"Sorry I took so long, my work called my cell just as I was leaving the bathroom" Rachel says as she approaches Brittany and Santana. "I couldn't ignore the call so I just quickly took it."
"Is everything ok babe?" Brittany asks Rachel. Santana suddenly feels a pain in her chest when Brittany said the word 'babe'. She finally thought she found someone she really liked and now it's ruined because said person is already engaged.
"Not really" Rachel sighs. "They want me to go back into work right now" she states.
"Oh what?" Brittany says annoyed.
"Look maybe you could show Brittany about the place Santana and I'll meet you tomorrow back at your office and we can discuss things" Rachel suggests. "I know it's not what we planned but I really do need to go into work. I promise you though, Brittany is good company" she smiles.
"No wait a second Rachel, I need to tell you something" Santana says seriously.
"How about you tell her another time" Brittany states quickly. "I mean her work is obviously desperate and she needs to go in" she says.
"Brittany is right, I do really need to go" Rachel states.
"No please Rachel, I need to tell you something really important" Santana says starting to get frustrated.
"Please don't" Brittany mouths in desperation for Santana not to tell Rachel.
"I-I…" Santana tries to talk again but Brittany distracts her again.
"Please" Brittany mouths the word.
"Spit it out then Santana because I really need to get going. I'm sorry for cancelling on you but like I say just show Brittany round and we can catch up tomorrow. I've seen the place anyway and I think it's perfect so I don't think we'll be running too far behind now that I need to go" Rachel states.
"It doesn't matter" Santana sighs. Every time Rachel talks about the wedding she looks so happy and the way she said the venue was perfect, Santana just can't ruin everything for her right now, Rachel would be crushed. She figures maybe she should at least hear Brittany out because it could all be a big misunderstanding and Rachel doesn't need to know anything right now. Santana would feel even stupider if she got the wrong end of the stick and Brittany felt nothing for her so she wants to find that out before possibly crushing an innocent person's dreams i.e. Rachel's dreams.
"Ok well I'll see you tomorrow at your office" Rachel says.
"Yeah I'll see you at 10am tomorrow" Santana sighs.
"And I will see you tonight babe" Rachel says kissing Brittany. Yep, Santana's heart has just crushed a little bit more now. "Bye girls" Rachel says before dashing off to her car and driving off. Brittany and Santana are left standing awkward in front of her.
"How could you do this to me Brittany?" Santana asks fighting back the tears. She doesn't know if she's crying because she really liked Brittany or if she's crying because she is so angry that someone could lie about being engaged. Being a wedding planner, Santana knows how precious and meaningful marriage is so for someone to pretend they're not about to get married just isn't right in her mind.
"I'm sorry" Brittany says genuinely. It was a horrible thing what she did but she really isn't a mean person. She never meant anyone to get hurt.
"Do you even know what you have done to me?" Santana asks.
"I've hurt you so bad" Brittany sighs.
"Did you find it funny watching me develop feelings for you when you knew all along this would never happen?" Santana asks.
"It wasn't like that" Brittany states.
"Do you know what, I don't even want to talk about this right now" Santana says just wanting to get away from Brittany. "I need to go home so just tell Rachel I had an emergency as well, ok" She says starting to walk away from Brittany.
"No wait please" Brittany says quickly following behind.
"I can't look at you without it hurting Brittany" Santana states getting into her car but Brittany stops her from shutting the door.
"Look why don't we find somewhere we can chat and I'll explain it all, ok" Brittany suggests.
"Brittany…" Santana sighs.
"Please" Brittany begs.
"No I don't want to talk to you right now so just leave me alone" Santana says managing to slam the car door shut and turn on the engine.
"Wait can you at least tell me where we are, Rachel drove so I don't know how to get home" Brittany states clinging onto the car in case Santana suddenly drives off.
"Sucks for you huh" Santana smirks. She knows it's childish but she doesn't care.
"Please just tell me how to get home" Brittany almost begs.
"Do you know what, get in the car" Santana sighs and Brittany quickly runs around to the passenger side and gets in. "I should leave you standing there but I'm not going to do that, I'm not as horrible as you. I wouldn't intentionally hurt someone" she spits.
"Santana let me explain, let me try to make you understand" Brittany says as they set off back home.
"This is my car so my rules" Santana states. "And I've only got one rule right now, don't speak a word to me" she says firmly.
