Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Santana is at lunch with one of her best friends, Mercedes. "So how are things with you?" Mercedes asks.
"Yeah they're good" Santana replies while eating.
"I feel like it's been ages since we last hung out" Mercedes states.
"Yeah I know me too" Santana replies. "It's good we've got some time today to catch up and stuff."
"Exactly" Mercedes agrees. "So tell me, how are things with this girl you like?" she asks.
"Look I don't like her as such, I mean we're friends but I think that's about it" Santana replies.
"But you want something more to happen, right?" Mercedes queries.
"Yeah I guess I do" Santana nods.
"Oh look at you eh" Mercedes smiles. "Finally getting into the dating world."
"No need to make fun of me" Santana retorts.
"I'm not" Mercedes says. "I genuinely think this will be good for you because you deserve happiness" she says.
"Thanks" Santana smiles slightly.
"You should definitely give yourself a break because you do too much regarding work and things so getting back into dating should be exciting for you" Mercedes tells Santana.
"Yeah but I make a living by keeping busy and working hard so I can't really slow down" Santana states.
"I know but working 6 days out of 7 all the time can't do anything for your health" Mercedes says. "It's going to tire you out a lot and make you stressed."
"I know you're right, it's just hard for me to change my lifestyle" Santana says. "I've always been used to doing things my way and only needing to look after myself. It's been ages since I dated anyone so it really will be hard to change."
"Just do it gradually then, maybe start taking a half day on a Saturday and eventually work up to taking the full day off" Mercedes suggests.
"No Saturday is actually a really busy day, I wouldn't want to lose custom then" Santana replies. "I could start taking a half day on a Tuesday, that's not a very busy day."
"There you go, its one step in the right direction" Mercedes says. "Anyway enough about work, tell me more about this girl. Her name is Brittany right?"
"Yeah" Santana nods before telling Mercedes all about Brittany and how they met at the park one day.
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"Look this girl seems nice from what you've said" Mercedes states. "You should definitely keep in touch with her and maybe something will come out of it eventually. You know start as friends and then hang out more and then who knows what could happen."
"Yeah, I mean I really do like her so hopefully we can maybe go further than friends" Santana says. "Actually I might call her in the next few days and see if she wants to hang out or something."
"That's a good idea" Mercedes replies.
"Speaking of love lives, how's yours?" Santana asks.
"Not too bad actually, I mean Sam and I are sort of dating so it's good just now" Mercedes answers. "We're going out for dinner at the weekend so that should be fun."
"Cool" Santana smiles. She is happy for Mercedes that she and Sam are doing well but there's also a slight jealousy feeling inside her. She wishes she could be with someone and date them properly instead of being too busy at work all the time to have a proper relationship. She has had relationships in the past but work always got in the way so she wishes the next person she really likes will be able to stick around and understand her career is important to her. Ideally the next person would be Brittany but she doesn't want to tempt fate because like she told Mercedes, they're just friends just now.
A good few of days later (Sunday 26th October 2014). Its early evening and Rachel and Santana are on the phone to one another.
"Ok so we'll meet back at the venue tomorrow, around noon" Santana says arranging the time they will meet.
"Yeah that's cool" Rachel replies. "Oh I'm bringing my fiancée with me so you'll get to meet one another" she says.
"Awesome, I am excited to see what lucky guy you're marrying" Santana says genuinely. From the way Rachel talks about her partner, Santana seems to think they'll get on well with one another.
"Yeah anyway I better go, I've got a few things to do tonight" Rachel says.
"Ok see you tomorrow at noon then, bye" Santana says and then they both hang up the phone. Not a minute after hanging up her work phone, Santana's home phone begins ringing. Urgh man, one phone after another. When am I going to get a break? Santana thinks to herself but never the less she runs over and picks the phone up from its cradle and answers it. "Hello" she sighs.
"Hey what's wrong with you, I just wanted to chat" Brittany says on the other end of the line.
"Brittany" Santana says cheerfully when she realises who it is.
"Yeah it's me, why were you sighing when you answered?" Brittany asks. "If it's a bad time, I can call back at another point."
"No!" Santana says louder and quicker than intended. "I mean no it's fine, I can talk now. I was just annoyed when I answered because it's been a busy day with phone calls. I mean between clients and the central heating company, my brain if frazzled with it all but now I know it's you on the phone, it's all good" she says smiling.
"Cool, so how are you?" Brittany asks.
"I'm good, what about you?" Santana asks.
