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"Two cheeseburgers and fries for table two, come on!" Theo shouted.
Huffing Dani rolled her eyes at the young boy before taking the food to the desired table. Theo was the boss' son and he was becoming a very big pain in the ass. Turning to head back to the counter Dani caugh sight of the clock and smiled, it was time. Waiting until her boss walked into the main area of the diner Dani rushed over to him, eager to get her break. "Hey, Gunther!" She called as she began to untie her apron. "Is it okay if I take my break now?" She asked cautiously.
"Sure thing, let Santana know she can have lunch now too." Gunther replied. Luckily her boss wasn't as bad as his spawn. Gunther was easy going, get on his bad side however and it was bye-bye job. His temper was the only reason Dani and Santana hadn't given Theo a talking to yet.
Rushing into the back kitchen where Santana was stationed for the day Dani felt everything get a little brighter when she saw her friend at the sink. "Having fun?" She asked, leaning over Santana to look at the dishes.
"No, not really." Santana snapped, scrubbing away at someone's half eaten lunch. Moving back from the girl Dani flinched at her cold words.
"Sorry.." Santana added, turning to look at Dani. "This shift always makes me cranky you know that." Santana explained wiping her forehead with her arm. "Why are you here though? I don't see any dishes needing cleaned."
Pointing to the clock Dani looked up. "It's time for lunch actually." She replied in a small voice.
Chuckling Santana peeled the yellow marigolds from her hands and dumped them in the sink. "Oh! Well let's go then!" Walking towards the back exit Santana was about to pull on the handle when she heard Dani rustling with a bag.
"Actually, I've already made lunch for us!" She explained, pulling out two brown paper bags with food inside.
Eyebrows raising Santana moved back over to where Dani was. "Aww, thanks. You didn't have to do that Dani." Peeking inside Santana could see sandwiches, juice boxes and most importantly donuts. "Wow, well that looks a lot nicer than any of the crap we make here."
"Don't worry about it." Dani said pulling out their lunches and handing Santana hers. "Right, let's go." Taking her food Dani made her way to the table outside.
After some fresh air and a little conversation the pair had found themselves talking about Santana's old school, more specifically Brittany. "So she was the first girl you dated?" Dani asked, curious to know more about the girl Rachel mentioned not long after she was introduced to Santana.
"Yes." Santana deadpanned. Talking about Brittany used to be one of her favourite things to do, but not anymore.
"What was she like?" Dani asked, she had heard about Santana's relationship a few times but she never really found out much about Brittany as a person. This girl had dated Santana before, maybe she could learn something from her.
Growing aggravated at the questions concerning her former lover Santana furrowed her brow; it wasn't Dani's fault. It's not like she knew the whole story anyway. "She was… girl like?" Santana replied, she really didn't want to go into much detail.
Looking across the table at her friend with a confused expression Dani pressed a little further. "Well, why did you guys break up?"
Breathing out hard Santana picked up her sandwich hoping eating would distract her from punching her friend right now. Taking her first bite she waited until she was done before she answered Dani. "We just did."
Dani was only curious but she couldn't work out why Santana was so secretive about Brittany. If the pair weren't together anymore why couldn't she talk about it? Dani never had problems telling Santana about her past relationships. "But… why?" She asked again.
Liking her lips Santana's face screwed up when she tasted it… pickle. Throwing down her sandwich she stood from the table. "We just did, Dani! Can you stop with the stupid freaking questions for one minute?!" Santana shouted feeling extremely fed up. Grabbing the brown bag with the rest of her lunch in it Santana left her sandwich at the table with Dani. "Why don't you stop asking more about me when you can't remember what I've already told you? I don't like pickles!" She yelled once more before slamming the back exit over as she went back inside.
Sitting staring in front of her Dani was both sad and even more confused than ever. "Pickles?" She asked herself aloud. "I-I didn't put pickles in her sandwich.. I didn't even put any in mine!" Dani explained. Leaning over she grabbed Santana's lunch and inspected it closer, there they were. Pickles. "What the… I didn't put those there!" Dani added. Then she remembered. Rachel was very close to her bag when she went into the kitchen earlier and she seemed very shifty about it… 'It was Rachel!' She thought. Finishing up the rest of her lunch Dani went inside once her break was over, she also decided to leave Santana alone to cool down for a while.
Santana felt bad. She shouldn't have snapped at Dani like that, the girl didn't know! The only people that really know about what happened between herself and Brittany were Rachel and Kurt, but only because she chose to tell them. Dani was never going to know without asking and when she did Santana acted like a child and stormed off. She then blamed her for putting something in her food that she doesn't like. Santana had never felt more childish. Sighing she put the last clean plate away on the rack before getting a towel to dry her hands, she had to fix this. Looking up at the clock to check the time Santana waited until it was closing time before approaching her friend again.