"Ok" Brittany nods. The whole car journey is silent until Santana realises she doesn't actually know where Brittany lives. Everything seems to add up now. The reason she never went to Brittany's apartment was because she had a fiancée, the reason Brittany had to end phone calls prematurely is because her fiancée arrived, the reason Brittany cancelled dates is because she had plans with her fiancée. She feels so stupid for not figuring this out before, I mean for the number of times they met up, how come she never went to Brittany's apartment once.
"Where is it you live or is that still a secret?" Santana asks.
"No I live…" before Brittany can finish speaking Santana pulls the car over.
"In fact I don't actually want to know, you can just get out here" Santana states.
"But I don't live here" Brittany replies.
"I don't care" Santana shrugs. "We met in that coffee shop over there once and I remember you telling me you walked that day so it can't be that far away" she says. She figured it would probably be easier not to see where Brittany actually lives because then she'd just picture Rachel staying there sometimes as well and that would just make her feel worse and remind her that the girl she likes already has a girlfriend.
"I suppose I can't really argue right now" Brittany states.
"Damn right you can't so get out" Santana says raising her voice slightly. She is going from one emotion to the next.
"Well um…thanks for the ride Santana" Brittany says politely.
"Just go please" Santana says almost desperately.
"Sure, bye" Brittany says exiting the car and no sooner does Santana speed away. What have you done Brittany? She sighs aloud to herself.
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"So babe how did you like the venue I picked" Rachel asks sitting down on the couch. After sorting out the problems at work which took quite a few hours, Rachel went straight to Brittany's apartment and they had dinner together. "Don't you just love that chandelier in the reception area, I thought it was beautiful" she asks.
"Actually, Santana got called into a meeting, she had an emergency too" Brittany lies. "The minute you left, someone from her company called and she had to rush off so I've not actually seen any of the venue" she states.
"Oh that's a shame" Rachel says annoyed. "I really wanted you to see it" she says.
"I know but there is always next time, I guess" Brittany states.
"I suppose" Rachel says still annoyed. "I know Santana has a completely different taste in things from me but she actually thought it would be perfect and so did I, it's not what I would have picked first myself but it is fantastic once you see the whole building" she says.
"Ok" Brittany smiles.
"So what do you think of Santana?" Rachel asks and Brittany's heart plummets. "She's nice isn't she?"
"Yeah, she seems great…amazing even" Brittany says genuinely.
"Like I said before, I know she is completely different to me so I wasn't sure if you'd like her or not but she really is a nice person" Rachel states. "Apparently she likes women too, how weird is that? I mean I would never have thought she liked girls"
"Rachel it's not weird, don't be rude" Brittany says a little too defensively. "I don't see how it's your business anyway to comment."
"Whoa Britt, chill out" Rachel says holding her hands up. "What is up with you tonight?"
"Nothing" Brittany sighs.
"I'm meeting Santana tomorrow so I think you should come" Rachel states.
"I can't, I'm working" Brittany replies.
"Can't Quinn cover for you or something?" Rachel asks. "This wedding is important and you have barely did a thing to help."
"Ok firstly I am not leaving Quinn to do everything, secondly I know the wedding means a lot to you and thirdly I am barely doing anything because you don't want me involved. I tried to help numerous times with different tasks and I got told to fuck off, quite literally actually" Brittany replies annoyed. "Don't make me out to be a lazy person because I am not in any way whatsoever" she snaps.
"Ok calm down, there is no need for a tantrum" Rachel says.
"You're the one who hired a wedding planner so what could I possibly need to do to help?" Brittany asks.
"You could arrange a day for you and Quinn to go and pick out a suit for you to wear" Rachel says.
"I don't want to have to tell you again Rachel, I am not wearing a damn suit to my wedding" Brittany snaps. "I am wearing a dress so deal with it."
"But…" Rachel tries to protest.
"But nothing, end of story" Brittany states walking out of the room.
It's the next day and Rachel has a meeting with Santana about the wedding. She hasn't spoken to Brittany all night after their slight argument. Brittany went to her room in a huff and after giving Rachel the silent treatment for about half an hour, Rachel had enough and went home. "Do you want to come right through Miss Berry" Emma the receptionist says and Rachel quickly stands up and follows her.
"Thank you Emma" Santana says as Rachel walks in. "Close the door on your way out please" she says and Emma leaves. "Morning Rachel, how are you?" Santana asks politely.
"I'm ok, I guess" Rachel sighs. "I heard you had an emergency yesterday as well so you couldn't show Brittany round the venue" she states.
"Yeah that's right" Santana nods. "Speaking of Brittany, I need to talk to you about something" she says hesitantly not sure if she should say anything or not about Brittany.
