Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Chapter 7, Part 1
Brittany's POV:
We won sectionals! We actually made it! Everyone was hugging each other, I didn't even realize it wasn't Santana who's hugging me. Not until I saw Santana on Artie's lap, kissing him in front of everyone. I snapped, not believing what I saw and I just ran away. I didn't know where to go so I just entered a room and cried. And to my surprise, Quinn came in right after me.
Quinn's POV:
Apart from me being able to walk again, this is one of the best news this week. We won, and will be competing in Regionals. We were all so happy and jumpy, I think I might have made someone deaf with my scream of joy. And then, I saw Santana kissing Artie. I looked around to find Brittany and saw as she ran away with a hurt look on her face. I ran after her, not wanting her to be alone.
Kurt's POV:
Not only did we win sectionals, we actually won first place! I need to start fighting for a solo for regionals. Well look at that, we just won sectionals and I'm thinking about Regionals already. That sounds a lot like Rachel Berry in my head. Holy shit! Santana's making out with Artie! "Oh my God! Oh my God!" This is huge! This will be all over the blogs. Our competitor for Regionals is sitting at the audience's seat, I'm sure they're busy blogging and tweeting about it by now.
Puck's POV:
Would you believe that? We won! First battle and we won first place! We had less than a week to practice and yet we won first place. This is crazy! Why can't studying be like this? What is Santana doing, sucking Artie's face? Are they dating or something? Wow..and I thought I was the only guy in her mind. I am so screwed. Santana's out of league now. I have to get over her now so I can finally move on.
Quinn's POV:
I know I've not been close to Brittany. I put a wall between us. But right now, I just want to comfort her and let her know that she's not alone. That's why, when I entered the room and saw Brittany crying, I just pulled her into my arms and hugged her. I didn't say anything. I just hugged her and stroked her hair. She probably needed that hug badly because she didn't reject it. She let me console her.
Brittany's Pov:
I have always wondered why Quinn resented me. I don't know what I did wrong. She put a wall between us. When it's just the two of us, she made me feel invisible. We are the unholy trinity, but it feels like I'm the only one who wants to be part of Quinn's life. But today, when I'm at my lowest point, she came to me and hugged me. As if she knew how hurt I am at that moment. She didn't have to say anything. Just the fact that she's there, hugging me made me feel comforted, made me feel like I'm not alone. And when I finally calmed down, we sat on the floor and talked. Both of us leaning on the wall, our legs stretched in front of us and Quinn held my hand.
"Quinn, how did you know I was here?" " I saw you running away after.." I look at her, wondering if she knew why I cried. "After Santana kissed Artie." She
knew. She looks worried, not surprised. "You saw huh? Is that why you were distant with me, Quinn? Are you disgusted with me? With my feelings for her?"
"No, I wasn't. I just.. I've never had a friend who is.. And I didn't know how to behave around you" "What makes you think you can't be yourself around me?
What? You think I'm gonna seduce you or something?" We laughed after I said that. "Thanks, Quinn. Thanks for coming to me tonight. I think we need to go
before Mr Schue makes a report about two missing person" "Yeah, we probably should." I offered my hand to Quinn, to help her stand. "Or we can stay for a
while. I can drive you back home if you want. We can sit and talk" "That sounds really tempting right now. But I wanna celebrate with our friends. It's our first
big win. We deserve a celebration". "All right, but anytime you want to change your mind, I will be there to accompany you" "Thanks. If you were Santana, I'd
kiss your cheek after hearing you say that. But I guess I don't wanna-" I didn't get to finish my sentence and suddenly Quinn kissed my cheek. "Come on let's
go". "-make you feel uncomfortable..but I guess I'm wrong" We walked out of the room, and try to find our friends.
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Chapter 7, Part 2
Santana's POV:
After the curtains went down, Artie and I finally stopped kissing. Everyone was cheering for us. They hugged and congratulated us. When I was with Artie, I
just wanted to be honest with my feelings. But now seeing everyone's face I feel like I need to run away. I'm shy and I wanted to hide behind Brittany but I
couldn't find her. And I just noticed that Quinn wasn't around too. I hushed everyone and asked, "Guys, where's Brittany and Quinn?". "Probably making out at
the toilet" Everyone turned to that voice and Kurt just stood there, looking indifferent. "What? It's not impossible". "I'm gonna check the toilet to see if that's
true" "Wait, Santana. I'll go with you" "Uh..ok Berry"
We searched for them in the toilet and they weren't there. I was getting worried. "Berry go back to the group and see if they're back. I'll just check in every
room-" "No, Santana. I'm not leaving you alone." "Look, I don't need a babysitter. I can take care of myself" "Santana, that's not what I meant. Look at me. I
know you're perfectly fine on your own but I'm doing this because I care about you" I shivered when she said that. "Why are you being cheesy with me? Say
something nasty to neutralize this" "I do, care about you. I might not show it as much as Brittany, but I do. So just shut up and let me help you find them."
