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"Brittany!"
From the second that the first yell caught her ears, Santana was absolutely terrified. She closed her eyes and in the next second, was as away from the warm body she was wrapped to last night as she could without falling from the bed. Her thin arms hugged her knees on her chest and she hide her face. She started to quiver, waiting for the pain.
"Britt, baby, it's not what you're thinking, hell, it's not even close to it, I swear." Quinn jumped from the bed and walked straight to her girlfriend who gave her an ironically smile.
"Oh? It's not? Because I'm thinking that you slept with a damn slut while I was out, working to help you pay our bills! What is it then, Quinn?" Brittany dropped the stuffed panda she had bought and Quinn was starting to get scared. She had never seen her girlfriend this mad. Or this red.
"Well... I did sleep in the same bed with her, but not the way that you're thinking. If you'd just let me explain..."
"Explain what, Lucy Quinn? You think I'm fucking STUPID?" At this, Brittany's voice got really loud and both women looked back to the bed when they heard a body fall to the floor. Quinn's eyes widened as she saw the girl squeal in pain and curl into herself, sobbing and hiccuping loudly. "What the..."
"San!" The smaller blonde ran to the scared girl, right behind Apollo, who started to lick the Latina and poke her with his nose. He started to whimper when the girl just cried more. Quinn kneeled next to her and tried to pull her hands away from her face.
"No... No owie... I sorry, no owie." Santana cried desperately, her mind unable to understand that Quinn wasn't going to hurt her; she only could wait for the pain to come.
"San, San sweetie, it's Quinnie, little one, it's Winnie, you're safe okay? You're okay." Quinn tried to pull the girl into her, but she stopped when Santana screamed in horror, which made Apollo get in front of the girl and growl to his owner; which really surprised both blondes.
Apollo would always protect both Quinn and Brittany; no matter what, he would never show his teeth to one of them.
Brittany was at a loss of words. She could tell; something was really wrong. That girl, there was something... Different about her. And she seemed be so terrified. Like she and Quinn were about to hurt her. She could be mad, but she would never hurt anyone. Especially not a tiny crying girl that she couldn't see the face, but seemed so familiar...
"Apollo, I'm not going to hurt her, I promise, big boy, I just want to help her." Quinn held her hands up, looking deep to the dog's eyes. Apollo stopped growling and turned around to sit, looking at the crying girl, but not trying to get anywhere near her. Quinn stared at him, confused, for a moment before getting close to the girl again, but didn't try to touch her and started to whisper. "Santana, sweetie, you're safe, I promise you."
"Santana?" Brittany whispered to herself in disbelief. She only knew one Santana and haven't seen her in years. Was it possible that this girl..?
"That's it... Good girl, San, you're safe... You're with Winnie now, you're fine, honey, you're okay..."
Brittany looked up from the wall she was staring deep in thoughts when she heard her girlfriend's soft voice. She frowned when she saw the smaller girl pretty calmer on the blonde's lap, being softly rocked, but still crying. That was not the reason she frowned though.
"Did she just wet herself?"
When Quinn felt the girl in her arms tense up, she knew her girlfriend had made a huge mistake. Sure, she had saw the wet stain on the girl's sweatpants and the puddle on the place she was sitting a few seconds before Brittany opened her mouth, but she really didn't want to upset the girl any further.
Brittany eyes widened when she saw the girl stop breathing for a long time, becoming a little purple, her body all tensed up. She ran and sat down next the two girls and Apollo, watching Quinn start to shake the girl desperately.
"San! Santana, breath! C'mon baby, we're not mad; You need to breath, little one, c'mon!" Quinn shouted in despair and Santana took a long breath; which relieved both blondes, before she started to cough for air, sobbing and hiccuping.
"I sorry! I sorry! No-no owieee, p'ease, no owie! P'ease, I c'ean, I c'ean, no owie, p'ease!" Santana managed to babble in the middle of her cry and fight for air. Quinn just kept kissing her forehead again and again, rocking her while Brittany kept watching, not sure about what was going on or what to do.
"We're not mad, San, you're fine, okay? You don't need to clean anything, okay? We won't owie you, we promise. Right, Britt?" Quinn send a pleading look to her girlfriend who gave her a curious look before looking down to the brunette.
"That's right. We're not mad, okay? I promise you."
