A/N: It was brought to my attention that I wrote Rachel as a vegetarian rather than as a vegan. If its okay with you guys, I'm going to leave her as a vegetarian from this point on (with the exception of the chapter where Santana's mom makes the vegan tacos cause lets face it, its hilarious when Santana admits to her family that she's whipped!) - because I'm not really sure exactly what vegans can eat. I normally try to stay away from describing Rachel's food choices because of this, but I wanted detail for this chapter... the one time I try to be detailed with food and it shows that I have no idea what I'm talking about when it comes to that. I hope I didn't offend anyone, and if I did I apologize as that was not my intention at all. I would like to thank Cappsy and Gleek1990 for pointing this out to me. Now that I've given you all a Rachel Berry worthy foreword, I'll let you get to the chapter. Enjoy! :)
Santana, Quinn, Alicia, Alicia's friend Jamie, and Santana's parents trolled through the Lima Airport. Santana felt like something was missing, put couldn't quite put her finger on it until her phone rang.
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Incoming Call
Rae
"Rachel, why are you calling me?" Santana asked. She didn't get an answer. "Rae?... Holy crap. Where's Rachel?" she said.
"Answer the phone, stupid." Quinn said. Santana picked up.
"Rae, where are you?" Santana asked.
"If someone had bothered to notice that I got held up at security, you'd know." Rachel said, clearly irritated.
"Oh my god. I'm so sorry." Santana said.
"Just tell me where you are and I'll meet you there." Rachel said.
"I'm in front of the Starbucks closest to the book store." Santana said.
"Santana, this is an airport. Every other store is a book store." Rachel said.
"Its the one with the giant pengin outside of it." Santana said, briefly wondering why there was a cardboard cutout of a penguin outside of a bookstore.
"I'll be there soon." Rachel said, hanging up.
"You guys go on. I'll wait for Rachel." Santana said. The group nodded. Santana bought a coffee for Rachel and herself a Frappucino before sitting down to wait for her girlfriend.
"Santana Lopez, how could you not even notice I was gone?" Rachel asked when she showed up.
"I'm sorry pretty girl. I was to busy imagining all the fun we're going to have in Hawaii." Santana said, offering the coffee. Rachel glared at the Latina before taking the cup.
"Thank you... I guess I'm not mad. Just next time at least make sure I'm with you before you walk off." Rachel said. Santana smiled.
"Will do." Santana promised. Rachel stared at her for a moment before cracking into a smile. "You're beautiful." Santana whispered. Rachel sat down next to her girlfriend.
"So are you." Rachel replied.
"I don't really want to go sit with my parents right now. We have awhile before we actually have to board." Santana said.
"Then let's just sit here for a bit." Rachel said.
"S!" they heard. Santana looked over to see Brittany.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Santana asked.
"Your mom called and asked if I still wanted to go and I said yes." Brittany said.
"...I'm not okay with this." Santana said. Brittany looked down. "But there's nothing I can do about it. Just know that if you do one thing to hurt Rachel, I'm finding a way to get your ass on the first plane back to Lima, no matter what." Santana said. Brittany nodded. "Come on. Let's go." Santana said, grabbing Rachel's hand to help her up. The three walked over to where Santana's parents, Alicia, Jamie, and Quinn were sitting. "Look who we found." Santana said, shooting her mother a glare. Rachel sat on the ground with her back against the wall, with Santana sitting next to her. Brittany stood awkwardly to the side before sitting next to Quinn.
"Brittany, we're so glad you could make it." Nina said. Alica raised an eyebrow at her sister. Santana pulled her iPod out of her bag and unwrapped the earbuds before moving to lay her head in Rachel's lap.
"What are you doing?" Rachel asked. Santana opened one eye.
"Blocking out the world... but I'd settle for just this extremely awkward situation we've found ourselves in." Santana said. Rachel nodded.
"This is pretty awkward." she agreed as she pulled out a magazine from her bag. Santana grabbed her hand.
"Hey." she said. Rachel looked over. "I'm sorry about this. I can tell her to leave if you want." Santana said. Rachel shook her head.