"How are we supposed to know if they've gone back to the group?" "I told Kurt to text me if that happens." "Oh, okay. Whatever" And then I saw Brittany and
Quinn coming out from a room, not far from the toilet.
"Britt!" I waved at her and I know she saw me but she didn't wave back. "Hey..where were you? We've been looking all over for you" "Rachel, is the bus
ready? I'm starving, we're celebrating at Breadstix right?" "Yeah, I think so. Mr Schue was looking for you two" "Okay, let's go". Brittany ignored my question
and talked to Berry. Berry! Not me. "What the hell?" Brittany didn't even turn to me. She just walked away with Berry and Berry kept looking back at me. I
stopped Quinn and asked her, "What just happened? Why did Brittany ignore me?" "I think you should ask her that yourself" "What did I do? Quinn, tell me!"
"It's not what you did. It's what you didn't" "What didn't I do?" Quinn looks at me, I know she wants to tell me but something is stopping her. "Quinn, tell me"
"I can't. It wouldn't be right. You have to hear it from her. I'm sorry, Santana. You have to give her some time." "Does this have something to do with me not
telling her about Artie? Cause I tried, Quinn. I tried telling her but she didn't wanna talk about it" "It's bigger than that. Just give her time to figure things out.
She needs this as bad as you" "She's never acted this way with me. Not once, not ever." "I know. We all have things we try to keep to ourselves Santana.
Even you." Oh, snap!
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Chapter 7, Part 3
Brittany's POV:
Kurt is flipping a magazine at the end of the bus and I just sat next to him. "So..whom shall I thank for this glorious honour of a cheerios sitting next to me?
You wouldn't even sit next to me in the cafeteria" "Come on Kurt. I'm sure I've sat next to you before" "Really Britt? You really think so?" "All right, fine! I've
never sat next to you. Boohoo. Whatever. I just don't wanna sit next to" "She's coming" "Britt, we need to talk" I can't do this. Not right now. "Brittany" I
turned from Santana and looked at Kurt. He covered his face with the magazine, so I'm basically staring at Heather Morris' face on the cover magazine. "Okay.
You want some space, I'll give you space" She walked to the front and sat next to Artie. "Why didn't you join Quinn in her car? That could have save you all this
trouble. You knew Santana would come to you. Did you do that on purpose?" "Does that make me a bad person?" "Bad? Stop being friends is bad. What you
did? Nothing hardcore" I tried to look at Santana from my seat. She looks slightly sad. "You can't blame her you know. People like us, we are the ultimate
one-sided lover" "People like us?" "Britt, I know. Come on, I'm not blind" "How come you know and Quinn knows but she doesn't?" "That's cause Quinn's bi"
"What? How did you know that?" "I know a lot of things. I just keep it to myself" I look at Kurt, trying to decipher whether he's lying or telling the truth. "She'll
confess to you that she's bi. Believe me, she will" "Why would she do that?" "You'll know when she confesses" "What should I do, Kurt? I really don't know
how to react" Kurt looks at me and replied, "Learn to love her as she is. You've known all along that she's not like us. Love doesn't always mean you get loved
back in return" I wanted to say so many things in reply to what Kurt said. But I just uttered two words instead. "It hurts" I saw Kurt looking at Finn. "I know"
Artie's POV:
Santana is hugging my arm while leaning on me in the bus. Santana. The girl of my dreams. The person I longed to be with since day one on McKinley. I was
too confident that she was out of my league. And now that she's with me, I feel like this is a dream. A dream that I will wake up from. And I'm going to be
shattered when I wake up. Because this dream is too beautiful for me to leave. She's too beautiful for me to have. It happened so quickly just now. I wanted
to hug her, but she sat on my lap and kissed me. She continued kissing me when everyone kept saying "Oh my God!". Now that I am sitting in the bus, it finally
sinks in. She said she loves me. A few drops of tears fell from my eyes. It made Santana look at me. "Artie, why are you crying?" She wiped my tears and more
tears fell. I chuckled a bit. "That was embarrassing. I always try not to cry in front of people. Oops, busted" "What's wrong, tell me" "Nothing is wrong. I'm just
so happy that a girl like you could love a guy like me" "Don't say that. You saved me, Artie. I was a wreck before you came into my life. Every day was a
struggle for me. But you taught me how to love myself. And because of that, I learned to see myself they way you see me. Worthy. Worthy of someone's love"
"I love you, Santana" "I love you too" And we kissed again. Is it possible to love someone this much? I don't think I can ever love anyone else this much.
