Santana looked at the tiny diva who was lying in her arms. "Hey Rach?" she asked. Rachel looked up with a smile.
"Yes?"
"Don't get mad but... Leroy is kind of crazy." Santana said. Rachel smiled and rolled her eyes.
"You should have seen him when I brought Puckerman home." she said. Santana laughed. "Don't take it personally, Tana. He's hated every single person that I've dated." Rachel said. Santana nodded.
"But... he's gotten over it, right?" Rachel bit her lip.
"Well, he was close to liking Jesse until the whole egg incident. And he likes Noah now that we're just friends. But he never liked Finn." Rachel said.
"He and I should get along fine, then." Santana said. Rachel laughed softly.
"Just show him the side of you that I get to see and he'll love you. I promise." Rachel said.
"How long will that take?" Santana asked. Rachel shrugged.
"It took him almost an entire semester to get close to liking Jesse." Rachel admitted.
"Ay dios mio." Santana muttered. Rachel smiled sadly.
"I told you. All that matters is that I like you. And my dad has no problem with you. He's one of those people that holds off judgement until they meet you personally and he said that from the thirty seconds he was around you, you seemed like a nice girl who cares about me." Rachel said. Santana raised an eyebrow.
"We didn't even really talk." she said. Rachel shrugged.
"He's good at reading people." she explained. Santana nodded. "Tana, I'm telling you, as long as I like you and you like me, that's all that matters. So what if Daddy doesn't like you? You're my girlfriend. I'm your girlfriend. We're girlfriends. We're together. Eventually, Daddy is going to have to either get over it and learn to like you or he's not going to be as big of a part of my life." Santana raised an eyebrow.
"You'd really put me above your fathers?" she asked softly. Rachel smiled and nodded.
"You act like its something new for people to care about you." she said.
"The only person who's really cared about me was Britt." Santana said. Rachel's face dropped and she bit her lip. "Rach, its fine. I'm used to parents not liking me. My parents never really cared about me."
"I care about you." the diva whispered. Santana smiled softly. The pair was quiet for a few moments before Santana spoke up.
"Rach, this whole experience is new for for me. The closest thing I had was with Brittany." she said softly.
"I'm your first girlfriend?" Rachel asked. Santana nodded.
"Yea, you are. I really want this to work out between us." she continued. Rachel smiled.
"I do too." she whispered, lifting a hand to Santana's neck as the Latina wrapped her arms tighter around her waist. "Tana..."
"Rachel..."
"Why me?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" Santana asked. Rachel looked away, but Santana turned the diva's head back. "Rach?"
"Why'd you choose me?" she asked.
"Because I like you..." Santana said, confused.
"That's what I mean... why'd you choose to like me?" Rachel asked. Santana smiled softly.
"You can't exactly choose who you like, Rachel."
"Well, what do you like about me?" Santana smiled.
"Your smile, your eyes, your laugh..." Rachel smiled. "The fact that you actually do get shy. I mean, none of us expected that." Santana continued.
"Is that all?" Rachel asked.
"Rachel Barbara Berry, you have to be home by ten. We don't have enough time." Santana said.
"Its only noon."
"That's not enough time for me to list every single thing I like about you." Santana insisted. Rachel bit her lip and smiled. "Let's just say... everything I used to hate about you, I absolutely love now." Santana said.
"Even my school clothes?"
"Okay... except that. But I know that that's because of the slushies, so I can forgive you for that one." Santana said. Rachel laughed. "Hey this isn't a one-way road. Why'd you choose me over Finnocence?" Santana asked.
"He still wants Quinn." she said simply.
"That it?" Rachel shook her head.
"You're sweet, you care about me... that date last night was the best date I've ever been on." Rachel said. Santana smiled.
"I'll do it again, too." she promised.
"We've only been together like two days and you already treat me better than Finn did. You're amazing." Rachel said.
"What do you think you are?" her Latina girlfriend asked.
"Extremely lucky to have you." Rachel said.
"Well, duh, but that was a given." Santana laughed as Rachel rolled her eyes. "Rach, you're beautiful... and wonderful, and-"
"You're just trying to convince me to have sex with you." Rachel said. Santana smiled.
"Maybe... if I wasn't so scared that Leroy was in my bedroom with a camera, just waiting to catch us." Santana replied. Rachel smiled softly.
"I'm not ready for... that."
"I didn't really get that feeling when you were undressing me in your living room." Santana teased. Rachel looked down, blusing. "Hey, Rach, its okay. I promise, its fine." she said softly. Rachel kept looking away. Santana rubbed Rachel's back. "Aw, come on. Look at me, babe." she said. Rachel looked up with a soft smile. "There's that smile." Santana whispered. Her hobbit leaned back so that she was lying fully on Santana. "Oof... uh, hello?" she laughed. Rachel rolled over on her stomach.
"Hi." she whispered.
"What are you doing?" She was answered with Rachel's lips on hers. "I like that answer." Santana whispered.
"I thought you might." Rachel said. Santana grinned and kissed her again.
"Rach, we should stop."
"Why?"
"Because I don't want Leroy to interrupt again. Looking through my kitchen window is one thing. Spying through living room window? That's just freaking creepy." Rachel grinned.
"You're basement doesn't have windows, does it?" Rachel asked. Santana raised an eyebrow.
"No... I don't think any basements do, since they're underground." she said.
"What's in your basement?"
"Its where we have parties and stuff." Santana said. Rachel grinned.
"Then let's go, baby." she teased, grabbing Santana's hand and jumping up. Santana smiled and followed her girlfriend.