Alright, so here is chapter 2 to our favorite friends-with-benefits-soon-to-be-a-real-couple's adventure!
I want you all to know that I'm really nervous about this chapter because I don't think it's that good. So don't be too harsh with your reviews. That would be appreciated. But don't back down out of constructive criticism either, because I really want to make the rest of the story good. Haha ^_^
Anyway, I really hope that you guys enjoy this chapter because I greatly enjoyed picturing it happening. These two are so adorable together and I sincerely hope that once they get together on the show… because it WILL happen people… we'll see a lot more cute moments with them together. Like when Santana was helping Brittany with the words to "Dammit Janet". That was precious. =}
Moving on… I give you phase two of Santana's Super Secret Surprise!
It wasn't long before pale fingers clung to tan ones as the cheerleaders sped through the park.
"Brittany, slow down! Where are we going?" Santana gasped as she frantically tried to keep up with the sprinting girl she was currently attached to. She knew very well where they were supposed to be going, she just wanted to make sure Brittany was headed in the right direction before they ended up on the other side of town.
"Hang on we're almost there!"
"Where is there?"
"There!" With her free hand Brittany pointed towards the sky on the other side of the park. Santana followed the gesture until her brown eyes met what Brittany was referring to.
Up ahead were dozens of kites that were soaring through the air. The blonde knew if the next clue had anything to do with kites, she would find it there.
When they finally reached the field, Brittany looked around excitedly at all the kites flying around them. Santana was just happy she was dragged, rather quickly she might add, to the right location.
"Now what?" Brittany asked the Latina.
"I don't know. Think back to what the clue said."
"Well, we know it's a kite. That's easy. It also said it comes it likes it best when it is yellow and diamond shaped. Do you think the kite we need to look for is a yellow diamond?"
"It's worth a shot."
Two pairs of eyes looked up and began searching amongst the multiple kites in the sky for the one they were looking for. They saw blue dragons, pink butterflies, weird green circle ones, but no yellow diamonds.
"Hey, Britt, I don't see anything. Do you?"
"No," the Dutch girl sighed as she lowered her gaze to the ground defeated.
"Don't give up, we'll find it," Santana tried to encourage.
Suddenly Brittany perked up as she spotted a hint of yellow in the grass a few feet away. "I think I found it!" In less than two seconds Brittany was holding the yellow kite and studying the front. "'Lady the'? I don't get it…"
"Let me see?"
Brittany turned the kite around so the front was visible to Santana. In giant letters were the words LADY and THE, and the word LADY was above the word THE.
"What does 'lady the' mean? This is a terrible clue."
"I'm not sure. What else did our first clue say? Maybe that'll help us figure this one out."
The blonde handed the kite to the Latina so she could read the second half of the clue they already found, "'Two plus two is four and four equals one. When you find the message it will give you your next clue.'"
"Okay, so, two plus two is four…" Santana began pretending to count on her fingers as she patiently waited for Brittany to come up with something.
A few seconds later a timid voice spoke up, "Maybe… no never mind."
"What?"
"Nothing."
"Brittany what is it? Come on, you had something."
"What I was gonna say was… two plus two is four right? Well, there are two words on this kite, so maybe… maybe there will be two more words on another kite. That's four words all together. Two plus two." Brittany looked at her friend uncertainly, worried that her logic made no sense at all.
"You. Are. A. GENIUS!" Santana cried out with joy. "How did you think of that all by yourself? I never would have figured that out!"
The Latina watched as Brittany's body swelled with pride for herself as the confidence continued to grow inside the taller girl. Normally in school the blonde always relied on Santana to figure out even the simplest of tasks. But now she was putting the pieces together all on her own and could easily say she was proud of herself for the first time.
"It just made sense in my head. But it still doesn't explain how four equals one though."
I'll give her this one. She's done enough math for one day. "I think it means all four words create one message. So your next clue will only have four words in total. Four words equals one clue."
"That makes sense. Good job San! Now let's look for that second kite."
For the next few minutes the two girls searched high and low for the second kite, but it was nowhere to be found. Santana was starting to worry Brittany may never figure out what she was supposed to do, until she heard the disgruntled explanation coming from her other half.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid! Of course that's what we have to do! Kites fly, Santana. We have to make this one fly in order to see the rest of the message. I bet someone else is probably waiting for us to fly ours before they fly theirs."
"What makes you say that?"
"I don't really know. But it's worth a shot right?"
"Yes it most definitely is. When did you get to be so smart?"
"When I had tea with the humming bird that lives under my shoe box."
"Was this recently?"
"Friday night."
