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"Brittany!" Finn exclaimed, breaking the silence. All of the girls and Kurt had been filled in on the history between Santana and Brittany, but none of the other guys really knew anything.
Santana found Dani's eyes, and the blonde looked a little terrified, probably mimicking Santana's own expression. Rachel was the first to step up and greet Brittany with a sort of half hug. "What are you doing here, Britt?"
"Well, I heard you all made it to Nationals, and well... me and my parents moved to LA last month for my dad's job, so I thought I'd come see you guys!" Brittany exclaimed. "And I knew you'd all be back here before the show, so."
Everyone tried to loosen up, and they all started to greet Brittany with hugs, but Santana kind of just stayed frozen. She had no idea how she was supposed to be reacting. Dani was making her way to Santana, but before she got there, Brittany was in front of the Latina.
"Hey, Sanny!" Brittany exclaimed.
"Uh, hey Britt," Santana greeted, her positive voice forced. Brittany grabbed Santana in a hug.
"I missed you so much!" the blonde exclaimed when she pulled back.
"Yeah, I uh, I missed you, too," Santana replied, giving Brittany a half smile. She really wanted Dani to be next to her right now, but the other blonde was sort of frozen a few feet away from both of them.
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Dani finally broke out of her trance and finished moving over to her girlfriend. Brittany immediately looked at her and smiled, but Dani wasn't smiling. Honestly, Dani kind of already hated this girl a little bit.
"Hi, I don't think we've met. I'm Dani," Dani greeted, extending a hand. Brittany gave her a weird look and shook her hand.
"Are you new on the New Directions?" Brittany asked carefully, seemingly able to tell that Dani was annoyed about something.
"I was, for a sectionals and regionals, but then I moved," Dani answered carefully.
"Oh, you came to support them, too?" Brittany asked with a smile.
It's hard to hate someone who won't stop freaking smiling all sweetly as if she's the most innocent person ever. Doesn't she remember what she did to Santana a year ago? "Yeah," Dani answered carefully.
"Britt, Dani's my girlfriend," Santana explained to the taller blonde, whose eyes widened as she looked between the two. Dani silently clasped Santana's hand with her own.
"Oh... you... you actually..." Brittany looked entirely confused.
"I actually what?" Santana asked, eyeing the taller girl warily.
"You're gay?" Brittany questioned. Santana nodded swiftly. "So... all that last year..."
Santana lowered her gaze, and Dani felt like she should be doing something, but she had no idea what. She had a feeling that she should let Santana deal with this.
"I... Santana, I don't know what do say," Brittany said, her voice sounding small.
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Santana's throat was tight, and she really just wanted to fling herself into Dani's arms.
"I'm sorry," Brittany told her, "if that helps. I-I had no idea... I mean I know you said... but then we... and..."
"Just, don't say anything, B," Santana suggested, aware that her voice sounded very deflated. She suddenly was not as excited to go up on stage and sing.
"I shouldn't have done what I did," Brittany said anyway.
"But you did, and it's already done its harm," Dani snapped suddenly. Brittany gave Dani a careful glance, and Santana swallowed. Her mind was very confused at the moment. Was she supposed to just move on like Brittany seemed to have done? Should she still be angry? Should she be careful? She'd let Dani in after she'd left her. Should she do the same thing for Brittany? Why was it so different?
Because Dani loves you, and you love her. And it's real.
"Santana?" Dani and Brittany were asking, concerned. Santana realized that she must've zoned out.
"I-I need to go, uh, use the restroom before we get on stage," she muttered, blinking, and turned toward the door. The whole backstage felt like it was spinning. She needed water, or something, to calm her down.
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Dani watched Santana leave into the hallway warily before she looked back to Brittany. "Look, I know you came here in good spirits and with good intent, but you just opened up an almost completely healed wound. You don't understand how it affected her, what you did."
Brittany took a deep breath. "I know, and I'm sorry. I had no idea—"
"But she told you how you felt, and you just brushed it off. And then you slept with her? What the hell would possess someone to do that?" Dani exclaimed. "I just don't... I don't get it!"
Brittany scowled. "I don't know! It felt right at the time? I didn't think she was serious about the whole thing! We were always really close and touchy feely, and I thought that maybe she was just tired of all the sex with guys or something."
Dani scowled right back at her. "Yeah well, maybe as her best friend, you could have shown a little more compassion."
"Uh, where's Santana, and what's going on?" Rachel asked, concerned, as she approached the two arguing blondes.
"The bathroom," Dani answered. "And nothing, we were just discussing things."
Rachel gave them both wary looks. "I'll handle Santana. Try not to rip each others hair out in the next ten minutes, which by the way, is when you need to be back in the audience."
