Chapter 29 – It's the only way
Two days later Brittany finds herself in class completely oblivious to what her teacher is saying. She keeps thinking about Santana. Since the letter and the cute duck, the Latina hasn't tried anything else to win Brittany back, and the blonde doesn't know how she feels about it. Relief because then things will be easier and the pain will be less (Who is she kidding? Being away from Santana is torture.), and sadness because that means that the Latina might have given up on her.
When she looks in Santana's direction she deflates a little at seeing that the Latina doesn't even look at her anymore. But then she notices the eagerness and nervousness in Santana's eyes as said girl looks at the clock and at the door numerous times. Brittany is confused and a little curious as to why Santana keeps looking at the time and at the door as if she was expecting something.
Her questions are soon answered when a guy, who probably just finished high school, with brown hair and green eyes enters the classroom with a bouquet of flowers in his hands. He delivers the flowers to the teacher and then goes out the door, seeing that his services were no longer needed.
"Brittany S. Pierce." The teacher calls out.
"Yes sir?" Brittany asks confused and a little worried that she might get a detention or something for not paying attention in class.
"These flowers are for you." The teacher announces.
"For me?" Brittany asks surprised as she gets up from her seat and takes the flowers from her teacher's desk.
"Yes. Now go sit down and pay attention to the class." He says impatiently.
Brittany does as the teacher requests and goes back to her seat with a smile on her face. She looks at the flowers in awe and wonder, they are her favorite, sunflowers. As she notices a card with her name on it she soon realizes what Santana was waiting for. She opens the card and reads it, a smile slowly appearing on her face.
Instead of some lame cheesy poem about sunflowers and why they remind me of you, I'm simply going to say… I love you… because then you know that I mean it and that they come from my heart.
-Santana
Brittany looks at Santana and the Latina smiles at her lovingly. The blonde breaks their eye contact, puts the card back in the bouquet and tries to pay attention to the class. Santana's smile visibly drops at Brittany's actions, but soon she composes herself and rips a piece of paper from her notebook.
Brittany feels something poking her in the arm and when she looks down she sees a piece of paper. She looks up and finds Santana's eyes looking at her expectantly and, after a deep breath, Brittany picks up the paper and reads it.
Did you like the flowers?
The blonde puts the note in her book and looks back at the front of the class. Seeing that Brittany isn't going to reply to her note, Santana decides to try again. She puts the note on Brittany's desk and then pokes the blonde to get her attention. Brittany sighs but picks the note anyways and reads it.
I know that sunflowers are your favorite so I bought them to you just to see you smile.
There's a hint of a smile starting to appear on the blonde's face but she covers it up quickly. She decides to just ignore Santana again, and puts the note in the same place she put the other one. Santana huffs in frustration but rips another piece of paper and starts scribbling.
Come on Brittany, I'm trying here. I'm doing everything I can to redeem myself. We belong together and you know that…
As Brittany finishes reading Santana's note the bell rings. She puts her things in her bag quickly, grabs the bouquet of flowers and walks away at the speed of lightning. Santana tries to follow her but as she gets out of the classroom Brittany is nowhere in sight.
In the middle of the afternoon Santana is walking aimlessly down the street just thinking about ways of getting the blonde to forgive her and give her another chance. As she snaps out from her thoughts she notices blonde hair from afar. She gets a little closer and, at first, she thinks she's dreaming but then she realizes that Brittany is in fact sitting with a boy she knows from school. She sees them whispering in each other's ears and Brittany giggling at something the guy said. This just makes something snap inside of Santana and she walks towards them furiously.
"What's this?" She asks angrily and Brittany jumps in surprise.
"What are you doing here Santana?" Brittany asks as soon as she recovers from the shock.
"Right now I'm telling this dumbass" She points to the guy beside Brittany. "to get the fuck out of here or I'll go all Lima Heights on his sorry ass." She says menacingly and the guy is visibly scared.
"You don't have any right to do this Santana." Brittany says angrily as she stands up from her seat.
"I think I have!" She argues back.
"No, you haven't! You're not my girlfriend anymore!" Brittany yells in frustration and Santana's face falls at the blonde's words.
"I think I'm gonna go." The guy says awkwardly as he stands up from his seat.
"No, you don't have to Adam. It's Santana who has to leave." Brittany says as she looks pointedly at the Latina.
"What?" Santana asks incredulously.
"No, it's fine Britt. I'll see you tomorrow at school." He goes to kiss Brittany on the cheek but instantly backs away due to Santana's glare.
