A/N: Hello, everybody! Another day, another chapter! Thank you all for the great response on the last chapter, I got so many visitors! My readers are literally some of the nicest people and for that, I couldn't possibly be more grateful. You're always so kind and (hopefully) honest, which is lovely to see. Every time I get a positive response for a chapter it makes me ten times more motivated to upload again, so thank you. I have one QUESTION! Sorry for the caps but I wanted your attention, hehe. When an author is writing the thoughts of a character, how do you like them to be written? Do you like Italics, 'These Quote Marks', or 'Both'? Please let me know because I never know quite how to write them, and though I don't particularly mind, I know that some people might.
Anyway, as always, I hope you enjoy this chapter, please review if you do, and I'll see you all on the other side!-Lauren's Glee Stories
...Last Chapter... Santana's POV...
"You watched me die?" Rachel asked in a horrified tone,
Santana nodded numbly,
"Oh, San," She whispered, moving towards her and wrapping her in a hug, "What the fuck is happening?" She asked softly,
"Uh," A voice interrupted awkwardly, making the pair jump, but not let go of each other, "We might be able to explain that..."
Santana's POV
"Jesus! You scared us," Santana cursed, turning around to face the people who had joined them,
"Sorry," He apologised with a guilty smile,
"What the hell happened, Finn?!" Rachel demanded,
"Uh," Finn laughed awkwardly, "Here's the thing... You guys messed up, a little bit, not a lot, but uhh... You altered the timeline, which is all well and good; basically exactly what we want you to do. Only thing is, you killed yourselves in the process, which was not so good..."
"And? We made a mistake! Shouldn't we be either dead or back in our crappy lives by now?" Santana asked him exasperatedly,
"You tried to save that girls life, that wasn't a mistake," Brittany interjected softly,
"Tried?" Rachel interrupted,
"Well, she was never supposed to die. She didn't in the original timeline. You just interrupted a standard robbery and assault," Finn explained, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly,
"So, we died trying to be fucking heroes for nothing?" Santana clarified, and Finn's face said it all, "Wonderful," She grumbled sarcastically,
"Uh, you're not dead," Brittany pointed out,
"Then what in the fuck is happening?" Santana screeched,
"Okay," Finn said, holding his hands up, asking for quiet, "You know how we mentioned our supervisor? The one who sent us this mission?" He asked,
The two girls, plus Brittany, nodded,
"Well, our supervisor wasn't exactly expecting you to die..." He said awkwardly,
"Get to the point, Hudson," Santana said threateningly,
"You're in a time loop," He blurted out, "Anytime you die or mess up, you reset back to today, when you first came back from the future," He explained in a quieter voice,
Rachel looked murderous, "So, you didn't think you could have mentioned this before we died?!" She screeched,
"We didn't know..." Brittany interrupted, "We thought this was a one-time only offer, but our supervisor was really determined, so they set the loop," She explained softly,
"And I thought this couldn't get any fucking worse," Santana moaned,
"Okay, so, your supervisor set us in a virtually never-ending time loop until we get it right," Rachel surmised,
"Thanks, Einstein," Santana grumbled,
Rachel rolled her eyes,
"Who is the elusive 'our supervisor' anyway?" Santana asked curiously, using air quotes, "I mean, you never mention their name and they seem to either love us or really, really hate us..."
"It's probably a bit of both," Brittany answered candidly before Finn elbowed her gently,
"We aren't allowed to say," Finn explained apologetically, "If we told, then we would lose our wings, which, on top of kind of sucking, would mean we wouldn't be able to guide you through this,"
Rachel looked like she was either about to pass out or throw something at Finn, out of confusion or frustration, so Santana put her arm on Rachel's; a grounding technique,
"Uh, look, we can talk about this later, but right now we need to get back up there," Finn apologised, "The boss needs us," He shrugged,
"Bye!" Brittany farewelled, and once again, the pair faded into nothing, but not before Brittany spun around in a circle, of course.
Santana blinked owlishly,
"That happened," She stated matter-of-factly,
"I don't know who I want to punch more," Rachel muttered,
"I feel like we switched statements," Santana added,
Rachel nodded,
"So, that happened," She re-stated,
"I really want to punch someone," Santana muttered in agreement.