"Not bad, just a little tired from work but nothing I can't handle" Brittany replies. "Do you know, I feel like we haven't talked in a while" she says after a pause.
"We were texting one another yesterday" Santana laughs. "It really hasn't been that long."
"Yeah but I never heard your voice so it felt like I haven't heard from you in a while" Brittany reasons.
"I suppose you're right" Santana agrees. "Anyway, can I ask you something?"
"Sure" Brittany replies.
"Do you maybe want to have lunch with me sometime this week?" Santana asks.
"Well…" Brittany pretends to ponder the thought.
"It doesn't matter if you're busy, no big deal" Santana says feeling embarrassed that she asked.
"I'd love to have lunch with you this week" Brittany smiles. "What day are you free?" she wonders.
"Thursday would be good for me" Santana replies. "What about you?"
"Yeah Thursday is good for me too" Brittany says.
"Cool, how about we say 1pm for lunch" Santana suggests. "I could just text you the details once I pick a restaurant and reserve a table for us."
"Yeah that's cool" Brittany says.
"So what are you up to just now?" Santana asks after a short silence.
"Not a lot really, I'm just lounging on my sofa watching re-runs of Friends because there's nothing much else on TV" Brittany replies.
"Wait, seriously?" Santana says slightly shocked.
"Yeah."
"I'm watching Friends as well, how weird is that" Santana smiles at the thought. They've barely discussed things they like in terms of favourite movies or TV programmes or music or anything like that but yet they both seem to like Friends.
"That's cool" Brittany says.
"We must have the same taste in TV shows" Santana states.
"Yeah, either that or the fact we don't like the same shows but we just like Friends because it was a good show" Brittany says.
"Exactly" Santana laughs. For another ten minutes they end up having a conversation about what other things they like watching on TV and what their favourite moves are before Santana has to go. She has some preparations to do for work tomorrow before she meets one of her clients.
In bed that night, Santana can't stop thinking about Brittany and how well they seem to get on. She's thinking of asking Brittany out properly and seeing if she wants to date instead of being just friends. They talk all the time either on the phone or by texting and Brittany seems to flirt with her a lot so she figured why not just ask her out.
It's the next day (Monday 27th October 2014) and Rachel and her fiancée are getting ready to go and meet Santana at the wedding venue. Rachel has been very tight lipped on the wedding planning so far but she did eventually tell her fiancée that she hired someone to help but she didn't say who it was or what plans they came up with so far. "Can you hurry up please, we are meeting the wedding planner outside of the wedding venue I have chosen so we need to be there sharp so that I can see what you think before she gets there" Rachel says slightly annoyed that they haven't left yet.
"Yes Rachel just chill out, I am just putting my belt on" her fiancée replies just as annoyed as her. "Heaven forbid my pants fell down" she says and Rachel rolls her eyes at her.
"Yes do it quicker then" Rachel snaps.
"Look what are you even doing here, I was supposed to meet you at your apartment?" Rachel's fiancée asks.
"Never mind that, just get ready would you, jeez" Rachel says, still not any happier.
"Listen I won't attend this stupid meeting or whatever you call it if you don't chill out" her fiancée states.
"Sorry" Rachel sighs. "Today is just really important."
"Ok but there is still no need to take things out on me" Brittany states. "I'm your fiancée not your dog so quit speaking to me like I'm nothing."
"I don't mean too" Rachel sighs again. "Can I just say one thing though?" she asks and Brittany nods. "Can you please not make any jokes or wind the lady up, I don't need you offending our wedding planner."
"Rachel I just asked you to stop speaking to me like you're superior to me, I'm not a dog and I'm most certainly not a child either" Brittany says annoyed.
"Oh and don't flirt either" Rachel says completely ignoring what Brittany just said.
"I'm not going to flirt with her" Brittany states.
"She's quite different to me anyway so I doubt she'd be your type" Rachel says confidently.
"Sounds just like my type" Brittany mumbles.
"What was that?" Rachel raises an eyebrow, even though she didn't hear exactly what Brittany said, she knew it would be a cheeky comment since Brittany mumbled it.
"I said you're only my type" Brittany says with a fake smile and Rachel seems to buy it.
"Right ok well just hurry up and get ready please because time is getting on and we need to leave as soon as possible" Rachel demands.
"You're really getting on my nerves" Brittany mumbles again.
"What?"
"I said I am ready now so let's go" Brittany replies.
"Thank goodness" Rachel says grabbing her coat. They then head out to Rachel's car and she drives them to the venue. As soon as they arrive Rachel barely gets the handbrake on before she jumps out of the car.