After a few minutes, Quinn managed to calm the girl, who was still leaning against her chest, she was still not breathing well, but not fighting for air anymore; which was a relief. She kept rocking her softly while staring at her girlfriend in front of her.
Brittany was something really close to a catatonic state. She was almost not breathing, too afraid to scare the girl, looking with sad eyes at the many bruises on her face. She was frowning, still trying to figure out what was actually going on, but when she looked up, her girlfriend told silently to her that she was going to explain everything later.
Santana was nearly asleep again when Quinn started to get up with her in her arms, exhausted from her panic attack, and whimpered, cuddling into the blonde's chest the best she could, her thumb making it's way to her mouth.
"B," Brittany took her eyes out the hurt brunette and up to her girlfriend when she heard her calling. "We didn't have dinner last night; would you mind making us some food while I help Santana to get cleaned up?"
"Hmm... Sure." Brittany got up, giving another look to her girlfriend before leaving the room; Apollo right behind her. When she got inside the kitchen it finally hit her.
What the hell just happened there?
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Brittany had just finished making pancakes, still deep in thoughts, when Quinn came to the kitchen with a very tired-looking Santana on her hip, lying her head on her shoulder, wearing a new pair of sweatpants that belonged to Quinn and a long sleeve duck shirt that belonged to Brittany that was way too big for her.
"Britt?" Quinn called softly and her girlfriend turned around, frowning when she saw Santana with her thumb in mouth and Quinn's lamb in her other hand. "I'm going to clean the bedroom, could you stay with Santana on the living room? I'll be quick."
"Err, sure. Of course I can." Brittany nodded and followed Quinn to the living room. When Quinn put Santana down on the couch, the girl gave a low whimper, her eyes tearing. Quinn leaned down to kiss her forehead and whisper to her.
"I'll be right back, sweetie." Quinn gave her a reassuring smile before turning around to her confused-looking girlfriend.
"Why are you carrying her around?" Brittany whispered one of the many questions on her mind and Quinn gave her a sad smile.
"If you saw her legs, you wouldn't want her even trying to walk, babe, believe me." Quinn leaned to give Brittany a kiss before heading to their shared room to clean the floor.
Brittany stood in her spot, watching carefully as Santana kept staring at Apollo, who had lied down in front of the place the brunette was sitting. Then, Santana looked slowly up to Brittany and a confused expression crossed her face. The tall blonde was starting to get a little nervous and more and more confused with every passing moment.
"So... Hm... Santana, do you want to watch some TV?" The blonde asked, sitting on the couch as away from the girl as she could. She didn't want to provoke another panic attack.
Santana did nothing but keep staring at the blonde with the same confused expression.
"Okay... I'll take this as a yes."
No response again. Brittany was starting to get really frustrated.
She turned the TV on and it went straight to a cartoon channel. She smiled.
"Hey! You like Sponge Bob, right? Please, who doesn't like Sponge..."
"Bee?"
Brittany froze in the moment she heard the childish voice. She turned her face to the girl again and saw her head falling for a side and looking unsure to her. She had this innocent and confused look on her eyes that warmed Brittany's heart. She looked just like a toddler to her.
She looked nothing as that badass Junior Latina, that used to stick around and hang with herself and Quinn back in her last High School year. She was barely a reminder of that girl and it scared Brittany; what could possibly happen to someone like that determined Latina to become something so... Fragile and scared as Brittany was seeing in front of her? And especially; who on earth could have a cold heart enough to put that bruises on her face and body?
Suddenly, Brittany felt a wave of protectiveness for the smaller girl that was almost maternal. She wanted nothing but to keep her safe and warm in her arms and kill whoever even tried to get anywhere near her.
She came back from her deep thoughts when she realized that the girl was still waiting for her to say something with expectation. Brittany couldn't help but smile.
"Yeah, San, that's me: Britt. You remember me?" She asked softly and Santana did nothing but nod, still a little bit unsure. She then looked down to her shirt and pointed down to the animal figure on her shirt.
"Du'k?" Brittany followed her eyes and smiled when she recognized the long sleeved shirt that belonged to herself; it looked beyond cute on the girl.
