Hey guys! I'm so happy for all the reviews I've been getting and all the people that like the story so here I am with another chapter, I hope you like it and well... keep reviewing, cause that makes me happy ya know? Oh! before I forget, would you guys like for Santana to actually talk some spanish? or do I just keep going as it is? depends on the votes and my final decision, thought it will help me decide.
"I can't" whispered the blonde.
"Why?" asked the other woman.
"I'd like to have an honest relationship with you, and that would be lying" the tall girl responded smiling.
Santana smiled back and got closer to the blonde, in the second their foreheads touched, as an approaching to kiss each other, both willingly for the first time, a heart shattering scream was heard from the other side of the door, Santana looked at Brittany apologizing with her eyes for the unwanted disturbs and got out of the bed and then the room.
Brittany sat up sighing, 'what an almost first real kiss...' she thought, she knew that she was being kind of selfish seeing as the redhead was suffering but she couldn't help but being just it with the woman who had went from an annoying and hateable person to someone Brittany could be, scratch that, was falling in love with, so when Santana came back to the room being followed by a teary faced red head she didn't argue and left some space for the young girl beside her so she could be between her and the brunette and feel somewhat protected.
"Thank you" mouthed Santana.
"No problem" the tall woman mouthed back, knowing exactly what was she thanking her for, and gave a try at holding Claudia from behind, when the girl didn't show opposing to it she held her more surely, feeling seconds later one of Santana's arms running over hers, also giving the young girl a feeling of safety. The rest of the night was slept away by the three without any other disturbance.
The next morning Brittany and Santana woke up without the other girl in sight.
"Where is this girl?" voiced Santana.
They both got up and went to the kitchen searching for the girl without finding her, Santana went to the bathroom to take a shower and found the girl inside the tub hugging her legs to her chest and with tear tracks running through her face, never drying because of the fat tears that still fell from her eyes.
"Claude..." Santana whispered.
The girl made her know that she heard her by moving her head slightly.
"That can't be comfortable, come here baby" Santana said approaching the girl and taking her out of the tub then sitting her on the toilet and moisturizing some paper to clean the tear tracks off her face.
A few minutes later they both went to the kitchen where Brittany was waiting for them.
"She's fine now, don't worry" the brunette only said that as an explanation.
Brittany looked at both women and though she didn't understand she didn't dare say something about it.
The Latina made some food and they ate in silence until Santana's phone started sounding.
"It's Myka" she announced before accepting the call.
"Santana, Claudia is gone, we don't know where she is and she's not picking up her farns or phone" the woman said with worry in her voice.
Santana gave Claudia a look that said everything, it was obvious that they were looking for her and worried. The red head gave a nod, letting Santana tell the brunette on the phone where she was.
"She's here Mykes, she's fine, well, as fine as she can be with everything that happened, how's everything?"
"Mrs. Frederic is gone and there's no way of bringing her back, but thankfully everyone else is fine, we finally got HG back although separated again" Myka told her.
"Separated?" asked Santana.
"Her conscious is inside an artifact and her body... Well it's at the b&b playing with Trailer for what I know" explained the other woman as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
"What about the rest" asked Santana generally, not wanting to say the name that she knew would make the redhead cry again.
"Well he... We apparently can't bring him back either, I know Claude is gonna be furious but we can't do anything" the woman in south Dakota explained.
"She may want to stay out of there for a while, I think it would be good for her" Santana said.
"I will speak with Artie but I totally understand and will try to make him if he doesn't"
"Okay, thank you Mykes, good luck with Artie" Santana said before hanging up.
"They're not even trying to bring him back are they?" Claudia voiced.
"Myka said they tried but weren't able to..." Santana trailed off.
"Which means they aren't trying"
"Whatever look Myka said she has no problem with you staying here for a while, we both think you need it and she's gonna talk with Artie" the brunette explained.
"Yeah, okay" the younger said with an attitude.
"Hey, don't pay it with me young lady"
"You know? I'm getting tired of people telling me what to do"
"Well you are under my supervision right now so I'm gonna be doing just that"
"I AM AN ADULT! I don't need you to take care of me! Or your supervision!" Claudia yelled.
"Well then act more like it! Because I'm sick and tired of your childish act!" Santana barked back.
"Girls stop it" Brittany said in a normal voice, which was topped by the other girls shouts.
After more shouting from both girls neither Brittany nor Claudia knew where the slap the redhead received came from, then the front door was slammed and the blonde and the young girl were left alone with the deafening silence.
Claudia felt a tickle on her cheek and put her hand to it, feeling something moist and a stinging, she looked at her hand and saw red, literally, there was a bit of blood on her hand, she looked at Brittany and the blonde gasped at the sight of blood on the young girls cheek, Santana had slapped hard enough to break the skin, that or she was wearing a ring which was not usual.
Brittany went to the bathroom to grab the first aid kit she knew Santana had there and came back with it. She sat the girl down and sat herself beside her, opening the kit and snatching the things she would need to clean the small gash.