"Ok I need to start driving more often when I am with you because that was terrifying. Have you never heard of a speed limit or a red light?" Brittany asks taking the keys out of the ignition since Rachel didn't bother when she got out of the car. "They are put in place by the law for a reason you know, it's not just for you to recognise them whenever you want."
"Get out the car please" Rachel says sternly.
"I'm getting out, just relax" Brittany says stepping out of the car.
"Ok so what do you think of the venue so far?" Rachel asks.
"Yeah it's definitely nice" Brittany says looking around.
"Nice?" Rachel questions.
"Well what would you like me to say?" Brittany asks.
"Something a bit more enthusiastic than nice" Rachel snaps.
"Look can you stop snapping at me please?" Brittany asks.
"I'm sorry I am just nervous as I said earlier" Rachel apologises.
"Well as I said earlier, don't take it out on me" Brittany says.
"I'm sorry babe" Rachel says kissing Brittany.
"It's fine" Brittany smiles slightly. She is really not looking forward to today, wedding planning really isn't her thing at all. It's especially not when Rachel is acting like a crazy bride-to-be. "Hey why don't you wait right here for the wedding planner and I'll go over here and look around the outside. I could maybe take a few pictures on my I-phone for you so you can use them at home to decide exactly how to want the grounds to look when we arrive" Brittany suggests.
"Ok" Rachel nods. "Don't wander off too far though because our wedding planner shouldn't be long" she says.
"I won't, I promise" Brittany smiles. "Just call me over when she arrives" she says and then leaves.
Meanwhile Rachel patiently waits by her car for Santana to arrive. It doesn't take long, about 5 minutes before Santana pulls up in her car. She is driving her own one today instead of taking one of the company cars. "I'm so sorry I'm late" Santana apologises while rushing over to Rachel.
"You're not, I'm just a bit early" Rachel smiles.
"Oh right" Santana smiles back. "So is it just you here today?" she asks.
"No my fiancée is here but over there taking pictures" Rachel replies.
"Ok cool, I'm excited to meet this fiancé of yours" Santana says.
"I actually have something to say before you meet them though" Rachel says.
"Ok" Santana says confused.
"Walk over with me" Rachel says pulling on Santana's arm.
"Ok" Santana says still confused but walks with Rachel anyway.
"The thing is, my fiancé is actually my fiancée" Rachel says pronouncing the second 'e' in fiancée a little more to distinguish between the two.
"Huh" Santana says not really following what Rachel means because both words sounded exactly the same to her.
Rachel taps Brittany's back and she turns around
"Santana meet my fiancée" Rachel says tapping Brittany on the back making her turn around. "This is Brittany, Brittany this is our wedding planner Santana Lopez" she says introducing both women.
"You're fiancée!" Santana asks in mix between shock and anger.
"Oh shit" is all Brittany can say.
"Brittany please, no need for the language, what's wrong?" Rachel asks annoyed at Brittany saying that in front of Santana.
"Sorry eh…it was a bee flying around me" Brittany states.
"In this cold weather?" Santana questions angrily.
"Yeah…em nice to meet you" Brittany says holding her hand out.
"Uh…yeah" Santana says awkwardly shaking Brittany's hand. Personally she'd rather slap the girl but judging by how unaware Rachel seems about how they've already met, she decides to be polite and act like this is her and Brittany's first meeting.
"Ok so I was just showing Brittany the venue here" Rachel says smiling while looking around. "We haven't went inside yet, we were waiting for you so Brittany has still got a lot to see" she says.
"Right, ok" Santana smiles slightly but is struggling to hide the hurt, anger, shock, all the different emotions she has because she feels Brittany has betrayed her.
"The venue is really nice, did you pick it out for us?" Brittany asks Santana trying to eradicate the awkward silence that fell between the three of them.
"Yeah" Santana replies coldly, not even bothering to look at Brittany. "So Rachel shall we go inside?"
"Yeah" Rachel smiles. "Come on Britt you'll love the inside" she says excitedly pulling on Brittany's arm.
"Ok" Brittany says quietly while nodding and then they make their way over to the entrance of the building.
"You better watch Santana, she might try and flirt with you" Rachel says jokingly while smiling.
"Yeah I could believe that" Santana says glaring right at Brittany.
"Huh?" Rachel asks confused.
"I was joking Rachel" Santana says realising the slight panic in Rachel's face.
"Yeah me too" Rachel smiles.
