Chapter 8 - Trying to forget
The next day they're all eating breakfast with Maribel and Daniel talking and with Brittany and Santana in silence and avoiding each other's eyes.
"So me and Daniel will spend this weekend out and we'll leave tomorrow night." Maribel informs them.
"Why so suddenly?" Santana asks.
"We already had talked about this and since tomorrow is my birthday we decided that it would be good."
"But we will only go if you two promise us that you'll behave well in our absence." Daniel adds.
"Don't worry dad. We will." Brittany says while glancing towards Santana.
"Let's we all make everything to make this weekend an unforgettable one." Daniel says happily.
Later that day Brittany is in the cafeteria waiting for her sandwich to be ready when Santana appears right behind her and scares her.
"Rick, could you give me a bottle of water please?" Santana asks to the man behind the counter politely. "Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." Santana says apologetically to Brittany.
"It's alright." Brittany says while avoiding looking at Santana. "Have you seen the posters about the contest to win a trip to New York?"
"Yup." Santana says indifferently.
"You're not gonna participate?" Brittany asks curiously.
"No. I have more important things to worry about. What about you?" Brittany shrugs. Rick gives the bottle to Santana and she hands him the money. "Bye." Santana starts to walk away.
"Wait!" Brittany says while turning around and facing Santana. "I'm sorry."
"Sorry for…?" Santana asks confused.
"Because yesterday I run away from you and all because…" Brittany trails off.
"Because…?"
"Because I shouldn't have let other things come in the middle." Brittany confesses.
"What other things?"
"You know."
"No, I don't." Santana lies.
"Santana!" Brittany sighs frustrated.
"It wasn't you that said that nothing happened? Then I don't know what are the things that you're talking about." Santana says while shrugging. Brittany lets out a sad sigh. "Well it doesn't matter. I already forgot about you running away from me." Then she looks into Brittany's bright blue eyes and says "About the other thing that didn't happen, but that in fact did happen I would like that you don't forget, because I won't." and walks away. Too caught up in her thoughts Brittany doesn't notice Liam approaching her.
"Hey." He says.
"You've got to be kidding me. Why are you talking to me?" Brittany says annoyed.
"Why? I can't talk to you now?"
"No, you can't. You will only speak to me when strictly necessary, got it?"
"Huh?" He says confused.
"Don't waste your time okay?" She says while walking away from him.
Later that day Brittany is working at the store when Quinn appears and invites her to a quick snack. They sit down at the café in front of Brittany's store and order.
"What's going on between you and Santana?" Quinn asks going straight to the point.
"Between me and Santana?" Brittany asks nervously while playing with her fingers.
"Yes. And don't even think about lying because I will know it if you are."
"We…we live in the same house." Brittany says trying to get Quinn to drop the subject but fails terribly.
"I know that you two live in the same house." Quinn points out. "What I'm asking and what I want to know is why you two are always glancing at each other lately."
"What? It must be glares."
"Yeah right. They are nothing like glares." Quinn accuses. Brittany is about to reply but Quinn interrupts her. "And you can forget about lying to me because I know there's something going on between you two and it's not your usual arguments."
"You're just imagining things." Brittany says defensively.
"Okay. If you don't want to tell me then don't, but don't say it's nothing when I know perfectly well that it is something."
"Fine. Me and Santana…we…we kissed." Brittany confesses.
"What?" Quinn asks surprised not believing what she just heard.
"Quinn say something please." Brittany pleads exasperatedly.
"Uh…Uhm…something." Quinn stutters not knowing what to say.
"Ugh!" Brittany buries her face in her hands.
"Do you like her?" Quinn asks a few minutes later and Brittany nods. "Wow. What about your parents?" She asks curiously.
"They don't know and they will never know because what happened was a mistake and will never happen again."
"But you like her." Quinn points out.
"Yes, I do but I know it will pass." Brittany says trying to reassure herself.
