Thank you for the reviews guys :3 Seeing as I'm on holidays for two weeks you can expect longer chapters that will, hopefully, be posted at more frequent intervals. Season 3 in 5 days over here in Australia, so keen. :D anyways, enjoyyyyy 3
Like everyone else in the Glee club that afternoon, Santana was shocked when none other than David Karofsky knocked gently at the choir room door.
"What do you need, Dave?" Mr Schue asked politely.
Dave took a step into the room and stood there nervously playing with his hands and staring at the floor. "I, um, was wondering if I could sit in on the meeting today. If that's okay with Kurt and everyone else," he mumbled just loud enough for the club to hear.
Most of the club grumbled in complaint to the exclusion of Santana, Brittany, Kurt and Blaine.
"I think we should let him stay," Kurt said which caused not a few heads to turn and stare at him in shock.
"Come sit over here, Dave," Santana called, pointing to the seat between her and Blaine. Karofsky looked over to Mr Schue for permission who, still confused, nodded at him. The big boy made his way over to Santana and sat down. Blaine offered him a polite smile and Kurt leaned around his boyfriend to say hi. Needless to say, everyone else in the New Directions was incredibly confused at the civility with which they were treating Dave. It had taken them a couple days to get used Santana being nice to Kurt and Blaine now they were seeing Karofsky's main victim acting friendly toward the big football player. What in hell was going on?
Karofsky gave Santana and Brittany a big smile. Brittany, who wasn't sure whether or not to trust Dave, offered a small non-committal smile on return. Santana saw this and linked her pinkie with her girlfriend to reassure her. Mr Schue started off the meeting by asking anyone if they had anything prepared to present to the club. Kurt enthusiastically raised his hand and skipped to centre stage before Berry had a chance to hoard the spot light. Santana smirked at the crest fallen look on Rachel's face at not being able to perform first. Blaine followed his boyfriend to the front of the room and stood next to him.
As per usual the duo performed amazingly. Kurt's high voice matched so well with Blaine's lower one. David was on his feet applauding the pair when they were done. The song was really catchy and he had found himself singing along with the rest of the Glee club. Santana saw that the big boy was enjoying himself and made a note to herself to talk to him later about joining the club. Once Kurt and Blaine had retaken their seats, Dave stood and told them quietly that he had to go to football practice, Santana saw other boys in the club standing up ready to go too. The Latina stood up and said goodbye. She was less shocked when Dave gave her a quick hug this time.
"Um, I was wondering if you guys wanted to some over to my place tonight," he said to the four people in the club that didn't seem to want his head on a pike. "My parents aren't home and I was thinking that we could get pizza and watch some movies or something." Karofsky spoke low and looked a bit nervous.
"Yeah, I'm totally in. What time you want to meet up?" Santana asked him. He looked surprised that she had said yes and smiled at her, pleased.
"I could text you the time and place if you want," he said.
"Sounds awesome," she replied with a gentle smile, "you guys in?" She directed her question to the other three.
Kurt and Blaine agreed and told her to forward them the text so they know where to go. Brittany shrugged and told San that she would go where the brunette went.
"Cool," Karofsky said with a grateful grin on his face, "I'll see you guys tonight then."
They said their goodbyes and Karofsky left in the wake of the other football playing Glee club guys. As soon as the boys were out of the room, Berry turned on Santana.
"What the hell was he doing here? I know you two have a thing but that doesn't mean you can bring a bully like him in here!" The little diva hissed.
"Shut your face, dwarf," Santana replied coldly, ignoring the light scolding she got from Mr Schue who now only went through the motions to get her to stop insulting Rachel. "You honestly have no idea what you're talking about."
"Then explain it to me," Rachel replied in an equally as cold voice.
"Well first off, I didn't tell Karofsky to come here. Secondly we don't have a 'thing', we're friends. Third; yeah, he was a bully, but he's different now. You don't know him or what's going on with him so don't try to judge him." Santana's voice was steadily getting louder as she defended her new found friend.