"No. That won't solve anything. We're going to have to get past this eventually." Rachel said. Santana nodded and laced their fingers together before closing her eyes again to fall asleep. Soon, she was being shook.
"What?" she groaned.
"Your mom said that since its a long flight we should each go get some lunch that we can take on the plane to eat and some snacks as well. I wanted to get another book or magazine anyway. Come on." Rachel said. The two stood up and followed Quinn, Brittany, Alicia, and Jamie.
"Al, Jamie, stay with Santana." Ricky said.
"San, watch them." Nina said.
"Mom. I got it. There's four of us to keep an eye on them." Santana said, turning toward the other three. "Help me keep an eye on them." she said as they walked.
"Okay, lets get the books first." Quinn said. Santana nodded and they turned into the nearest book store. After picking up a Sports Illustrated for her father and a book for her mother, Santana started to walk past the comic book section when something caught her eye.
"Oh my god. Britt, do you remember when all we used to do was read these?" Santana asked, holding up an Archie comic book. Brittany looked over and laughed.
"Please. I still read those." Brittany said. Santana smiled and tossed her the comic. "Do you want to get one and trade like we used to?" Brittany asked. Santana started to say no, but then Rachel's words were in her head. Slowly she nodded.
"Sure. Look there's like six different ones, so we each get three and then we'll switch." Santana said. Rachel watched from across the store.
"Hey." Quinn said softly. Rachel looked over. "Even if they get close again, she won't leave you. Santana loves you way too much." Quinn said. Rachel smiled.
"Honestly, that hadn't even crossed my mind. I want Santana and Brittany to be friends again. I know that Santana has been happier since we got together. Anyone with eyes could see that the moment she passed a freshman and didn't slushie or even say anything to them. But I've always been able to tell that something was missing. And I always knew that it was her best friend." Rachel said. Quinn nodded.
"You and Santana are really good for each other. You balance each other out." Quinn said. Rachel smiled.
"Thanks, Quinn. Anyway, how come you aren't over there with them?" Rachel asked. Quinn laughed.
"I was never as into those comics as they were. Santana would never admit it, but she had shelves of them. After she gave Britt her copies back, she always went and bought them herself. Don't ask me why, she just did. Anyway, what book are you going to buy?" Quinn asked. Rachel shrugged.
"I don't know... I was leaning toward buying one of those Pretty Little Liar books. I haven't read the last one." Rachel said.
"Hmm... I haven't read the second to last one." Quinn said. Rachel grinned.
"Wanna switch?" she said, causing Quinn to laugh. Santana looked over to see her girlfriend and Quinn laughing together. It certainly wasn't an every day occurrence. She met Rachel's gaze and smiled before mouthing, I love you. Rachel grinned.
I love you. she mouthed back. Santana smiled before turning her attention back to Brittany. "S... check this out." Brittany said, picking up a cheerleading magazine. One the cover was a picture of Sue Sylvester.
"Ugh. Even when we go on vacation, she follows us." Santana said. She looked at the caption. "She got everything she deserved. Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if she wrote this article about her." Santana said. Brittany opened to the article.
"The Amazing Life of the Talented Sue Sylvester by Sue Sylvester." she read. Santana rolled her eyes and put the magazine back. Rachel walked up.
"You guys ready to go?" Rachel asked. Santana shook her head.
"I haven't got-" Santana stopped when Rachel handed her a magazine. "How'd you know I was going to say Seventeen?" Santana asked.
"Because I saw you put Vogue, Teen Vogue, and Cosmo in your this morning before we left." Rachel said. Santana smiled "I also took the liberty of ignoring the magazine with Coach Sylvester's picture on the cover. I didn't really think you'd want that, though it did actually make me jump back." Rachel said.
"We already saw it." Brittany said.
"Britt, here's that cat magazine you wanted... oh and that cat food cookbook." Quinn said, handing them to Brittany.
"Awesome!" Brittany said, smiling.
"They make a cat food cookbook?" Santana asked.
