A/N: I think you guys are gonna be happy with this chapter! :)

Four days later, it was Santana and Rachel's turn to perform. "Santana and I have chosen to perform Take Me or Leave Me from RENT. Enjoy." Rachel said.

[Rachel]
Every single day
I walk down the street
I hear people say
Baby's so sweet

Ever since puberty
Everybody stares at me
Boys, girls
I can't help it, baby]
So be kind
And don't lose your mind
Just remember
That I'm your baby

[Santana]
Take me for what I am
Who I was meant to be

[Rachel]
And if you give a damn

[Both]
Take me, baby, or leave me

[Rachel]
Take me, baby, or leave me

[Santana]
A tiger in a cage
Can never see the sun
This diva needs her stage
Baby, let's have fun

You are the one I choose
Folks would kill to fill your shoes
You love the limelight too, now baby
So be mine
And don't waste my time
Cryin', "Oh Honeybear
Are you still my, my, my baby?"

[Rachel]
Take me for what I am

[Santana]
Who I was meant to be

[Both]
And if you give a damn

[Santana]
Take me, baby, or leave me
No way, can I be what I'm not

[Rachel]
But hey, don't you want your girl hot?

[Santana]
Don't fight, don't lose your head

[Rachel]
'Cause every night, who's in your bed?

[Both]
Who,

[Santana]
Who's in your bed?

[Rachel]
Kiss, pookie

[Both]
That's it,

[Rachel]
The straw that breaks my back

[Both]
I quit,

[Santana]
Unless you take it back

[Both]
Women,

[Rachel]
What is it about them?

[Both]
Can't live with them or without them

Take me for what I am
Who I was meant to be
(Who I was meant to be)
And if you give a damn
(And if you give a damn, ya better)
Take me, baby, or leave me
(Oh take me, baby, take me or leave me)
Take me, baby
Or leave me

Guess I'm leaving
I'm gone

They finished with a hug and laughing. Everyone except Finn clapped loudly. "Guys, that was amazing! Santana, I've never seen you perform with so much energy, not even during Valerie or River Deep, Mountain High. Good job. You guys sounded amazing together!" Mr. Schue said. Santana smirked at Rachel as if to say 'I told you we'd sound good together.' before sitting down next to Brittany. "So before we let Sam and Artie perform, let's talk real quick about Finn/Rachel duets for Sectionals." he continued.

"Mr. Schuester, if I may, I'd rather not sing a duet with Finn for Sectionals. We are no longer together and I feel that it'd just be inappropriate." Rachel said. He raised an eyebrow.

"You two are our leads.." he said.

"Look, Mr. Schuester, we've clearly demonstrated that while we're ready for Sectionals and Regionals, we weren't ready for Nationals. We need to focus on that rather than winning Sectionals." Rachel said.

"If we don't win Sectionals, we won't even have a shot at Nationals." he argued.

"I'm not saying we shouldn't prepare for Sectionals and Regionals. I'm saying that maybe we should use those are our warmups for Nationals and use numbers we've already done in those so we can concentrate on coming up with amazing numbers for Nationals. I'm not saying we need to use numbers we've done in competition before, but numbers we've used in our assignments. The judges would be blown away if Mercedes and Santana performed River Deep, Mountain High or if we did Born This Way, although maybe minus the t-shirts because that's not really competition clothes. Mike's dancing combined with Artie's voice on P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) would be incredible competition material and-"

"Rachel, we get it. Let's vote." he said. Rachel looked up at Santana, who smiled back. "All in favor of using numbers we've done for assignments for Sectionals and Regionals and spend our time coming up with new numbers for Nationals, raise your hands." Everyone but Finn raised their hands. "Sorry F-"

"Hold up. I didn't get to vote." Finn said.

"Finn, you were the only one who didn't raise their hand." Santana said, rolling her eyes.

"I want a vote." Mr. Schue sighed.

"All opposed." he said. Finn raised his hand.

"Look at that. The outcome didn't change." Santana said sarcastically. Everyone laughed and even Rachel had a smirk on her face. Finn sighed and walked out of the choir room.

"Sorry guys. Guess rehearsals over. Artie, Sam, you'll go first tomorrow." Mr. Schue said. Santana went up to Rachel.

"That was pretty cool, Hobbit." Santana said, smiling at the diva. Rachel smiled up. "You know, its kinda weird calling you Hobbit and not having an insult to go with it." Santana commented.

"Then don't call me that." Rachel suggested, laughing.