"Yeah, that's a duck. You like ducks, San?" Brittany asked and Santana only shrugged as a answer and put her thumb back in mouth, playing with Mr. Lamby's ears. "What is that you have there, Sanny? Is that a lamb?" Santana looked up to the blonde and back to the stuffed animal. She held it up to show to the blonde and nodded.
"Misfer Lamby!" She gave a small smile to the blonde before hugging the animal to her chest. Brittany could almost feel her heart melt, even with all the awkwardness from the situation.
"That's a very good name for a lamb, don't you think?" Brittany asked in a playful tone and Santana nodded before looking around and back to Brittany, with a confused expression.
"Winnie?"
"Winnie will be right back, little one. Would you like something while she's not here?" Santana shook her head and turned her face around to watch the TV. Soon enough, her attention was locked on the TV.
Brittany kept watching Sponge Bob with the girl until she heard her girlfriend whisper her name. She looked to the hallway and Quinn mentioned with her hand for her to come. Santana was too wrapped in the TV to even noticed that the blonde left her side.
The two blondes headed to the room and left the door slightly open. Brittany gave a look to Quinn who sighed. She knew she had a lot of explanations to give.
"I found her when I was going to grab a cab last night. She was crying, she was really cold, scared and hurt so I brought her home and took care of her." She explained in a low voice to make sure Santana couldn't listen from the other room.
"Why did you brought her here? Why not take her to the hospital?" Brittany asked in the same tone as her girlfriend used, understanding that the girl couldn't hear them. Quinn opened and closed her mouth a few times before sighing.
"I... I don't know. I mean, it's not like I didn't know her and she was acting so strange... If you know what I mean..."
"Oh yeah, I sure know what you mean. She's acting like a toddler."
"Yeah, that. Anyway, when I undressed her yesterday and saw all the bruises... Especially the ones on her... thights..." Quinn took a deep breath while Brittany's eyes widened and she gasped. "Yeah... I... I wanted to take her to the hospital... To the police... But she just started to have a panic attack and... I couldn't, Britt. I couldn't take her against her will and make her even more scared, I just couldn't." Quinn took another deep breath, this times, trying to hold back her tears.
Brittany stood in silence, not sure about what to say or what to do. She looked at her girlfriend and opened her mouth to say something, but then, they heard a small voice coming from the living room.
"Winnie? Bee?"
"We're coming, honey" Quinn yelled and looked back to Brittany, sighing. "I'm sorry for forgeting to pick you up baby, I was just exausted and Santana was sleeping and... I'm so sorry."
"Don't worry about that." Britt pulled Quinn into her by her waist and hugged her close. She felt Quinn hugging her tight and inhale her perfume. Brittany tightened her arms.
"I missed you so much, Britt."
"I missed you too, Quinnie... So, so much..." Brittany whispered and got slightly away from her so she could press their lips together into a lovely kiss.
Quinn opened her mouth, allowing the taller blonde to slide her tongue inside her mouth and so she did, sliding her hand inside the back of Quinn's shirt. When Quinn wrapped her arms around Britt's neck, the blue eyed girl pushed her girlfriend against the wall, warming the kiss. But, before they could go any further, they got away from each other, smiling and their foreheads touching.
"Let's feed the baby."
Quinn couldn't help but smile. She could feel the start of something. She just had no idea what.
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Santana stared at the plate in front of her with her eyebrows raised for a few moments. She looked at the fork next to it and grabbed it. She held it loosely and stared between it and the one in the other's blondes hands, how they were using it, and back to the pancake Brittany had cutted for her. Then, she decided against it and held a piece between two fingers, making her hand become sticky from the syrup. She put it inside her mouth and closed her eyes waiting for the taste. She hadn't realized how starving she was until now, so she put another slice in her mouth immediately.
"Is that yummy, Sanny?" Britt asked while Quinn could only watch with a sad smile on her face; how long since that girl had eaten?
"Yummy!" The girl squealed happily, trying to put all the food in her mouth at once. Quinn eyes widened and she held softly the girl's wrist, grabbing her attention.
"Eat slowly, honey, I promise you your food isn't going anywhere, okay?" She said softly and Santana looked at her, unsure. Quinn gave her a reassuring smile. "I promise."
Santana thought for a second and then, nodded to the blonde, before starting to eat again; this time slowly.
Brittany smiled to her girlfriend. Just like Quinn, Brittany could feel something big was about to start. And she had this feeling it was going to be something good.
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