"What has she done now?" Rachel sighs dramatically. "I am telling you that girl just doesn't want to cooperate sometimes, she just never listens. Let me guess you didn't have an emergency yesterday and Brittany has made you lie for her just because she didn't want to see the venue we picked, she really is childish sometimes" she states. For a split second Santana actually feels bad for Brittany because of the way Rachel is talking about her. Obviously what Brittany did wasn't right but speaking about your fiancée as if she is a child isn't respectful either.
"No I can assure you I did have an emergency, it was me that had to cancel the tour of the venue" Santana states.
"Ok" Rachel nods. "Well Brittany isn't available today so it's just going to be us. I did ask her to come but she was too busy apparently" she says.
"I was just thinking there is no reason why I need to be there when Brittany sees the venue, perhaps you could just show her around whenever you both have free time and you can let me know what Brittany thinks. You said you were hopeful that she would like it" Santana suggests.
"Actually I would much rather you were there to show her around because we'll not be allowed to peruse the whole venue just randomly will we?" Rachel asks. "I thought you'd be better at getting us access to places where non guests can't go."
"You're probably right, I don't think the staff allow just anyone to look around" Santana sighs. She's going to have to see Brittany sooner rather than later now since they need to get the venue details completed soon. "When do you think you'll both be free?" she asks.
"I don't know about both of us but I do know Brittany is taking tomorrow off but I'm unfortunately working" Rachel replies. "Maybe you could just show her around tomorrow and that way it'll save wasting time waiting to see when all 3 of us are free" she says.
"Maybe we should wait until we're all free" Santana says not really wanting to spend the day alone with Brittany.
"No I insist that you 2 go together tomorrow…well I mean that's if you're not too busy" Rachel says. "We were supposed to meet tomorrow but we changed to today since I had plans so I assume you haven't made any plans for tomorrow yet."
"No I haven't" Santana says regretfully. She really can't pretend she's busy since she had already said she was going to be free tomorrow.
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It's finally the end of the day and Santana is at home having a well-earned rest with her feet up on the sofa watching TV. She doesn't know if it's to do with what she found out yesterday about Brittany or whether today has just been really hectic but for some reason she is exhausted. She was supposed to do some work after dinner at home but she decided against it and would just catch up another day.
Santana just changes the channel on the TV when her phone rings indicating a text so she looks at it curious to see who might be texting her since she's already spoke to her family and friends tonight. When she sees the name Brittany on the screen she has the urge to throw the phone to the floor but remembering she's not a child, she does the mature thing and sees what Brittany wants.
From Brittany: Am I going mad or did Rachel tell me that you want to spend the day with me tomorrow? Oh this is Brittany by the way
To Brittany: I know who it is and no I don't want to spend the day with you.
From Brittany: I'm just telling you who it is in case you had deleted my number. Rachel definitely said you wanted to see me tomorrow.
To Brittany: ok let's get this clear, I don't want to see you or spend the day with you but I have to.
From Brittany: so you are showing me around the venue tomorrow?
To Brittany: yes
From Brittany: cool, so do I meet you there or do we meet somewhere else first and head there together.
To Brittany: I think we should just meet there
From Brittany: ok if that's what you want but I'm not terribly sure how to get there.
To Brittany: is this a tactic and you're just playing me or are you genuine?
From Brittany: I am serious, I don't really know how to get there and Rachel is being weird so I don't want to ask her.
To Brittany: I'm going to regret this but we may as well just go together then. Meet me outside my office tomorrow
From Brittany: ok no problem, enjoy the rest of you night.
As soon as they stop texting Santana could not feel any worse. Even though you can't really understand the tone through text, she's sure Brittany sounded pretty genuine and didn't seem like she was playing any games. She really isn't looking forward to spending a day alone with Brittany tomorrow. If you had told her 2 weeks ago that would happen then she'd be more than happy to spend a day with just Brittany but not now after finding out Brittany's engaged.
Brittany is waiting outside of Santana's office building. She was a bit early when she arrived so she ended up taking a seat on the bench outside of the entrance. "I hope you haven't hacked into my Wi-Fi and started browsing the web" Santana says as she walks over to Brittany not even bothering to say hello.
"No of course not, I was just texting my sister. I wasn't on the internet" Brittany states nervously.
"Good" Santana says walking past Brittany. "Come on then, we have somewhere to be."
"Yeah, sorry" Brittany says quickly following Santana. "Oh cool, we're going in your company car" she says as they get into the limo.
