothing can beat your first impression. Did you seriously spill coffee on her?" Santana teases her brother and his cheeks turn pink.
"It was an accident." He says quietly as he looks at the ground in embarrassment.
"Santana stop teasing your brother." Maribel says with a stern look on her face and Santana puts her hands up defensively. As she looks at Brittany she sees the blonde smiling at her and Santana smiles back. They lock eyes for a few seconds but then Brittany breaks their stare contest and looks around the living room to see if anyone noticed. She sighs in relief when she sees Jason chatting animatedly with his father on the couch and notices that Maribel went to the kitchen.
"Jason I think I'm gonna lay down for awhile upstairs. I'm kind of tired because of the trip." Brittany says through a yawn.
"Of course baby. I'll show you our bedroom." He says sweetly as he gets up from the couch, picks up the suitcases that were still in the living room and walks upstairs with Brittany following.
A feeling that Santana can't really identify, but that she knows for sure it's not a good one, settles in her stomach as she watches her brother and Brittany walk upstairs smiling at one another. She shakes her head to try and get rid of the unwelcoming feeling, but huffs in frustration when she sees it's not working. She decides to distract herself from all her thoughts and emotions, so she walks towards the kitchen to help her mother with her cooking.
As she enters the kitchen she sees her mother taking a tray of chocolate chip cookies out of the oven. The delicious smell of the fresh baked cookies invades Santana's nostrils and she moves her hand tentatively towards the tray, but her plan fails miserably when her mom catches her and slaps her hand away. "This is for Brittany. I want her to feel welcomed here." Maribel explains to her daughter as she puts the cookies in a plate.
"But mom…" Santana whines like a little kid. "I love your cookies." She pouts at her mother and looks at her with really cute puppy dog eyes.
Maribel sighs in defeat and smiles at her daughter. "I'll make some for you too." Santana smiles widely at her mother and hugs her tightly. "But…" Maribel continues and Santana pulls away from the hug and looks at her mother suspiciously. "You have to take these cookies to Brittany." Santana takes the plate of cookies from her mother's hands and gives her a forced smile before walking out of the kitchen.
When she steps into the living room she sees her brother and father chatting animatedly. For a moment she thinks about giving the plate of cookies to her brother for him to go give it to Brittany, but then she erases that idea from her mind at remembering that Jason hasn't seen their parents in 6 months, so she lets him talk freely with their father and walks upstairs.
She stands at her brother's bedroom door for about five minutes before she finally decides to stop being such a wuss and knock on the door.
"Come in." She hears from inside the room and, after taking a deep breath, she opens the door and walks in. "Jason you didn't have to knock, this is your room." Brittany says as she turns around to face the person that entered the room. "Oh." She lets out when she sees Santana standing awkwardly at the doorway with a plate of cookies in her hands.
"Uh… my mom said to give you this." Santana says after a few minutes of looking at every part of the room except for the blonde sitting on the bed. She walks towards Brittany and hands her the plate, and as she does so their fingers brush against each other, sending shocks of electricity through both their bodies. Santana pulls her hand away and coughs awkwardly.
After a few minutes of pure silence and avoiding each other's eyes the blonde decides to speak up. "Is that it? Or do you need anything else?"
"Yeah, that's it. I'm gonna go now." Santana says hastily and turns around to walk towards the door. She stops and turns around once again. "This is weird." She blurts out, leaving Brittany confused to what she's referring to.
"What's weird?" Brittany asks as she watches the Latina fiddling with her fingers nervously.
"This whole situation." Brittany sends her a questioning look, still not knowing what the Latina is talking about, so Santana elaborates. "We slept together." She says in a quiet voice, afraid that someone might hear her. Brittany visibly freezes up at this, not liking where this conversation is going. "And now you're dating my brother. It's weird."
"Y-You just have to forget about it." Brittany stutters a little due to the nervousness she feels coursing through her body.
"Well it's not that easy Brittany. Every time I look at you I remember that night at the club and then at your apartment…" Santana trails off, reminiscing that night like it only happened yesterday.
"Why can't you just push that memory to the back of your mind? It's not like you liked me or anything." Brittany says in what it seems like an accusatory and angry tone.
Santana senses that the blonde is angry at her and she starts searching in her memory for something that she might have done wrong. "Are you angry at me? Did I do something wrong?"
"Oh I don't know, let me think." Brittany says sarcastically and Santana just keeps staring at her confused. "We had sex and the moment I woke up I found out you were not there and you didn't even leave a note."
"I'm sorry." It's the only thing that Santana can utter right now and Brittany rolls her eyes.
"Whatever." Brittany says dismissively. "That night was a mistake, it shouldn't have happened, but it did, so we just have to forget about it." And as Brittany says this, disappointment and sadness can be seen on Santana's face.
"Okay. Well enjoy the cookies." Santana says quietly, then she turns around and walks out the room. She goes to her room while thinking why she's feeling like this, why the blonde's words made her feel like this. It was just one night stand. I have to forget like Brittany said, Santana thinks to herself as she slumps onto her bed and huffs in frustration into her pillow.
At 1 p.m. Maribel calls everyone for lunch and after a few minutes they're all sited at the table, ready to devour the delicious food in front of them. They chat animatedly between each other, except for Santana, who just keeps looking between her food and the blonde who's sited across from her. Brittany looks at her a few times as well but looks away every time Santana locks eyes with her.
At some point through lunch the topic of the conversation is her and she can't help the roll of her eyes when she hears her mother's question. "When are you going to get a girl too, mi hija?"
"Mom, I'm too busy with work right now. Maybe in a distant future I'll bring someone home." And as she says this she can't help in glancing at Brittany and gauge her reaction. The blonde is looking at her plate, like she isn't interested in the conversation that's happening right now, but actually she's listening to every word that leaves the Latina's mouth.
"Honey, you work too much. You have to find a nice girl for you. I want grandchildren, you know?" Maribel says and as Santana is about to reply, Jason cuts in on the conversation.
"As we're in that topic, I want to tell you guys something." He says a little nervous but happiness can be seen all over his face. Santana looks at him curiously, wondering what the big news is. Brittany, on the other hand, is frozen and she's looking at Jason with a scared expression on her face. Jason takes her hand reassuringly and then turns to his parents and Santana. "Brittany here…" He smiles at the blonde, who's still looking at him nervously and a little scared. "Well… she's pregnant." And at these words, it's like Santana's world came crashing down on her and a pain she has never felt before shoots through her heart, leaving a hole in of nothing but emptiness.
Whoa Brittany is pregnant... Don't hate me yet, just wait for the next chapter, a lot of questions will be answered then. And have faith on me ;)
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