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Chapter 7, Part 4
Tina's POV:
I don't know where I was at that time. I just felt my heartbeat pulsing so quickly. Then I heard a footstep. A light-footer. Must be Mike. "Tina?" "Mike?" "I can't
wait for you forever. I'm leaving." "What? Mike, wait!" "Goodbye Tina" I tried to run after him but it feels like he's getting further and further away from me.
"Mike..don't leave. Please..come back" "I waited for too long, Tina. There's no use for me to be here" I heard his voice but it was so far. I started crying,
thinking that I'd lost him forever. I didn't stop running although I was out of breath. Then I heard a loud thunder.
A dream. It was just a dream. Oh, thank God. I tried to reach to my bedside drawer. There's a talking alarm clock, I wanted to know the time. But I felt
something next to it. A recorder. When did I put my recorder there? I played the recorder, thinking it must be one of the recorders I use to record my classes.
"Hey Tina..it's me again. Mike. Before this I told you that I love you. But I didn't say why or when did I fall in love with you. And now I'm gonna tell you
everything. When I first moved to Lima Heights, I was full of anger. I had to leave my friends behind and they were all dancers like me. I figured it'd be hard to
make new friends here because I don't talk much. It was so hard to find friends who understood me and I had to leave them. I hated my parents for forcing me
to move here. But when I saw you for the first time, I was confused. How can a blind girl smile so sweetly, a genuine smile that says you're content? I didn't
believe that you were happy. You have more reasons to be angry, but why aren't you angry? So I tried to be your friend. Every day, you surprise me with your
maturity. We were eight years old. How could any eight year old be so mature? But you did. And I started following you to the hospital, to your visits. I see how
you cheer people up, how you listened and how you talked to them. They were mostly blind, Tina. But their face would lit up the moment they knew you came.
You bring so much happiness to people's life. And I started to feel amazed by you.
We've been friends for so long. I was always there next to you. Through every heart that you break, through every confessions that you rejected. I feel sorry
for them, but I know how they feel. It's hard, not to fall in love with you. I've never been a person who speaks much, Tina. You know that. But I feel like you
need to know all this. I've liked you since we were eight years old, when you cried because of me. Did you remember? I was angry at you and I pushed you.
You fell down, but you still wanted to play with me. Then I yelled at you. And you cried. But you didn't say anything to your mom or my mom. The next day, you
came to me as if nothing happened the day before. That moment I realized how pure your heart is, how innocent and sincere you are. And I stopped being
mean to you. You helped me, Tina. I never told you this but this is the truth. And after that, I started dancing again. I stopped being angry and started being
Mike Chang. Mike Chang that loves Tina Cohen Chang, that gets motivated by Tina's smile and always looking after Tina quietly. I only want you, Tina. I don't
care if I meet someone else in the future. I will always, only want you. Because you're my first love. I don't care if I'm not your first love, but I want to be your
last love. So, Tina..please.. 내 여자 친구가 될 수 있을까? {Translation: Will you be my girlfriend} I'll wait for you answer tomorrow".
At that moment, I just wanted to hug Mike. I wanted him to know that he doesn't have to wait anymore. How could I had be so blind all this time? He's always
there for me and he sincerely loves me. I cried and hugged the recorder. And then suddenly I heard a voice, "Tina?". "Mike? How long have you been there?"
"I'm sorry, I wanted to leave after putting the recorder, but I saw you waking up and I wanted to see your reaction when you hear it. Do you want me to
leave?" "No..come here" I felt him sitting next to me. I reached for his hand and pulled it to my chest. "Thank you Mike..thank you for loving me." I was still
crying as I uttered those words, but I still wanted to let it out. "Saranghae" {Translation: I love you} And Mike immediately kissed me. My first kiss and it was
so beautiful.
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Chapter 7, Part 5
Santana's POV:
Artie invited me to a sleepover at his house. His parents had to go to a conference out of town. At first I thought that he would invite the other Glee club
members too, but it turned out I was the only one. "Bee I thought this was sleepover with Glee club members. I didn't ask Brittany because we're still not
talking, but I didn't expect it to be just the two of us" He smiled with an 'oops' look on his face. "Sorry..I just wanted to spend time with you, privately. Are you
mad?" "Well..no.. But I'm kinda worried about what you have in mind for us to do. You know, with the fact that there's only two of us in the house and there's
no school tomorrow.." "I have the perfect plan. And it involves us, in a room, in the basement.." "Yeah..I'm not sure I like the sound of that" "Come on, follow
me. You'll love it" "Are you sure? I mean.." "Just follow me"
I follow Artie to his basement and we entered a studio. He has his own studio in the house, I'm impressed! "This is where I am, most of the time. I started
playing music after losing the ability to dance. I learned and played every day. That is, until Tina introduced me to another drug; volunteering at the hospital.