"This may sting a little" Brittany said.
Claudia shrugged as if she didn't care and Brittany proceeded to clean and the girl seethed but didn't flinch once she got used to it. Brittany didn't consider it necessary to cover it seeing as it wasn't that bad.
"I really don't know why she slapped you" Brittany said saddened.
"I shouldn't have yelled or talked back" answered the redhead.
"But still, hitting you wasn't the thing to do, plus she really hurt you"
Claudia just nodded and they stayed in silence for a while then they heard jiggling of keys and the door opening and then Santana was back there, looking down in regret.
The brunette gasped when she looked up and saw the already healing gash on the young woman cheek and rushed to her side, cradling her face.
"I'm so sorry" she said with a tear running down her face and then engulfed the girl in a hug repeating her sorry over and over.
"Santana, Santana it's okay, I know you didn't mean to hurt me" Claudia said patting the woman on the back.
"No! I swear, I didn't mean to! I'm really sorry" Santana said freaking out.
"I know, I know see? It's all good, your GIRLFRIEND took care of the wound" Claudia said, putting a special emphasis in the word girlfriend.
"Yeah, yeah, thanks about that Bri... Wait what? We're not... She's not my... Ugh" Santana spoke until she acknowledged the g word then started stuttering nonsense.
"First of all, please, I'm a genius, thou shall not fool me, she's so your girl, second, you do know that you can't fool anybody when you're in love right? It is the first time that it happens so you have not mastered the art of acting cool around your big crush slash the girl you're in love with, I'm sure you turn into mush whenever she speaks directly to you"
"Claudia, there is a moment when a woman has to kill someone who she normally loves, that moment is pretty close to me right now" Santana warned.
"Whoa woman! Why would you want to kill Britt? She doesn't even know your secret yet..."
"You just fucked up... Why did you have to mention the secret? You annoying redhead"
"What secret?" asked Brittany.
"I'll tell you when the moment comes Britt, I swear. Claudia, you sure you're okay?"
"Yeah, it's just a scratch, I've been worse" answered the redhead.
"I wasn't talking about the scratch, I did scare you, I know that and I will regret it forever but did I scare you too much?"
"Nah it's alright, I'm tough as nails"
"Claude, I was there the other time you broke down... I know how you act like nothing can hurt you but you are frail, we just want to take care of you because we love you babe, so you better at least let me do it because this love thing doesn't happen very much with me and you know that"
"You're actually pretty scary when you start yelling and all that" Brittany nodded.
"Oh so now you're siding her? Come on" Santana scoffed.
"I'm not siding anybody here, just saying, you can be really scary" the blonde said.
Santana glared playfully at Brittany and the girl just laughed.
"Aren't I scary? Then why are you laughing? You should be scared in a corner, begging me not to kill you" Santana said.
"Oh come on, you love the girl, you wouldn't kill her even if you knew she was killing people and therefore needed to do so" the redhead mocked.
"Wait why would she need to kill me?" Brittany asked confused.
"Claud?" Santana called.
"Yes, Santana?" Claudia answered acting innocent.
"You should really start talking less, or at least think before doing so" suggested Santana.
"Sorry" Claudia mumbled.
"Okay guys, some of you has to explain this to me" Brittany said.
"Britt... I will tell you okay? I'm just not ready" Santana promised.
"I don't understand why you can't open up more to me, I won't hurt you or do what other people did"
"I am opening up to you, it's just that if I told you this now there would be a chance that you'd fly out the door in a second" Santana explained.
"That's absurd, I can't fly" Brittany said seriously.
Santana smiled catching the joking tone on the blonde's voice, it wasn't the same with Claudia thought, the redhead had confusion all over her face.
"The thing is, I will tell you, when the time is right"
"It can't be that bad San" Brittany begged.
"I don't know Britt... For what you've told me it could end up badly" Santana murmured.
"For what I told you? What did I tell you?" Brittany asked confused.
"You will know" Santana said and then grabbed Claudia, pulling her to the elevator and out of the apartment.
"You know? I have enough with lying to her I don't need you fucking it all up" the brunette all but barked to the younger woman.
"Sorry okay? I didn't know the topic was so sensible or I wouldn't have talked about it" Claudia excused herself.
"Fine, just don't do it again, let's go someplace, I need some time away from her...Otherwise I fear I will spill it all to her..."
They went to a little bar close to the building and drank a bit, Claudia non alcoholic of course then got back to Santana's where they found the blonde asleep on the couch.
"Shit I didn't realize it was so late, it's almost one in the morning, you change into your pajamas and I'll get Britt okay" Santana said.
"No, look, I'm gonna give you a bit of intimacy with your girl, yeah don't look at me like that" the redhead said when Santana glared "so I'm gonna go back to South Dakota, if I need to I'll come back but I'll tell you with time so I don't catch you doing it"
"You better go before I kill you" Santana glared even more.
She then turned back to the sleeping blonde.
"What am I gonna do with you?" she asked to the sleeping blonde.