Rachel woke up and saw that she was in the hotel room in New York. She smiled as she heard water running and the faint sound of Santana singing in the shower. When she heard the water stop and the door open, Rachel hopped out of bed. She smiled brightly at Santana as the taller girl walked out of the bathroom. Santana looked at her strangely. "What's wrong with you, Berry?" Santana asked as she pushed past Rachel. Rachel turned around to face the other girl. Santana looked over and saw Rachel staring at her. "What the hell are you looking at, Man-Hands?" Santana asked. Rachel looked down.
"Uh..." Rachel started to say.
"By the way, can you like stop talking in your sleep? It's really irritating and you're kind of loud. Not as loud as normal, but you're still loud." Santana interrupted harshly. Rachel looked up at Santana.
"What's going on? I... I thought..." Rachel said.
"You thought what, Berry? Spit it out already. I haven't got all day." Santana said.
"I thought you liked me." Rachel said. Santana laughed.
"That's a good one, Berry." Santana said. She kept laughing until she looked at Rachel's face. "Holy hell. You're serious." Santana said. Rachel nodded.
"Look Berry. I don't like you, in any way. If I were to ever even think about dating you, it would be to make Brittany jealous. And that would be a waste of my time, because that wouldn't even come close to working." Santana said. She packed up her stuff. "All right look. I'm going to stay with Q and Britts because you're freaking me out. Have fun sleeping in here all by yourself, Berry." Santana said. The moment the door closed, Rachel started crying.
Rachel woke with a start and a scream. Even though her room was soundproofed, a minute later her dads were running into her room to find her crying . "Rachel, honey, are you all right?" Martin asked. Rachel shook her head.
"Did you have another nightmare?" Toby asked. Rachel nodded.
"Do you want us to stay in here for a bit?" Martin asked. Rachel shook her head.
"Santana." Rachel said. Her dads looked at each other.
"You want Santana?" Toby asked. Rachel nodded. "Sweetie, it's one thirty in the morning." Toby said.
"Please, Daddy. I need Santana right now." Rachel said. Martin and Toby exchanged a look.
"You can call her. But don't be disappointed if she can't come over." Martin said. Rachel nodded and her dads closed the door as Rachel picked up her phone. She dialed her girlfriend's number and put the phone to her ear as it rang.
Santana woke with a start as her phone rang. She blinked a few times and noticed that the sound she was hearing was her phone. She grabbed it and answered without looking at the caller ID. "Hello?" she asked sleepily.
"San?" she heard Rachel's voice say. Santana immediately sat up and looked at her clock.
"Rae? It's one-thirty in the morning. Are you okay?" Santana asked.
"San, I need you." Rachel said on the other line.
"What's wrong?" Santana asked, worried.
"I had a nightmare. Can you come over?" Rachel asked. Santana nodded before realizing that Rachel couldn't see it.
"Yea. Yea, just give me a few minutes. I'll be there in fifteen minutes, okay?" Santana asked. She hung up, threw on the first jacket and pair of flip-flops she saw, and grabbed her phone, wallet, and keys before running down the stairs and threw the garage and into the kitchen. She looked around for a notebook and pen to write her parents a note. She turned on the light and screamed. "Al! What the hell are you doing in here?" Santana yelled.
"I'm pulling an all-nighter and I got hungry. What are you doing in here?" Alicia asked. Before Santana could answer, their parents came running down the stairs.
"What is going on down here? What are you two doing out of bed?" Ricky yelled.
"I'm pulling an all-nighter for my history test." Alicia said. Ricky nodded.
"And you?" he asked, looking in Santana's direction.
"I need to go to Rachel's." Santana said.
"It's one-thirty in the morning. No way." Ricky said.
"But Papi, Rachel had a nightmare. She gets them a lot. When she was younger, a family friend used to beat her. She still gets nightmares about it. She wouldn't call me this late unless it really freaked her out. She'd just have her dads calm her down like normal." Santana said. Her dad looked at her for a moment before sighing.
"Go ahead. Take some stuff in case she needs you to spend the night." Ricky said. Santana looked at her dad.
"Seriously?" she asked. Ricky nodded. "Thanks Papi." Santana said before running back to her room and grabbing an outfit, her brush, her straightner, and her makeup.
"Why'd you let her go?" Alicia asked. Ricky shrugged.
"Your sister's in love, mija." Ricky said. Santana ran to her car and drove to Rachel's house. She grabbed the bag and ran up the walkway and rang the doorbell. Seconds later, Rachel threw open the door and flung herself into Santana's arms, almost causing her to drop the bag. Rachel was crying.
"I didn't think you'd come." Rachel said. Santana hugged her.
"Baby, of course I came." Santana said. She gently pushed Rachel into the house and closed the door.
"Please don't break up with me." Rachel said. Santana's eyes widened.
"Rae, I'm not going to break up with you." Santana said. Rachel hugged Santana closer to her. "Come on. Let's go up to your room and get you back into your bed." Santana said. She gently led Rachel up the stairs and into the diva's room. She walked out of the room and ran into Rachel's dads. They led her downstairs.
"We're sorry to have woken you up, but Rachel insisted on calling you." Toby said.
"Don't worry about it, Mr. B." Santana said.
"We think that Rachel's nightmare must have been really vivid this time." Martin said.
"I don't think that that's what this one was about." Santana said.
"What do you mean?" Toby asked.
"Well, the moment she opened the door, Rachel flung herself into my arms and begged me not to leave her." Santana said.
"Is everything okay between you two? I mean, are you guys fighting?" Martin asked. Santana shook her head.
"If we are, its news to me. Everything was good when I dropped her off earlier." Santana said. Martin and Toby nodded.
"Why don't you go upstairs and see if you can get her to talk? And you're welcome to spend the night." Toby said. Santana nodded and ran upstairs and into the diva's room.
"Baby, you okay?" Santana asked, lying next to the girl. Rachel shook her head. "Can you tell me what this one was about?" Santana asked softly.
"We were back in New York. We woke up and you said that you would never like me and the only reason you'd ever even think dating me was to make Brittany jealous." Rachel said.
"Rae, it was only a nightmare." Santana said, hugging Rachel.
"It was so real." Rachel said.
"But it wasn't. You know I love you." Santana said. Rachel nodded and got even closer to Santana.
"Please don't leave." Rachel said.
"I already got the okay from both sets of parents. I can stay the night. Let's go to sleep, okay?" Santana asked. Rachel nodded and Santana got up, closed the door, and turned off the light. She got in Rachel's bed and pulled the smaller girl closer to her again. "I'm right here, don't worry." Santana said quietly. Rachel nodded and Santana kissed Rachel softly before whispering, "I love you, Rachel." Rachel didn't hesitate before answering.
"I love you too, Santana." Rachel whispered.
"I'll always protect you." Santana said before drifting off to sleep with Rachel in her arms.