Finn's POV
Finn looked at Brittany as they walked up to their supervisor's office,
"That went well," Brittany commented happily,
Finn raised an eyebrow at her,
"Right," He agreed unsurely, "I mean, it could have gone worse," He reasoned,
"Exactly!" She agreed chirpily, knocking on the door to their boss's office,
The voice called to them to come in, so they entered the office,
"To what do I owe the absolute displeasure?" The Supervisor asked him, putting down their pen,
Finn would typically have taken offence to such a comment, but seeing as this was pretty standard for his boss, he had gotten used to it,
"We came to bring our update on Rachel and Santana," He told them,
"It went well," Brittany informed,
They raised an eyebrow and motioned for Brittany and Finn to sit down,
"Go on," The Supervisor drawled, and Finn and Brittany sat down,
Finn rushed to correct what Brittany said,
"Well, not well, per say, but they didn't try and kill us?" He restated in a slightly questioning tone,
"I don't really care about that," They shrugged, "These two idiots just need to get their shit together and not fuck up this time," They muttered, rolling their eyes,
"I'm sure they'll get it eventually," Brittany answered optimistically,
"Eventually," Finn muttered,
"Ah, Brittany, forever optimistic," Their Supervisor tutted, "Look, as long as you two do your job properly and don't get me into any trouble, we won't have any issues,"
"But-" Brittany started,
Finn elbowed her to quiet her,
"We will," He assured,
"Right, well, I have a council meeting in approximately four minutes and I can't for the life of me figure out why you two are still in my office," They commented in a curious tone,
"Right, sorry," Finn apologised,
Finn ushered Brittany out of the office and breathed a sigh of relief once they were outside,
"Well, that went-" Brittany said,
"Yeah, well. We're still alive, so I guess you're right," He answered with a cheery smile,
"Want to come over for dinner with Lord Tubbington Sr. And I?" She asked him friendlily,
He tilted his head in consideration, "Sure, why not?" He replied, "Want to go past the ducks?" He asked temptingly,
He swore Brittany's smile couldn't have been wider.
Rachel's POV
"So, we're in a time loop," Rachel commented matter-of-factly while Santana was driving both of them home,
"It would appear that way, yes," Santana answered, completely focused on the road, driving quite robotically,
"Are you okay?" Rachel asked her in a soft voice,
"What do you think?" Santana snapped,
Rachel flinched slightly,
"I understand that we both must be feeling quite conflicting emotions at the moment, but you have to remember that none of this is my fault," She reminded her companion pointedly,
Santana turned and glared at her as they came to a stop at a red light, but her expression relaxed after a moment, "I'm sorry, Berry, I'm just stressed," She apologised, averting her gaze back to the road,
"I understand," Rachel assured, "It's okay,"
Santana shook her head, "It's not, but thanks,"
They turned onto Rachel's street and came to a stop at her house,
"What are you doing tonight?" Rachel asked her curiously, "I'm thinking of spending some time with Finn,"
Santana nodded, "Yeah, I'm going to take Britts out to dinner or something,"
Rachel nodded firmly, "This is good," She affirmed, "This is why we've been sent back; to save our partners. We just need to wait for the idea to come to us, or me... It will probably be me..." She trailed off,
"Why's that?" Santana asked defensively, "Well," Rachel replied with a sly smile, "I am the smart one," She shrugged,
Santana reached over to hit her arm, making Rachel squeal, "Thanks, midget," Santana grumbled, a slight smile showing on her face,
Rachel sniffed, "I'll have you know I'm only just under the average height of an American female," She informed in a mock upset voice,
"Yeah, yeah," Santana replied, "Now, out. I've gots to get my mack on," She ordered,
Rachel turned her nose up, "I could have done without that information," She informed,
"Out," Santana repeated with a slight smile,
"Bye," Rachel said, getting out of the car, "I'll see you tomorrow," She farewelled,
"See ya," Santana replied, "Wouldn't wanna be ya," She sang and drove off after Rachel shut the door,
Rachel shook her head and walked up to her house, pulling out her key as she approached the door, and unlocking it.
She slipped off her shoes and stuck them on the rack, putting her bag next to them.
She heard a crash from the kitchen and froze, narrowing her eyes suspiciously. She picked up the lamp that was beside the shoe rack and held it in front of her, slowly approaching the kitchen as quietly as she could,
"Uh, hello?" She called out questioningly, mentally cursing herself for sounding stupid, "Hey," A voice greeted her back, making her jump a foot in the air,
"Finn! Don't scare me like that!" She shrieked, putting the lamp down and walking over to angel Finn,
"Sorry," He apologised sheepishly, She sighed,
"It's alright," She replied, walking to the fridge and grabbing a bottle of water, "What brings you here?" She asked him curiously,
He shrugged and sat down at the kitchen counter, "I just wanted to make sure you were okay, ya know? It's a lot to take in,"
"A lot to take in? I'm in a time loop! A time loop! I'm like a more talented version of Bill Murray!" She squawked indignantly,
"I dunno, Bill Murray's pretty talented," Finn disagreed,
"That's not the point, Finn!" She screeched, "Wait," She paused, "How do you know how talented Bill Murray is?" She asked, tilting her head to the side, confused as to how Finn even knew who Bill Murray was,
"He lives on my street," Finn shrugged, "I had dinner with him last week,"
She stared at him for a moment before shaking her head,
"Right," She said, "I forgot that he had died,"
"So, how are you?" He asked her again,
"I don't know," She replied, "I had just about gotten used to the fact that I was back in high school and you and Brittany were still alive. Of course, then I died after being shot in the head, and I am still in high school and you and Brittany are still alive, and I'm in a freaking time-loop!" She ranted,
"Right, so, not great," Finn surmised,
Rachel nodded, "I really need to speak with my therapist," She mumbled,
"Okay, just think of it this way, okay, Rach?" Finn told her, "Yes, you are in some freaky sci-fi time-loop, and yes, you get put back in the past every time you mess up, but you have a once, well...yeah...in a lifetime opportunity to get your life back on track!" He told her with an excited smile, "You have the chance to mould your future to be what you want it to be, not what you were stuck with in your last timeline! You can marry the person of your dreams, you can become an actress on Broadway! You can do literally anything you want!"
