"Santana! Santana wait!" Rachel called out. They were now outside of the building. Santana whipped around.
"What the hell was that Rachel?" Santana asked.
"What are you talking about?" Rachel asked.
"You know what I'm talking about. You know exactly what I'm talking about, Rachel. I walk into our room and find you making out with another girl. What the hell?" Santana asked her. Rachel raised an eyebrow.
"We aren't together, Santana. I don't have to get your permission to kiss someone. And I'm allowed to kiss other people." Rachel said.
"Who was that?" Santana asked. Rachel looked down.
"My girlfriend." Rachel admitted.
"You have a girlfriend?" Santana asked quietly. Rachel nodded. "Well, I feel like an idiot. You know what? Forget it. Just go back inside. I'll see you later." Santana said.
"Santana wait. What did you mean when you said it wasn't your day?" Rachel asked. Santana shook her head.
"It doesn't matter anymore." Santana said before walking away.
"Santana!" Rachel called. Santana ignored her and ran to Quinn's room. 'Thank God Quinn has a single.' Santana said as she knocked on the door. Quinn opened it.
"San? Are you okay?" she asked. Santana shook her head and Quinn let her in. "What's wrong?" Quinn asked. Santana turned around.
"I broke up with Finn because I think I want to be with Rachel, but then Brittany showed up and Rachel walked in on us kissing and then that of course led to an awkward introduction. Then Brittany and I went to lunch where she said she loves me and I told her once and for all that she has to choose between me and her boyfriend because she can't have us both. She chose him and that just reassured me that I want to try things with Rachel. When I get back to my room, I see Rachel making out with this other girl on her bed... Quinn, she has a girlfriend." Santana said.
"Oh sweetie, I'm sorry." Quinn said, hugging Santana. The Latina immediately started crying. "Just remember, you live with her. There's plenty of time where you'll be alone with Rachel and her girlfriend won't be. Plenty of time to turn on the Lopez Charm and get your girl." Quinn said. Santana nodded.
"You remember when we read Brave New World?" Santana asked. Quinn nodded. "You know that thing they did with the babies? The recording playing while they sleep?" Santana asked.
"Sleep Therapy?" Quinn offered. Santana nodded. "What about it?" Quinn asked.
"Well what if I made a recording of things like 'Date Santana. Be with Santana.' Stuff like that. and played it while she sleeps?" Santana asked.
"Santana, you aren't conditioning Rachel to fall in love with you." Quinn said. Santana shrugged.
"Worth a shot." she said. She sat down in Quinn's desk chair. "What am I going to do? I really want to be with her." Santana said.
"You're Santana Lopez. What does Santana Lopez do best?" Quinn ask. Santana grinned.
"Revenge and steal other people's boyfriends." Santana said.
"Or, you know, in this case someone else's girlfriend." Quinn said. Santana smiled.
"The girl is mine." Santana sang. Quinn laughed.
"Not quite yet, but she will be.
Back in her and Santana's room, Rachel was trying to figure out what to do. Her girlfriend, Carly, had flown all the way from Lima to visit her on their anniversary.
"Babe, its okay. Your roommate will understand that you need your privacy." Carly said. Rachel looked over at her. She still couldn't believe Carly had bought the story she told her about why Santana had freaked out. Carly leaned over and kissed Rachel, immediately deepening it.
"Santana..." Rachel said. Her eyes immediately opened and Carly pulled away.
"What did you call me?" Carly asked. Rachel bit her lip. "You called me Santana. Isn't that your roommate's name?" Carly asked. Rachel nodded her head. "Are you cheating on me?" Carly asked.
"No. I'm not a cheater." Rachel said. Carly nodded.
"Let's go have a little chat with your roommate." Carly said.
"I don't know where she went." Rachel said. Carly grabbed her wrists hard.
"How about you find her?" Carly asked. Rachel nodded and went in the hall. She saw Mercedes.
"Have you seen Santana?" Rachel asked. Mercedes nodded.
"She went to Quinn's room. She lives in 228 in Franklin." Mercedes said. Rachel nodded.
"Thanks." she said. She and Carly made their way to the next building. "Look, we really don't have to do this. Its not a big deal." Rachel said. Carly whipped around.
"You said another girl's name while kissing me. It is a big deal. Stop being so naive, Rachel!" Carly yelled, slapping Rachel.
"Don't ever hit me again." Rachel said.
"You can always run to Santana." Carly said. Rachel rolled her eyes. When she did, Carly pushed her to the ground, causing Rachel to land on her wrist. Getting up, Rachel sprinted into the building, trying to find Quinn's room. When she found it she immediately knocked.
"Quinn! Santana! Please open the door!" Rachel yelled. The door was immediately opened.
"Rachel! What a nice surprise." Quinn said, giving Santana a knowing smile. When she looked back at Rachel she knew something was wrong. "Are you okay?" she asked. Rachel shook her head.
"She... she's chasing after-" Rachel was cut off by Carly's voice. "Please." Rachel pleaded. Quinn nodded.