"Apparently." Quinn said. They found Jamie and Alicia and bought their books and magaznes. After convincing Brittany that she didn't need a cat calendar in Hawaii, they went in search of food. They decided to buy the snack foods first, as it would be easier to do without holding hot food as well. Everyone got a bottle of water and they each got another drink as well. Santana grabbed a bottle of red Gatorade Brittany grabbed a bottle of orange juice. Quinn grabbed a bottle of Vitamin Water. Alicia grabbed a bottle of orange Gatorade. Jamie grabbed a bottle of apple juice. Rachel grabbed a bottle of lemonade. They eached decided to get a bag of chips, a bag of candy, a candy bar, and one other snack food. Santana grabbed a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos, a bag of Sour Patch Kids, a Milky Way bar, and a bag of regular Cheez-Its. Brittany grabbed a bag of Cheetos, a bag of Gummi Worms, a Snickers bar, and a bag of Goldfish. Quinn grabbed a bag of Sour Cream and Onion flavored Lays, a bag of sour Gummi Worms, an Almond Joy, and a bag of Bold 'n Party Chex Mix. Alicia grabbed a bag of Barbeque flavored Lays, a bag of gummy Starbursts, a Twix bar, and a bag of regular Chex Mix. Jamie grabbed a bag of Funyons, a bag of Tootsie Rolls, a Payday bar, and a bag of Bugels. Rachel grabbed a bag of Nacho Doritos, a 3 Musketeers bar, a bag of Gummi Bears, and a bag of Cheddar Jack Cheez-Its. Santana picked out bags of regular Lays, bags of M&Ms, Mounds bars, and bags of pretzels for her parents. After they had all that paid for and put in their bags with their books and magazines (they had each gotten separate bags so that itd be easier to deal with later), they headed to get their lunch that they'd take on the plane.
"Hey, its like a twelve hour flight, right?" Alicia asked. Santana shrugged. "Well shouldn't we get something else, just in case we don't like the food on the plane?" she suggested.
"Al, you just bought like three pounds of food." Quinn said.
"You two can't choose between two places, right?" Santana guessed. Alicia nodded. "That's no reason to buy food." Santana said.
"Think about it. We can always save the packaged food for if we go somewhere in Hawaii and get hungry." Alicia said. Santana gave in.
"Fine. Where do you want to go?" she asked.
"Chick-fil-A and that pizza place." Jamie said.
"You're gonna have to deal without Chick-fil-A. Rachel's vegetarian." Santana said.
"There's a Subway right next to it. I can go there why'll you guys get Chick-fil-A, then we'll go to the pizza place." Rachel said. Santana hesitated. "Go, San."
"I'll eat at Subway with you." Brittany said. Rachel looked up. "If you want... I don't really like Chick-fil-A." Brittany continued.
"Yea sure... thanks." Rachel said, following the blonde to Subway.
"That was weird." Quinn said. Santana could only nod as they went to get their own food.
"Hey you're not gonna be mad if I get meat, are you?" Brittany asked as they stood in line.
"No... if I were going to get mad, I would have made a scene about Chick-fil-A. I'll just look away when Santana eats it on the plane." Rachel said. Brittany nodded. "Thanks for doing this, Brittany." Rachel said.
"I'm trying. I'm sorry for what I did to you. It wasn't okay. I was just jealous, but... you're good for Santana. You've managed to chill her out." Brittany said. Rachel smiled. "Just... don't hurt her. I've hurt her enough." Brittany said.
"I won't." Rachel promised. Brittany smiled and stepped up to order.
"Can I get a... hold on." she said, turning back to Rachel. "You're sure you won't get mad?" Brittany asked. Rachel shook her head. "Okay then. I want a six inch Spicy Italian on white bread, with American cheese. Oh and can you put some bacon on there too?" Brittany said.
"Vegetables?"
"Lettuce, pickles, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers. And can I get some Spicy Mustard on the side?" Brittany said. Another guy stepped up to the counter to take Rachel's order.
"Hi... can I get a six inch Veggie Delight on Italian Herbs and Spices with American cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, pickles, and peppers with some Ranch dressing on the side?" Rachel asked. Soon, both girls had their sandwiches and the cookies that Brittany insisted on buying them. As they walked toward the pizza place, they saw the Chick-fil-A group waiting at a table. They all stood up as they saw the pair. Santana smiled at Rachel.