"Girls, that's enough," Mr Schue said as he came to stand in between them. He knew Santana had a massive temper and he didn't want the kids to start an all-out brawl in here.
"Rachel," Kurt said. He wasn't yelling but the whole room fell silent at his voice. He was, after-all, the one that had been basically tortured at Karofsky's hands. "I know you guys are just trying to watch out for me and I want to thank you all for that. But Dave isn't like he used to be;" Kurt hoped that what he was saying was true, "he's changed and is now a better person. I think we all need to give him a second chance. Everyone makes mistakes."
"Yeah," Rachel replied more quietly this time, trying to understand, "but everyone doesn't threaten to kill you, Kurt. You can seriously forgive him for that? You can be his friend after he screwed with you so much you had to leave the school?" The rest of the group were nodding and agreeing with her as she spoke.
"Yes. I can. And I want you all to at least give him one last chance to prove that he isn't a bad person… for me?" Kurt said this with the most pitiful look of pleading in his eyes. Damn that boy could act. He would be so good as a straight guy because his puppy dog eyes were winning over every girl in the Glee club at that moment. Rachel begrudgingly agreed not to keel-haul Karofsky as long as he didn't do or say anything that could be remotely construed as homophobic.
While Kurt had been talking with man-hands, Brittany had taken a hold of one of Santana's perfectly feminine hands and pulled over to sit down with her. The blonde let her fingers lightly run up and down San's arm to calm her down. It always worked before and didn't fail to do so now. The Latina relaxed under Brittany's fingers and moved her hand up to capture the dancer's. She needed a bit of comfort and Brittany was the only person that could give it to her right now. Nothing wrong with a bit of platonic hand holding.
After Glee, Santana drove Brittany home so she could get changed for Karofsky's, then she drove them to her house so she could do the same. Just as Santana was about to start pulling her shirt down over her head, she heard her phone beep. She momentarily tossed the shirt aside to read the text she had gotten. Britt was on the other side of the room playing with one of the stuffed toys that she had gotten Santana.
"We're meeting up with the boys in half an hour. Cool?" San asked the blonde.
"Yup," Brittany replied with a chipper smile on her beautiful face. Santana couldn't resist crossing the room and planting a gentle kiss on those perfect lips. They got a bit distracted from the task at hand after that and ended up being about ten minutes late to Karofsky's place.
It was a nice house. Two stories, painted in pristine white. The lawn was freshly mowed and the driveway was completely clean of dirt. Santana assumed that both of his parents worked to pay the up-keep on this place. She mounted the stairs with Britt in tow and rang the door-bell.
Karofsky opened the door with a smile lighting up his face. "Come on in, ladies," he said, moving aside to let them inside. They followed Dave down a hallway into a large living area. Blaine and Kurt were already seated in there, smiling and watching a movie on the massive TV mounted on the far wall. When Kurt turned to them instead of being polite he asked, "Where have you two been?"
"We were getting ready and then San kissed me then we took off our-" Britt was cut off by a furiously blushing Santana placing a hand over her mouth.
"None of your business," Santana grunted before pulling Britt over to the couch where they sat down. The blonde entwined her fingers with the Latina's and Santana marvelled at how good it felt to be able to do couple-y things in front of other people.
Santana wasn't usually one to care for other people's feelings but lately she had been trying to change that so, throughout the night, she tried to make sure that Karofsky didn't feel like a fifth wheel. Dave told them that his parents were on a trip to his grandparent's place and they wouldn't be back for a few days. He asked them if they would like to stay the night. Both Kurt and Santana wanted to but they had significant others to worry about. They both turned to their partners and asked what they wanted to do. Both Blaine and Brittany wanted to stay as well. It turned out that Britt was actually having a good time. Dave was pretty funny and he was being super nice. She liked when people were like that. It reminded her of San.
Just so you guys know: any Rachel bashing is purely to keep on track with Santana's bitchy side. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and as usual reviews are always appreciated 3