And I like to think that was a beautiful way of making us meet and get close" He's showing me part of his life. He wants me to know things about him. "It is.
One whole year of volunteering and I never ran across anyone from school and suddenly one day you showed up unannounced. It was a beautiful destiny"
"So..do you want to sing while I play? I can record your voice." "I have a better idea. Can you sing to me 'Shape of my Heart' again? I'd like to record it." "Okay,
one song for another? Come on..I can't be the only one singing." "Okay. But I get to choose my song" "Deal!"
***that night***
I lay down with Artie on his bed. We were just staring at each other's eyes. I realised how beautiful Artie's eyes are. "Your eyes are so beautiful. I could stare
at it all day". "Everything about you is beautiful. I could wake up to this every day" he said while holding my face. I blush a little and looked down. Artie pulled
my chin up, making me look at him. "I love you" He came close to me and kissed my forehead. "Good night, Santana" He switched off his bedside lamp and
started to fall asleep. "Bee?" "Mhm?" "Don't you wanna.." "Let's just get some sleep okay?" I moved closer to him and leaned my head on his chest. He hugged
me and I slept soundly throughout the night. When I woke up, I was still in Artie's arms. We both didn't move an inch the whole night. I put my arms around
Artie, not wanting to get up. I felt him kissing my forehead. "Good morning beautiful" "Morning bee.." and I'm still not letting go of him. "Thank you Bee. For not
jumping at me last night. Anyone else would.." "I'm not with you for sex. I love you, and we don't have to rush into things. I will only do it when you're ready"
"The only reason I've never done it is because I've never loved anyone that much. I want my first time to be special" "Wait, you've never.." "No.." "Well that
makes two of us." I let go of Artie and stared into his eyes. He kissed me and I let him…
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Chapter 7, Part 6
Quinn's POV:
This is our first sleepover without Santana. It's always been the three of us. I guess I want to bridge the gap between me and Brittany. "I still think it's a bad
idea, Quinn" "Well what were you going to do anyway? I need a movie buddy and you need to be with someone, so why not?" "What are we watching
tonight?" "The usual.. Do you want to watch something else? I don't mind. Santana and I always decide what to watch. What do you want to watch?" "Our
usual movie reminds me of Santana, but I'm dying to know what happens next, so let's just watch it" "Yes! Coming right up! Let me get the popcorn"
Every time something scary appeared in the movie, I'd turn to Brittany and hide my face. "Has it ended? Has it ended?" "I don't know! I'm closing my eyes!" I'd
peep a little and scream again and Brittany would freak out "What happened? What happened?" "Emily is missing!" "Oh no, I can't miss this! Quinn open your
eyes" And just when I decided to open my eyes, the electricity went out. "Okay, where's my phone? Britt, I can't see anything" "I'm looking for mine too" Then
the door to my room opened. "Quinn, honey the lights won't be back soon. You can sit at the balcony. It'll be warm inside" "Okay, mom. Is Dad home yet?"
"Yeah, he's downstairs" "Okay"
There are two chairs on my balcony. Brittany and I sat there while gazing at the stars. "When it's dark, you can see the stars so clearly. If not, we don't really
notice it's up there" "The lights did not help us to see. What an irony" "Sometimes you need to be in the dark to see things clearly." "Still, if you're not looking
up there, you won't notice. Someone needs to point it out" "How can you not see a star that's always there" "We're not really talking about stars, are we
Britt?" "Did she really didn't notice or pretend to not notice that I love her?" "She loves you just as much, Britt. She just can't return the feeling" "If it were you,
would you return the feelings?" "I wouldn't think twice" Brittany was surprised with my answer. "Kurt said you're bi" "He owes me 100 bucks for leaking the
secret, but yes, I am" "How did Kurt find out?" I knew this day would come. "That's the one thing that I hate about him. He's a stalker! Well not literally. He
saw me staring at my girl crush" "Who's your girl crush?" God, help me! "Quinn?" "Promise you won't freak out?" "If you're gonna say Santana, I swear I'm
gonna lose it" I am so dead. I didn't even look at Brittany when I answer. "It's you"