"H-Hey.." She started as she walked into the front of the diner. Dani was cleaning a table in the corner of the room, she could see the frown on the girls face.
"Hi." Dani replied with a cold tone that made Santana feel even worse.
"I'm sorry." Santana said simply, she was never good with apologies..
"It's fine, you don't like pickle." Dani replied not sounding any happier.
"I said I'm sorry Dani come on!" Walking closer to her friend Santana peaked around her to see the girls face. "Please be my friend again?" She asked in a slightly baby voice that always made Dani smile.
Snickering Dani rolled her eyes before turning to face Santana. "Stop. You know that always gets me!" Dani explained trying to hold back the laughter as Santana was now trying to use the puppy dog eyes. "Stop!" Dani repeated with a smile on her face.
"Please?" Santana asked again. "I'll make it up to you." She continued feeling she had Dani on her side again. "Rachel just texted about drinks, at the loft? Would you like to join us?"
Sighing heavily Dani let her head drop as she contemplated her decision. "Fine, but we're not having any of those cocktails you were making last week, I've had cough syrup that tasted nicer." Dani replied, laughing at the memory before leaving to clean more tables.
"They weren't that bad! Rachel made them for us in high school once, and there actually was cough syrup in them…" Santana explained, cringing at the memory of the taste.
Staggering slightly Dani held onto the kitchen worktop for balance as she tried to focus her vision on her friend in front of her. "Hey Kurt!" She slurred. "Watcha doin'?" It was getting late but the drinking had barely begun. It had become tradition for the trio to have drinks with dinner on a Friday but they always got out of hand eventually. Last week Kurt fell asleep on the kitchen table and somehow Rachel fell asleep in Kurt's closet. It was all very unpredictable.
"Drink, drink, drink, drink, drink!" Santana chanted as she handed a glass of vodka and something to Rachel. Watching as her friend necked the drink Santana threw her hands up in celebration. "Who knew Berry could drink?" Falling over slightly on the couch Santana could see Dani over by the kitchen talking to Kurt and it made her happy. Happy wasn't word Santana could have used to describe her life a few months ago but now she truly felt it. Standing up she took her glass along with Rachel's to the kitchen to fix them up something else.
Dani could see Santana coming towards her and as much as she wanted to talk to the girl right now she had something else on her mind. Rachel. Smiling as Santana got closer Dani walked past the girl and headed straight for the couch. "Hey, Rachel." She started with a slight sarcastic tone in her voice. "So, I have a teenie tiny little bone to pick with you." Dani explained as she crossed her legs and leaned back on the couch.
Looking at the girl slightly confused Rachel raised an eyebrow. "Oh yeah? And, and what's that?" Rachel replied with a hiccup and a heavy sway on her body.
Leaning in Dani placed her hand on Rachel's knee to steady her, and to stop the girl from going anywhere. "You don't like me, fine. I don't like you either." She started with a stern look on her face.
Her eyebrows jumping up Rachel scoffed. "You're not as nice as you seem Dani." Leaning in a little closer Rachel quickly looked back to Santana to make sure she wasn't listening before she continued. "You like Santana, it's so obvious. She's off limits though, got that?"
Rolling her eyes Dani leaned back before Rachel pulled her in again. "Oh please, you're only saying that so you can have her. I'm clearly not the only obvious one here." Dani replied with a stern gaze. "You messed with those lunches I made, and don't even try and deny it, I know it was you." Seeing Santana coming closer in her peripheral vision Dani jolted back and plastered a smile on her face along with Rachel.
"No make out sessions please guys." Santana warned as she sat down next to Rachel on the couch.
"Oh don't count on it." Dani joked but she was definitely warning Rachel with her eyes. "Berry's not my type." She added, moving her eyes to pierce at Rachel's.
Laughing Rachel stood from the couch feeling very uncomfortable under Dani's watch. "And I'm not into girls, so there you go."
Looking between her two friends Santana could feel something hanging between them but she couldn't quite figure it out. There was definitely some tension in the air though.. "Right.. Well I'm tired and you two managed to completely kill my drinking mood in about two seconds so congratulations!" Santana announced as she hopped over the back of the seat. "I'm going to bed losers." She added with a wave before heading to her room.
"Well ladies, I think I'll turn in too!" Kurt stated before going to his room, leaving Rachel and Dani alone.
"You should go." Rachel hissed setting her drink down on a coaster.
Clenching her jaw Dani sat her empty glass down and staggered her way to where her coat was hanging. "Whatever, Rachel." Dani whined as she opened the iron door.
Huffing Rachel turned off the living space light before staggering to a room.