When they're alone Brittany ignores Santana completely and walks away from her. Santana stares at the blonde's retreating figure incredulously. She snaps out of her trance and starts following Brittany, but the blonde is already entering the bus and soon she's gone.
As soon as she arrives home she goes straight to Brittany's room. She enters without knocking and Brittany jumps at the unexpected arrival.
"What are you doing here Santana?" Brittany asks a little annoyed.
"We need to talk." Santana says with determination.
"No, we don't." Brittany argues back.
"Yes, we have. Please Brittany." Santana pleads while looking directly at the blonde's blue eyes.
Brittany sighs. "Fine. What do you want to talk about?"
"Us." Santana says instantly, like she's been waiting to have this conversation for ages.
"There's no us anymore Santana." Brittany says, trying to mask the sadness in her voice.
"But it could be." Santana says confidently. "I know you want it, so what's stopping you?"
"This" She points to the two of them. "can't happen Santana. We're not good for each other."
"Bullshit! That's completely bullshit!" Santana says indignantly as she takes a step forward. "Now look me in the eyes and tell me the truth." Santana takes the last remaining steps that were separating her from Brittany.
The blonde gulps nervously at feeling Santana's warm body so close to her own. She knows she shouldn't look up and face those beautiful brown orbs, but as soon as she does it she loses it. She grabs Santana's neck forcefully and crashes their lips in a desperate kiss.
Santana gasps in surprise but kisses back just as intensely, having missed those soft lips in what feels like an eternity. Santana's tongue touches Brittany's lips asking for entrance, which is soon given and in a matter of seconds their tongues are battling for dominance.
They pull away from the kiss to regain some oxygen but Santana takes this moment to trail kisses down Brittany's neck. The blonde groans and pulls Santana back up for a passionate kiss.
Santana leads them backwards and they fall onto the bed, where they continue to kiss passionately and hungrily. Santana's hands start moving upwards under Brittany's shirt, causing the blonde's brain to start working again and realize what she's doing. She breaks the kiss, pushes Santana off of her abruptly and stands up quickly.
Santana just stands there confused and a little hurt while the blonde keeps pacing around the room with her hands on her head.
"This shouldn't have happened." Santana hears the blonde say and she quickly stands up from the bed with an angry expression.
"Why?" Brittany stops pacing at hearing Santana's voice. "We both want this Brittany."
"But we can't!" Brittany says loudly.
"Why not? Tell me! Just tell me!" Santana yells exasperatedly.
"Because of our parents!" She confesses as she looks at Santana in the eyes. "We can't destroy their marriage. They were happy before all of this happened. We've done enough damage already."
"And the solution is for us to be apart, to be unhappy for the rest of our lives?" Santana asks, not liking what she's hearing.
"We'll get over it eventually." Brittany says, facing away from Santana afraid that the Latina might see the sadness in her eyes.
"I know you don't mean that." Santana says more softly this time. "And you want to know something?" She takes a deep breath before continuing. "Your genius plan is not working. They keep fighting, or didn't you hear them yell at each other this morning?" She says pointedly. "Them fighting it's not our fault Brittany, they are the ones that need to solve their differences. Us being apart or together doesn't change that fact."
"I think it's better if you go Santana." Brittany says quietly while turning her back to the Latina.
"Is this really what you want?" Santana asks sadly and a little hopeful as she stands at the doorway.
That hope is soon shattered with Brittany's quiet words. "It's the only way Santana."
"There's always other ways." And with that said Santana closes the door behind her. As she walks to her room to drown her sorrows, a voice makes her stop in her tracks and she looks up to find Daniel looking at her with an unreadable expression on his face.
"Why were you in Brittany's room?" Daniel asks suspiciously due to the fact that he saw Santana coming out of his daughter's room with a gloomy expression.
"It doesn't matter!" She snaps at him.
"It does to me." Daniel says in a stern voice.
"Really?" Santana asks sarcastically. "Because it doesn't seem like it. Me and Brittany are not together because of you." She says angrily, finally releasing everything that's been bottled up inside for awhile now. "My mother might not completely like the idea of me and Brittany together but at least she cares about my happiness. You however are all cheery and gleeful when your daughter is sad. I know she wants to be with me but you're the one who's stopping her from doing so. And that, I'm sorry, it's not being a good father." And with Santana goes to her room, leaving a hurt Daniel behind.
Another sad chapter :( The next ones will probably be sad as well but everything will fall into place again, don't worry ;)
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