"You're very quiet Bethany, do you not like this venue" Santana asks as they arrive inside.
"It's Brittany, not Bethany" Rachel corrects Santana. "But its ok, you guys just met so don't worry about it."
"Oh I'm ever so sorry Brittany, I'm terrible with names sometimes" Santana says cheekily.
"It's fine" Brittany says quietly.
"So do you like this place Brittany which I HAVE picked out for YOUR WEDDING?" Santana asks emphasising how she picked it for Brittany's wedding. The wedding she never thought she'd be planning right now since she was led to believe Brittany was single.
"It's very nice" Brittany replies.
"It is, isn't it?" Santana states. "I put a lot of effort into finding a really good place for Rachel" she says making Brittany aware of how much she did for the wedding, Brittany's wedding to be precise.
"It definitely is beautiful" Rachel says mesmerised by how lovely the venue really is.
"I agree" Santana says looking at Brittany making her feel even worse than she already does. Brittany deserves to feel bad in Santana's eyes so she doesn't really care what she says to her.
"Oh will you excuse me a second while I run to the bathroom, too much coffee I think" Rachel says.
"Yeah of course, we'll be right here" Santana says before Rachel quickly departs to the bathroom. As soon as Rachel leaves, Santana goes over to the seating area next to the reception desk.
"Santana…" Brittany tries to talk while following Santana.
"Don't you dare speak to me" Santana says sternly, looking away.
"Look I had no idea you were the wedding planner for Rachel" Brittany states.
"For you, you mean" Santana spits. "You had no idea I was YOUR flaming wedding planner."
"I really didn't know you were working with Rachel or…" Brittany is interrupted yet again.
"Do you really think I am mad about you not telling me I was Rachel's wedding planner?" Santana asks angrily.
"Well that's not the main thing that makes you mad but…" Brittany says.
"But nothing Brittany, you didn't tell me you were engaged" Santana says starting to get teary eyed. She feels so many different emotions right now that she doesn't know what one to express first, does she get angry, hurt, upset?
"I'm sorry" Brittany says feeling bad.
"Why did you never tell me you were engaged?" Santana asks.
"It just never came up" Brittany shrugs.
"Pfft" Santana waves it off. "It never came up, I find that pretty hard to believe" she states.
"Look I know I lied but does it really matter?" Brittany asks and Santana cannot believe Brittany just said that.
"Yes it matters, of course it matters" Santana spits. "You led me to believe you were single, you made me think that you liked me, you flirted with me, you made it seem like something could have happened between us, need I go on?"
"I didn't mean to hurt you" Brittany states genuinely. She knows what she did wrong but she never intended to hurt Santana. Things just got too far and ended up being more complicated.
"What the hell was I to you?" Santana asks.
"What do you mean?" Brittany asks unclear about Santana's question.
"I thought we were friends, well friends that could lead to more" Santana says honestly.
"We are friends and I like you Santana" Brittany replies.
"You're just unbelievable" Santana says annoyed.
"Please, I'm sorry" Brittany pleads. "Let me explain."
"No" Santana says firmly. "I am going to have to tell Rachel I quit as wedding planner" she says.
"No please don't do that" Brittany almost begs.
"I have to" Santana states seriously.
"This wedding is everything to Rachel so please don't quit" Brittany pleads.
"No I can't be around you and I can't look Rachel in the eye when I know I have feelings for you" Santana says.
"You have feelings for me?" Brittany asks slightly shocked. She didn't realise Santana had fallen for her, she knew they got on well but she didn't think Santana would like her so quickly.
"Yeah, I'm such an idiot aren't I?" Santana shrugs feeling stupid.
"Please let me explain, it'll all make sense" Brittany says.
"No I need to go because I can't be around you or your lies" Santana states. "I bet Rachel doesn't know you have met me before."
"Please just don't quit, for Rachel's sake" Brittany pleads again.
"I like Rachel, she seems such a lovely woman so I can't lie to her" Santana says.
"Lie about what? You didn't do anything wrong" Brittany replies.
"Yeah I did" Santana states. "I lied obviously since she is completely unaware that I like her girlfriend…in fact scratch that, it's her fiancée I like which is even worse" she says. "I'm going to tell Rachel everything because this isn't fair on anyone and the longer we lie the worse it is."
"No Santana, please I beg you not to do this" Brittany pleads.
"Too late, Rachel is walking back over right now and she's going to know the truth" Santana states.
Do you think Santana will go through with it or will Brittany persuade her not tell?