"No way. I have permission." Santana said, sitting down next to Rachel's bag. "So... you do realize that giving up your duet with Finn means you aren't guranteed a solo anymore, right?" she said gently. Rachel nodded.

"Yea, I know... but I'd be just as happy if you got one instead of me. I just can't stand the thought of singing a love song with a guy I can't stand in front of a crowd. I couldn't sell that, even with all my acting training." Rachel said. Santana smiled. "If I had it my way, I'd be singing with you." Rachel whispered.

"Yea, that'd be fun... but the only song we've done together is Take Me or Leave Me and I doubt that anyone would vote for that for competition." Santana said. Rachel nodded.

"Hey Tana?"

"Yea?"

"How much time were you planning on giving me?" Rachel asked softly.

"What do you mean?" Santana asked.

"I just... I wanna be with you, but I don't want you to feel like you're a rebound and I'm just afraid that you'll get tired of waiting and move on." Rachel whispered.

"Oh Rachie, no... Come here." Santana said, pulling the diva into her lap. "Rachel Berry, I'll give you all the time you need. I'm not going anywhere. You're all I think about." Santana said. Rachel smiled.

"Really?" Santana nodded.

"Really." she said. Rachel nodded.

"Hey Tana?"

"Yea?"

"I think I'm ready." Santana raised an eyebrow.

"Rach, its been like four days since you broke up with Finn." Santana pointed out.

"So? If I were still hung up on Finn, no way I would have given up that duet. I don't want Finn. I want you." Rachel said. Santana considered this. "Come on, Tana. I know you want to be with me and I want to be with you. Finn's not in the picture anymore, so let's just do this. Let's just be an us... a couple... I'm ready to leave Finchel behind. I'm ready to become 'Santana & Rachel.' To hell with 'Finn & Rachel.' I want to be with you." Rachel said. Santana nodded.

"Pezberry." she whispered.

"What?"

"Our mashup name? Pezberry sounds better than anything that comes from our first names." Santana said. Rachel smiled.

"So you've been thinking about us... Is that a yes?"

"I wasn't exactly asked a question." Santana teased.

"Be with me?" Rachel whispered.

"Whoa, Berry. I ain't easy. You gotta do better than that." Santana said. Rachel rolled her eyes, got off the Latina's lap, and got down on one knee.

"Santana Lopez, will you be my girlfriend?" Rachel asked. Santana laughed.

"Get back up here, ya goofball." Santana said, pulling the girl back to her previous position. "Of course I will." she whispered, kissing the diva.

"You're not a rebound." Rachel assured her. Santana looked into Rachel's eyes and knew she was telling the truth.

"I know. I want to be so much more than that." she said, kissing the girl again.

"Called it!" a familiar voice said from the door.

"Sorry guys... Brittany forgot something and I came back with her." Mercedes said, a guilty smile on her face. "Congrats." she whispered. Santana smiled up at Rachel, as she pulled her closer.

"I think we just came out." Santana said, nuzzling Rachel's hair.

"I think you're right... how long have you guys been there?" she asked, shivering as Santana nibbled her ear. "Can you stop that?" she giggled. Santana laughed softly, but pulled away.

"A while!" Brittany said excitedly.

"Britt!" Mercedes hissed, smiling apologetically.

"Well we were!"

"Just be glad you were with Britt, Weezy. I'll let it slide." Santana said. Rachel grinned at her best friend as her girlfriend kissed her shoulder. "And don't go around spreading this. Rachel and I will let it out ourselves." Santana continued. Rachel nodded in agreement.

"Please Mercedes. I know you like to gossip, but just please let us out ourselves." Rachel said.

"Hey, I'll keep my mouth shut." Mercedes said, looking at Brittany who was texting.

"Artie says Congrats!" Brittany said. Santana groaned.

"Yea... we aren't outing ourselves, babe." Santana said.

"We still have time before it gets around school that we were caught having sex, because you know that's what the rumors are going to get to." Rachel said. Santana nodded.

"Yea... let's go." she said. Rachel stood up, grabbed the Latina's hand. The two girls walked down the hall with their respective best friends, hand in hand with each other. They passed Finn and Quinn together. Quinn smiled, being able to see true happiness on her best friend's face for the first time in a long time (it also helped that she hadn't been completely blind sided. Santana had told her about what had happened. Quinn just kept it from Finn), while Finn just glared at the pair. Quinn sighed at her boyfriend's face.

"Just leave it alone, Finn." she said, walking away with him following quickly.