Rachel stared at him, taking in every word he was saying,
"Rachel, you are the most talented person I have ever met," Finn said softly,
"After Bill Murray," She corrected with a small smile,
"After Bill Murray," He agreed with a wink, "You do not deserve what you settled for. You deserve Broadway, you deserve the happy ending, heck, you deserve the world! You have the opportunity to get what you always deserved, and I'll be damned if you don't take it," He finished firmly,
She smiled at him, "When did you get so smart?" She asked him with a small smirk,
He just shrugged nonchalantly,
"So, what are you doing tonight?" He asked her,
"I'm going to take you - well, current you, not you-you - out on a date," She told him,
His expression slipped slightly before he smiled just as brightly as before, leaving Rachel to wonder if she'd imagined it,
"Cool," He replied, "Well, make sure you take 'past me' somewhere nice," He said playfully,
She went to hug him, relishing the feeling of him in her arms,
"I'm going to save you and Brittany, I promise," She whispered,
"You already did," He replied, barely audible,
Rachel furrowed her brow at those words, not quite getting what he was saying, but stayed quiet in favour of holding him tight.
Santana's POV
Santana swore that Brittany couldn't smile any wider than she was at that point, "Really?" She asked excitedly, bouncing on the back of her heels,
"Yes, really. We'll see the ducks first and then we can go to BreadstiX afterwards," Santana promised,
Brittany squealed, "Okay!"
"Then we can go back to mine and watch a movie, or something," She shrugged,
"And get our sweet, sweet, Lady Kisses on," Brittany replied with a teasing smile,
"Hmmm, perhaps," Santana said with a wink, taking Britt's hand and linking their pinkies, leading her girlfriend to her car.
"So, wanna watch 'But I'm a Cheerleader'?" Santana asked Brittany as they walked into her house later that evening,
Brittany nodded excitedly,
"I think it's a perfect movie for us," She replied, "Cheerleaders and lesbians, I mean, all they need is a cat or a unicorn and it would be perfect," She added thoughtfully,
Santana chuckled, "Yeah," She replied, "Or more scissoring," She added with a wink,
"There's always room for more scissoring," Brittany replied seriously,
They got some snacks together and sat on the bed in Santana's room, watching the movie on the TV in there.
Brittany put her head on Santana's shoulder as they watched the movie and Santana sighed happily,
"What is it?" Brittany asked sleepily,
'Uh, that I haven't seen you in years because you died in a car crash and I'm back from the future to save your life?' Santana thought to herself,
"Nothing," She replied, "Just thinking of how lucky I am to have you," She added, not completely lying,
Brittany looked at her with wide eyes,
"I love you," She said softly,
"I love you, too," Santana replied, tears shining in her eyes that she refused to acknowledge, "So, so much," She added, kissing Brittany softly and leaning her forehead against hers,
"So, should we make out now or after the movie?" Brittany asked innocently, making Santana laugh.
A/N: By the way, the whole circle thing is from when Brittany said: "And the music usually starts when I say something like 'It's Brittany, bitch,' or I do one of my magical turns." It happened in season four, I believe, before the performance of 'Tell Him'. Fun fact for the chapter. Also, does anybody have any clues as to who the ever elusive 'Supervisor' is? Virtual cookies to anyone who guesses correctly! It may not be revealed until the very end of the story, but nothing is set in stone yet. All I know is who it is and that, eventually, it will be revealed to our mains. Also, I know they/them pronouns can be a bit confusing, as they are traditionally used as a plural, but the Supervisor is just one person, and they/them is being used as a gender-neutral term to identify them by; just to keep some mystery around them. Also, fun, slightly unrelated news, I now have a twitter account! If you want to get a semi-exclusive look into when I'm going to update my stories, you can follow me at ' L_GleeStories'!
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ALSO! Did I do okay in the Brittany/Santana scene? I don't write them often and am, admittedly, a little unsure of how I did... I hope you liked it.
Okay... I feel like I had a lot to put in this ending A/N... If you enjoyed, please review, and I'll see you next chapter!-Lauren's Glee Stories