Chapter 26 - Coming back
When Brittany arrives home she starts walking towards her room then stops in her tracks. She glances towards Santana's room and before she realizes it she's inside of it. She looks around remembering all the good moments they shared, all the kisses they gave, all the 'I love yous' they confessed. All the memories fill her mind, making tears start to come to the surface, but Brittany, deciding that she cried enough, is able to hold them back. Not taking this situation anymore, Brittany goes to her room and turns on her laptop. She logs in into her e-mail account and starts typing an e-mail.
To Santana: We know that you're redoing your life there, and it's your choice, but can you stop ignoring us? Despite everything we still care about you and we miss you…
Deciding that it was enough Brittany presses send. She decided not to write in the first person, because she doesn't want Santana to think she's desperate for her to comeback, which she is. She's still mad at the Latina for what she did and for how she dealt with her problems, but there's still that feeling that just makes her want to take a plane to Argentina, hug Santana tightly and never let her go. She turns off her laptop with a sigh and slumps onto her bed, waiting for sleep to come and her thoughts to go away.
Later that day Brittany and her parents are eating dinner in silence. The blonde just plays with her food while looking at the empty spot in front of her. All the times she would tease Santana or Santana would tease her under the table start filling her mind and she sighs sadly.
She's snapped out of her thoughts when she hears Maribel asking her a question. "Did Santana send you an e-mail or a text message?" She asks hopefully.
"No, nothing." Brittany says, trying not to sound sad.
"I'm starting to think that she might not come back." Maribel confesses sadly.
"She will come back." Daniel says confidently. "Even if it is just because she's really in love."
"What?" Brittany asks nervously.
"This relationship she has with Quinn must be really strong, for her to put in line her friendship with Puck and everything." Daniel reasons.
"Quinn broke up with her. The girl she loves and lost everything for left her alone." Maribel informs her husband.
"She will come back." Daniel says seriously. "Don't think about this anymore."
"I don't know. I have a bad feeling about this. I think she won't come back." Maribel states sadly, making pain shoot through Brittany's body.
"I'm not feeling well. I'm gonna go to my room." And without letting her parents say anything she goes to her room. As soon as she closes the door behind her a tear falls down her face and her mind just keeps telling her that she'll never see Santana again. With this thought in mind, an excruciating pain shoots through her heart, making the hole that was there since Santana left a whole lot bigger.
Later that night after turns and more turns in her bed, Brittany, realizing that sleep won't come anytime soon, gets up from the bed and goes out of her room. As she does so she notices a figure sprawled out on the couch and realizes it's Maribel. Sensing someone's presence Maribel looks up and gives a small smile to Brittany.
"You can't sleep?" Brittany asks softly.
"I tried but…" Maribel trails off. "What about you?"
"I was trying to study but my head is just not in it." Brittany lies, about the studying part at least.
"Is everything alright at school?" Maribel asks concerned.
"At school is but…" Brittany trails off.
"But at home isn't." Maribel finishes for her. "You know, I tried to see this situation as something temporary, as something Santana had to go through to realize that this is her home, but…I'm starting to get scared, scared that Santana might want to stay in Argentina and make her life there." She confesses sadly and pain shoots through Brittany's body, making the blonde fight back the tears that are threatening to fall. Brittany walks towards Maribel and gives her a comforting hug. They both stay there, finding comfort and reassurance in each other.
The next day the first thing Brittany does when she wakes up is seeing if Santana sent her any reply. She's disappointed when she realizes that the Latina didn't send her anything. She sighs sadly at the lack of news about Santana. After one last look towards her laptop Brittany sighs and prepares herself for another day at school.
Two weeks later and still no sign of Santana, no e-mail, no text, no phone call. Brittany starts to lose hope that the Latina will ever come back. As soon as the thought enters her mind a few tears start to want to leave her eyes, but she is able to hold them back just in time to hear the teacher's announcement.
"On the next week you will have to present a little act that I will deliver to you. This project is in pairs, and before anyone says anything, I am the one who's going to choose the pairs." Groans are heard in the room, but Brittany doesn't pay too much attention to it. "All your parents are invited to come and watch you, so I expect all of you to work hard because this will count on your grades. Any questions?" At seeing no one has any, he proceeds. "So the pairs are…" He says who stays with whom and gives them their acts. "Brittany you will be with Liam and you're two gonna portray a couple that's about to get married."
"You gotta be kidding me." Brittany mumbles to herself as she rolls her eyes. Of all her classmates she can't believe her teacher chose Liam, the guy she despised the most.
"Did you say anything Miss Pierce?" The teacher asks suspiciously.
"No sir." Brittany answers casually and her teacher lets it slide.
When the bell finally rings, she puts all her things in her bag and goes out the classroom as fast as she can. When she's about to open her locker to exchange books for her next class Liam appears beside her.