"Get inside." she said, pulling Rachel into the room. She closed the door just as Carly approached.
"Are you okay?" Santana whispered. Rachel shook her head and the Latina noticed the smaller brunette holding wrist. "What happened between you two, Rachel?" Santana asked.
"Open the door!" Carly yelled, causing Rachel to jump back. Santana moved in front of her, acting as a barrier between Rachel and the door. She turned to face Rachel.
"What happend?" Santana asked again.
"She kissed me and I called her Santana." Rachel said, looking down. Santana smiled, but quickly frowned.
"And she what? Broke your wrist?" Santana asked. Rachel shrugged.
"She demanded I find you. When I protested, she slapped me and then pushed me to the ground. I landed on my wrist." Rachel said.
"As soon as this is taken care of, we'll go to the nurse's office." Santana said. Rachel nodded.
"I'm sorry I brought her here. This was just the first place I thought of to run to." Rachel said.
"Don't worry about it, Rachel." Quinn said. Santana nodded.
"I'm glad you came to me. But I have to go take care of this. Quinn, call security. Rachel, hide... damn, there's no bathroom in here. Hide in the closet." Santana said. Rachel smiled.
"Santana, I already came out. I refuse to go back into the closet." Rachel said. Santana smiled and Quinn laughed, before realizing the seriousness of the situation they were in.
"Get in unless you want her to break your other wrist." Santana said. Rachel nodded. Santana started to turn, but Rachel grabbed her arm and spun her around, kissing her deeply. Santana hated to pull away, but she knew she had to. She was smiling when she opened her eyes. She quickly kissed Rachel once more before gently pushing her in the closet and closing the door.
"I called security." Quinn said. Santana nodded.
"You hide too." Santana said.
"Oh hell no. I'm so helping." Quinn said. Santana sighed.
"Okay." she said. Quinn opened the door.
"I'd appreciated if you didn't break my door down." Quinn said. Carly pushed past Quinn. "Come in why don't you?" Quinn said sarcastically. Carly zeroed in on Santana.
"You're Santana, right?" Carly asked.
"That depends. Who are you?" Santana asked, knowing exactly who it was.
"Rachel's girlfriend." Carly said.
"In that case... yes, I am." Santana said. Carly smiled evilly. "What are you gonna do? Beat me up?" Carly nodded. "I'd like to see you try. I may be from the Upper East Side of New York, but when one of my friends is getting abused, I tend to get angry." Santana said.
"Are you saying you just want to be friends with Rachel?" Carly asked. In the dark space, Rachel held her breath as she waited for the answer.
"No. I like Rachel. As in, I really like her. But if for some crazy reason she wants to stay with you, I'll happily remain her friend." Santana said. Rachel smiled.
"Where's Rachel?" Carly asked.
"See, now you're hurting my feelings by ignoring me." Santana said.
"Don't make me have to hurt you." Carly said.
"You mean like you hurt Rachel?" Santana said. Carly tackled her. Quinn almost jumped in when security came in and pulled her off of Santana. Another security officer helped her up.
"Are you okay?" he asked. Santana nodded and watched as Carly was led out of the room. Quinn closed the door.
"Rachel, you can come out now." Santana said. She looked at Quinn, who had a funny expression on her face. "What's wrong with you?" she asked.
"I'm trying to decide if I should laugh at the whole 'Rachel you can come out now.' thing, considering what Rachel said before we made her hide." Quinn said. Santana started laughing and Rachel exited with a smile on her face. She winced when Santana reached out and gently grabbed her wrist. "You should go to the nurse, Rachel." Quinn said. The Latina nodded in agreement.
"I'll take you. I'm going to need some Tylenol for the pain I'm going to feel. That bitch tackled me into Quinn's dresser." Santana said. Rachel looked at Santana's back.
"You're going to need more than Tylenol. You're bleeding. Let's go." Rachel said. After about an hour and a half, they were back in their room. Rachel's wrist was not broken, but badly sprained. Santana had the cut on her back taped up. The taller girl collapsed on her bed. Rachel looked over at her and walked over to the Latina's bed, climbing on so that she was straddling Santana. When Santana raised her eyebrow at the diva's action, Rachel leaned down and kissed her. "I really like you too." Rachel whispered. Santana smiled.
"Do you want to go out on a date with me?" Santana asked. Rachel smiled.
"I'd love to, Santana... but what about Brittany?" Rachel asked.
"Its completely over. I told her to go back to Miami and not come back." Santana said.
"I'm so sorry." Rachel said.
"Don't be. It just opened the door even wider for us." Santana said.
"Is that what you wanted to say to me when I walked in on you two?" Rachel asked. Santana nodded.
"And when I walked in on you and your girlfriend." Santana said.
"Ex-girlfriend." Rachel whispered before kissing Santana again. Santana smiled into the kiss.
"I don't think I've ever been happier to hear that word." Santana whispered against Rachel's lips.
"Me either." Rachel whispered, kissing Santana again.