Dani nodded, swallowing thickly.
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A year ago, Rachel would never have thought that she would be the one going after Santana to calm her down. That would've been Brittany's job, but a year ago, it wouldn't have even happened anyway. After Brittany, it would've been Quinn. At the beginning of this year, it would've been Dani.
Dani, obviously, still did stuff like that, but so was Rachel. Never would I have thought that I would be going to find and help Santana.
Rachel somehow found her way to the bathroom that Santana was in. It only took her a minute, which was good, considering their limited time. The Latina was standing over a sink, taking deep breaths.
"Santana," Rachel started carefully, "are you okay?"
Santana slowly turned and looked at Rachel. "I don't know."
"Sure you do," Rachel prompted her. "What happened?"
"Well, Brittany is trying to apologize for leaving or whatever after what she did, but I don't... I don't know. Am I supposed to forgive her as fast as I forgave Dani? D-do I just reaccept her into my life with open arms? Do I hold a grudge? I just feel so hypocritical or something. Like I shouldn't just forgive her, but I forgave Dani in an instant. I-I just don't... I don't..."
Rachel bit her lip, and then gave her friend a sympathetic look. "Look, the only reason you're having that doubt is because you don't want to forgive Brittany, but you feel obligated to because you forgave Dani. Right?"
"I guess," Santana answered with a shrug.
"Santana, you forgave Dani because you love her, and she loves you, and you're smart enough to know that holding the grudge and not getting back together would ruin both of you. Whether or not you forgive Brittany is a completely different problem, with different aspects, and it's something that you have to decide. Don't feel obligated to forgive her," Rachel insisted. Santana gave her a careful look.
"I guess that makes sense," she muttered doubtfully.
"We have to be on stage in about seven minutes," Rachel informed the Latina, "so I suggest that you go get a good luck kiss from your girlfriend, and tell Brittany what you decide, before they both head down to the audience."
Santana visibly sighed. "Rachel, how come you always know what to do?"
Rachel smiled cockily. "Haven't I ever told you that I'm a little bit psychic?"
Santana laughed, and Rachel smiled proudly. She was honestly very glad to be Santana's friend.
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Santana felt a lot calmer after Rachel talked to her. She followed the brunette back to the backstage area, where Dani was waiting impatiently by the door, and Brittany was quietly mingling with Kurt and Mercedes. Both blondes, however, looked immediately to the door when it opened.
Santana, however, instantly grabbed Dani into a hug and sighed.
"Are you okay?" Dani whispered.
"Thanks to Rachel, yeah," Santana replied. "Sorry I froze up before. I just... I didn't know what to do."
"Don't be sorry," Dani insisted. "I get why you were confused. I'm sorry I couldn't help. I didn't know what to say or do. Although... words did kind of come to me after you left."
They pulled apart and Santana gave Dani an inquiring look. "What did you say to Britt?"
"Just that I didn't understand why she did what she did, and that she basically opened up a problem that was almost gone," Dani replied. "If Rachel hadn't interrupted us, it may have turned into a scream fest, honestly."
Santana smirked, visualizing how hot Dani would look when she was really angry.
Brittany suddenly approached the both of them. "Are you okay, San?"
Santana took a deep breath and turned to Brittany, keeping her hand wrapped around Dani's.
"Britt, you were my best friend once, even though you did do something pretty... well, bad, toward the end of it. But I can't just forgive you in the blink of an eye. What you did had long lasting effects on me, and it's not something I can just get over. But like I said, you were my best friend once, and maybe one day I can forgive you," Santana finished.
Dani squeezed her hand, drawing a sigh out of the Latina. How was she so lucky to have this amazing girlfriend?
"I get it," Brittany answered with a sigh. "I hope one day we can be friends again, San. I absolutely regret what I did to you. Also, I hope it's okay... but I just got invited to the victory dinner that you all are going to have once you win. I'll turn it down if you want."
"No, come," Santana insisted. "The more the merrier. It will be a victory party, after all."
"Dani, Brittany, you should probably head down to the audience now!" Shue yelled to them. Santana gave her girlfriend a quick kiss on the lips, a quiet thank you, and then the two blondes started heading down to the audience. The lights backstage blinked, and the announcer guy announced them.
Rachel's mic flickered on, and she stepped out on stage to start the New Directions' Nationals Performance.
I know that the bit of drama was short lived, but I didn't want to make anything too crazy with Britt and Santana and Dani...
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I'm super tired. I got up at 6 to go to my choir clinic, and didn't get done with it until 3:30, and then I met up with some friends at a park and didn't get to my house until 7... I'm dead. I need to go take a hot bath lol... Goodnight loves. Please review :)