"Ah, I see. I haven't seen you since Thursday, which would explain why I'm so amazed at you right now! Alright miss smarty-pants, fly that kite!"
Brittany's face suddenly fell as she slowly lost what courage she had gained, "I don't know how to fly a kite. You do it."
The smaller girl knew Brittany had always wanted to be able to fly a kite ever since she was a little girl, but never learned how. This was step two. But Santana also knew that Brittany knew she was able to fly a kite. The Latina had to come up with a good enough excuse so that Brittany would be forced to fly the kite herself. It's a good thing I've been prepared for a long time.
"I can't. I strained a muscle in my shoulder at Cheerios practice and Coach Sylvester said I'm not allowed to do any strenuous activity. And flying a kite would be considered strenuous activity."
"Please?" Brittany begged, "If you don't fly the kite we'll never know what the second part of the clue is!"
"Sorry. Can't. Doctor's orders. You'll just have to do it for me."
"But I can't. I don't know how. I won't be able to-" Brittany began rambling.
"It's super simple. All you gotta do is let the kite drag behind you as you run really, really fast towards the wind."
"Like a cheetah?"
"Yeah, like a cheetah. Then you just gotta keep running until the kite catches the wind and BAM! It's flying."
"I don't know…"
Santana grabbed the taller girl's forearm squeezing it lightly, "You can do it Brittany. I know you can. And once you do you'll be so happy that you did it without anyone helping or doing it for you. Just get a good running start and let the kite do the rest."
"And you promise I'll be able to make it fly?" Brittany asked after thinking to herself for a few moments.
"I promise," Santana held up her little finger and waited for Brittany to accept the offer. "Okay, you ready? Go fly that kite!"
After one last huff or uncertainty, the Dutch girl took off running, letting the kite trail behind her. Santana's heart nearly stopped working and her breath caught in her throat as she watched the kite start to catch the wind and rise up into the air, only to release her breath in disappointment as the kite instantly dropped onto Brittany's head a few seconds later. There was a mess of yellow as the blonde frantically untangled herself from the flying death trap.
"See? I told you I wouldn't be able to do it!" Brittany yelled over at Santana, frustration written all over her face.
"Not with that attitude you won't! Keep trying, you'll get it!"
Over the next five minutes Brittany ran around the field desperately trying to get the kite into the air. Santana never lost faith that Brittany would be able to do it, but she could see her friend becoming more and more discouraged by the second. The brunette was about to throw out words of encouragement when suddenly the kite shot twenty feet above their heads and stayed there.
"YES!" Santana shrieked with delight as she jumped up and down and punched the sky. For a second it was hard to tell who was happier: Brittany or Santana.
"I did it!" Brittany shouted from her spot.
"I knew you could!" The brunette began running towards her friend, "Now whatever you do, do not let go. Hold on to that kite no matter what!" When Santana reached Brittany she flung her arms around the taller girl's upper body, being careful to avoid her hands that were still holding the kite string, "I am so proud of you chica!"
Brittany's face lit up as Santana continued to praise her. She suddenly gained back the courage to continue on with the investigation. "Okay, now we just have to see if someone else has the other half of the clue. I really hope I'm right about this!"
"You are right, Britt. You are completely, one hundred percent, absolutely correct. All we can do now is wait and see what happens."
Once again the two girls kept their eyes locked on to the sky in hopes that something would turn up. Santana began biting her lip and bouncing up and down on her toes in anticipation. Come on, come on, come ON! Don't you dare let me down or so help me God I will-
"Look! There it is! There's the other half of the clue! Over there! Do you see it?" Brittany pointed to another kite a few feet away that was identical to her own, except the words were different, "This one says 'And Tramp'. What do you think that means?"
"I don't know. Try moving over a little. Maybe it will make more sense when the kites are closer together."
The Dutch girl slowly finagled herself so the two kites were pretty much on top of one another. Brittany squinted her eyes as she looked up at the four words. Within a second a light bulb went off in her head as she declared, "Lady and the Tramp! It says Lady and the Tramp!"
"Oh my God it does! Brittany you're incredible! That's our clue, Lady and the Tramp! But what is it trying to tell us?"
Brittany looked at the smaller girl with a sly smile plastered across her face, "Are you hungry?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Because we're going to Breadstix!" Brittany declared.
While her best friend was distracted with the duty of reeling the kite back down to Earth, the Latina took the time to send a quick text: Thanx 4 pulling through. I so owe u.
Santana barely had time to read the response before Brittany was quickly dragging her away to their next location.
No prob. The Puckasaurous always delivers. N e way, I like 2 c Brittany =D