"Yeah we are" Santana nods.
"So how are you?" Brittany asks once the car drives off.
"Brittany you do realise we are no longer friends, right?" Santana asks.
"Well I don't expect you to like me very much at the moment but I thought we could at least be civil to one another" Brittany states.
"We can be polite if we're in company but if we're alone I don't need to say anything to you if I don't want to" Santana replies.
"Ok fine" Brittany nods before turning to look out of the window. "This is going to be a long day" she mutters under her breath but Santana hears her.
"Excuse me" Santana says annoyed.
"Nothing, it doesn't matter" Brittany states.
"Fine" Santana says before turning to look out of the window at the other side of the car. They sit in silence the whole journey until they arrive at the venue. "This is us here now" Santana says unbuckling her seatbelt.
"Ok" Brittany nods before getting out of the car.
Once they get inside, Santana starts to show Brittany the different areas in the venue. They don't really talk a lot apart from Santana saying which room they are in and what Rachel wanted to do with it for the wedding. "You have really good taste" Brittany says looking around the dining area.
"Huh?" Santana asks confused.
"Rachel said you picked this venue for us and I'm just saying you have good taste because I really like this venue" Brittany replies.
"Oh right" Santana says understanding what Brittany meant. "With the way Rachel described what she wanted, I figured this would be the best place" she says and Brittany nods.
"Um…speaking of Rachel" Brittany says while taking a pause. "What made you not tell her about us?" she asks.
"Firstly there is no us and secondly I haven't decided whether to tell her or not yet" Santana states.
"Well what made you not tell her about what I had done right away?" Brittany asks.
"Because I don't know if I want to crush someone's dream right now. Rachel has been really nice to me and I still don't know your story so I didn't want to crush her before I knew the full story" Santana answers. "And to be honest, it's not my place. It is your job to own up to what you have done."
"I never meant to hurt anyone in this situation, things just got out of control" Brittany says. "The last thing I wanted was to hurt you but at the same time I couldn't not see you again" she says honestly.
"I just don't understand why any taken woman would think it was ok to lead someone on" Santana says.
"I don't think its ok but obviously my heart got in the way of my head" Brittany replies. "Yes I am engaged to Rachel but as soon as I first met you, I couldn't stop thinking about you and…"
"No we are not doing this here, we are in a public place and I don't want to talk about it right now" Santana states.
"Don't you want to hear why I did what I did?" Brittany asks.
"Obviously but I really don't want to do it in front of a hotel full of people" Santana replies. "I especially don't want to do it here since everyone knows me and I plan a lot of weddings that happen here so I don't want anything affecting my business."
"How about we book a room for the afternoon and we can go there and talk?" Brittany suggests.
"Really?" Santana laughs cheekily. "You think I want to be stuck in a room with you all afternoon?"
"I just really want to explain Santana, please" Brittany says.
"And what excuse do we make up this time to explain to Rachel why you haven't seen the venue yet again?" Santana asks. If Brittany wants to talk then they're not going to have time to explore the venue since Santana is on a busy schedule.
"I'll just say I liked it" Brittany shrugs.
"Somehow I think Rachel is going to want to know more than 'you liked it' don't you think" Santana states. "She's going to want to know you're favourite room and where do you want the music set up and which room did you like the best to stay in the night before the wedding."
"Wait we're staying here the night before?" Brittany asks.
"Yeah, didn't Rachel tell you?" Santana asks.
"No and I had already planned to stay at my mom and dad's" Brittany states.
"Well Rachel wants all the guests to stay here the night before and you all get ready here on the day" Santana tells Brittany. "Of course you and Rachel have to be in separate rooms though."
"Well it was nice of Rachel to inform me about all of this" Brittany sighs annoyed.
"Maybe you just don't show any interest in the wedding so Rachel just figured she should go ahead with the plans" Santana states.
"Excuse me" Brittany says angrily.
"Hey no need to get so defensive. I didn't mean that as a criticism" Santana states.
"I have been interested in this wedding from the get go, Rachel just seems to dismiss everything I say or completely ignores all of my ideas so I come across as being lazy when that's not the case at all so don't judge me" Brittany states.
"Calm down" Santana says slightly shocked. She's never seen this side of Brittany before, she always seemed happy and carefree but right now she seems annoyed and defensive.
"Sorry" Brittany sighs. "Look we are off task anyway, I wanted to explain everything to you so how about we go somewhere less public?" she asks.
Let me know what you think. Do you think Santana will hear Brittany out or refuse to talk about the situation?