"What if it will not pass? You like her." Quinn smiles at her best friend.
"Yes, but she's not going to be the love of my life."
"That you don't know." Quinn says seriously.
"I…I have to go back to the store." Brittany says hurriedly while standing up.
Quinn grabs her wrist and stops her. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry if I pushed you to say anything." Quinn says apologetically.
"You don't have to say sorry. I needed to talk to someone so thank you Quinn." Brittany smiles and hugs her best friend.
"Anytime. If you need anything else just call me okay?"
"Okay. Bye Quinn." Brittany walks away.
"That was unexpected." Quinn mumbles to herself.
Meanwhile at Puck's house Santana is sitting by the pool completely distracted and not listening to a word Puck is saying.
"Hey!" Puck nudges Santana snapping her out of her thoughts. "What's going on with you?"
"Uh?" Santana asks confused.
"You haven't been listening to a word I said." Puck accuses.
"So?" Santana says indifferently.
"So… what's going on with you?"
"Nothing, I'm fine."
"You think I'm stupid and don't know when my best friend is not fine?!"
"My mom's birthday is today." Santana confesses.
"And what's the problem with that?" Puck asks confused.
"The problem is that my mom and Daniel are going to spend the weekend away." Santana elaborates.
"But that's cool isn't it?"
"Yes, but I'll have to endure Brittany." Santana explains and Puck laughs. "You think it's funny?"
"I'm imagining the party you're going to throw, with a bunch of girls and all." Puck smirks and Santana hits him in the arm.
"I have no idea what she's going to do this time to annoy me. I'll have to endure her presence for two days. I'm gonna go crazy." Santana sighs. "Well I'm gonna go because I still want to say goodbye to my mom."
"Did you get her a present?"
"Brittany helped me with that." Santana confesses.
"See. She's not so bad." Puck says. "Well, I'll see you tomorrow."
"Tomorrow? Tomorrow is Saturday, we don't have school." Santana says confused.
"We have the assembly at school tomorrow. Don't you remember?"
"I already had forgotten." Santana confesses.
"You have your head in the clouds." Puck teases.
"Yeah yeah. Well, see you tomorrow." Santana says while walking towards her bike and then speeds off.
"Something is wrong with her." Puck mumbles to himself while walking inside.
Later that night Brittany is washing the dishes from dinner when Santana comes out of her room. They both stare at each other but their stare contest is broken by Maribel and Daniel walking into the living room with their bags in their hands.
"I hope I'm not forgetting anything." Maribel says and then pauses. "Yes, I'm definitely forgetting something, my glasses."
"I'll go get them." Daniel says sweetly to his wife.
"Maybe it's best if you two go tomorrow instead." Santana says. "It's pretty late already."
"I wasn't going to trade the dinner that my daughter made for anything." Maribel smiles to her daughter. Daniel comes back and hands the glasses to his wife. "Thank you." Maribel gives him a kiss.
"Do you need anything before we go?" Daniel asks to Santana and Brittany.
"No dad." Brittany shakes her head no.
"Behave." Maribel says to her daughter and gives her a kiss on the cheek.
"Don't worry mom." Santana rolls her eyes playfully.
"And thank you once again for the present." Maribel says to Brittany and Santana.
"I'm glad you liked it." Brittany says smiling.
"Behave yourselves okay? Bye." Daniel says to them while walking towards the front door with his wife.
"Don't worry dad. Bye." Brittany says smiling and then they go out the door.
There's a moment of silence between Brittany and Santana. They both stare at each other's eyes intensely. After a few minutes Brittany breaks their staring contest, goes to her room and closes the door behind her. Santana walks towards Brittany's door and puts her hand on the handle. She contemplates if she should or not open the door but unbeknown to her Brittany is doing the exact same thing behind the closed door. After a few minutes Santana retreats her hand from the handle and goes sit on the couch.
"Forget Santana! Forget!" She says to herself while shaking her head.
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