"What'd you get?" she asked. Rachel smiled.
"Veggie Delight, what else?" she asked. Santana rolled her eyes. "What about you?" she asked.
"I got a salad, an order of fries, and a small order of chicken nuggets." Santana said. Rachel raised an eyebrow.
"You went to Chick-fil-A and got a salad?" Rachel asked.
"Yea... I'm sitting by you and I know you don't like meat, so I figured that if I put the nuggets in the salad, you aren't forced to be so up close and personal with me eating a chicken sandwich. This way, you aren't forced to see it. The salad will disguise the chicken. Just don't ask for a bite." Santana said. Rachel smiled.
"That's really sweet." Rachel said.
"Yea... we each got milkshakes too. Plus, I got my dad two chicken sandwich meals because he's like a bottomless pit and my mom one of those chicken wrap thingies. Anyway, let's get pizza." Santana said. Everyone got two pieces of pizza, a small salad with on the side, a drink, and a piece of garlic bread. Everyone except Rachel also got two small pepperoni rolls. "Rach, I love you, but I can't live without my pepperoni rolls." Santana said. Rachel laughed.
"Its fine San." Rachel said. Santana smiled and ordered her one pepperoni and one Hawaiian, with a Coke to drink. Brittany ordered one pepperoni and one cheese, with a Dr. Pepper to drink. Quinn ordered one pepperoni and one pepperoni with olives, with a root beer to drink. Alicia ordered one pepperoni and one Hawaiian, with a Coke to drink. Jamie ordered two pepperoni with black olives, with an orange soda to drink. Rachel ordered two vegetarian slices, with a Sprite. Santana ordered her parents each one pepperoni and one Hawaiian, with Coke to drink (they weren't a very diverse family when it came to pizza and soda). Once they all had their food, they made their way back to Santana's parents when they reached them, Ricky looked up and felt his eyes widen.
"How much of my money did you girls spend?" he said. Santana looked down at their bags and smiled sheepishly. "So explain, why did you guys need pizza, and Chick-fil-A, and Subway?" he asked.
"Actually, Brittany and Rachel were the only ones who got Subway." Santana said. Her father raise an amused eyebrow.
"What's in the bag mija?" he asked.
"Books."
"And?" he asked.
"Well, we bought snacks first. Then we decided that we can always eat them when we're in Hawaii." Santana explained. Her father smiled.
"Sit down. All of you. We have to board soon. You all were gone forever." Nina said. Santana smiled and walked over to where she and Rachel had been sitting and grabbed Rachel's bag.
"Babe? Here's your bag." Santana said, handing her the bag.
"Thanks." Rachel said. Santana nodded and picked her own bag up.
"You guys got everything?" Nina asked. The girls nodded.
"Now boarding first class."
"All right. Let's go." Ricky said. Ricky, Nina, Jamie, Alicia, Quinn, Brittany, Santana, and Rachel got in line. "Alicia, Jamie, make sure that either Nina and I are around you or Santana, Rachel, Brittany, and Quinn are around you until we are settled on the plane." he said. Soon, they were on the plane. Ricky and Nina were sitting together. Across the aisle from them was Jamie and Alicia. Three rows back, Santana and Rachel were sitting together and across the aisle from them was Brittany and Quinn.
"Rae, you comfortable?" Santana asked. Rachel looked over and smiled.
"Yea. I'm good. You?" Rachel asked. Santana nodded. "How do you feel about Brittany coming along?" Rachel asked, lowering her voice.
"Yea... I think I may be okay with it." Santana said. Rachel smiled.
"I think it'd be good if you reconcile your friendship with Brittany. She's such a huge part of your life." Rachel said. Santana nodded.
"What'd she say when you guys went to Subway?" Santana asked.
"She... actually she apologized for what happened." Rachel said. Santana raised an eyebrow.
"Really? I didn't see that one coming." Santana said.
"Neither did I. I think we have a very interesting vacation ahead of us." Rachel said