She rolls her eyes and asks in annoyance. "What do you want Liam?"
"I just wanted to know if you want to rehearse this afternoon and then go to the movies or something." Liam says in a sweet tone.
"Cut the crap Liam, I know you just want it in my pants, and that's never going to happen so give up already." Brittany says frustrated as she takes, from her locker, the books for her next class.
"Whoa calm down. I just invited you for a movie." Liam says defensively.
"Sorry, but I can't." Brittany says simply as she turns around and starts walking away from him.
He runs after her and catches up to her. "What about the rehearsal, or did you forget that we're supposed to be partners?"
"No, I didn't forget, but I just think it's best if we rehearse our parts separately." Brittany says seriously.
"What? But that doesn't make any sense." Liam protests indignantly.
"It makes to me so…" Brittany says nonchalantly as she walks away, leaving a confused Liam behind.
Later that day Brittany finds herself once again in Santana's room. She finds herself in the Latina's bed, clutching her pillow, which still has Santana's smell on it, tightly in her arms. A few tears escape her eyes and she lets it happen, not wanting to fight them off anymore. "I miss you so much…" She whispers softly.
In the last two weeks a lot of things happened. She and Quinn are on speaking terms again, Puck came back from Europe, realizing that his place is in Lima. Quinn told him the truth and explained why she did what she did. Puck at first didn't forgive her because Quinn caused him a lot of pain, but after an intervention from Brittany they're now all lovey dovey with one another.
She's happy for her friends, she really is, but she can't stop all the sadness that's still in her body. Every time she sees a picture of Santana or someone mentions her in a conversation, she can't help the tears that appear in her eyes. She tries to fight them back, to fight the hurt back, but she's too weak. And besides all the pain Santana is causing her, she can't help on wanting her back, on wanting her in her arms again. Besides everything that happened, she still loves the Latina as much as before, or even more now.
Later that night they're all gathered at the table, eating in silence. Brittany is the first to break the awkward silence.
"On the next week I have a project to present with a classmate and the teacher said we can invite our parents, so if you want to come…"
"Of course we're going." Daniel says sweetly to his daughter. "And what is it about?"
"Me and my partner have to portray a couple that's about to get married." Brittany informs them not really excited.
"Hmm…sounds interesting." Daniel says while pouring some wine into his empty glass. "And for what class is this?"
"It's for English class." Brittany replies while cutting a piece of meat and bringing it to her mouth.
"We will be there and you're gonna be great, we know it." Maribel says sweetly, making Brittany give her a small smile.
One week later, the day before Brittany's performance, the blonde is rehearsing one last time her lines, to reassure herself that she has them all memorized. She's pacing back and forward in her room with her lines in her hands while reciting them. She puts them down on her desk when she thinks it's enough. As she does so she glances at her laptop and on an impulse she turns it on and hurriedly goes to her inbox. Her heart starts beating frantically when she sees she has a new message, and it's from the one person her heart longs for, Santana. She hesitates for a few minutes, but finally getting the courage she needs, she opens it.
From Santana: Brittany… Tell my mom that I'm okay and that I love her…
Brittany just stares at the message, reading and rereading it, and every time she does it her anger only increases.
"She can't do this to me!" Brittany yells angrily and in her moment of rage she throws the books that were in her desk onto the floor. She slumps down onto the ground sobbing uncontrollably. "Why are you doing this Santana? Why?" She says almost inaudibly as she gets up from the ground, and without caring about the books scattered on the floor, she slumps onto her bed and cries into her pillow until sleep takes over her.
The next day Brittany wakes up with red puffy eyes and, when she realizes that her performance is today, she groans loudly into her pillow. She gets dressed, eats breakfast with her parents, and soon enough they're all on their way to school.
When they arrive Brittany guides them to a classroom and tells them she will be right back. After dressing herself her character's clothes, in the girls' bathroom, she returns to the classroom where she left her parents. All the tables in the classroom were removed to make more space for their performances. There were chairs scattered in the room for the parents and teachers.
After a few minutes all the chairs are filled and the teacher is starting to present the pair that is going to perform first. The pairs go one by one until it's finally time for Brittany and Liam to perform. Brittany walks nervously towards the front of the class and takes a deep breath. At that moment someone enters the room without anyone noticing. The person stays entranced by Brittany and looks at her adoringly with a smile on their face. Maribel looks around the room and when she sees the person standing a few meters away from her the only thing she lets out is a soft "Santana…"
At hearing the name of the love of her life, Brittany turns around to find brown eyes staring back at her, and her heart, for the first time in three weeks, starts beating again.
Santana is back! What's going to happen next? Hmm... All I can tell you guys is that the next chapter will be intense ;) Don't forget to leave me a review :) Till next chapter :D