"Why... why are you with her?" Brittany asked. Santana stared at her in disbelief.
"Because I care about her. I like her." she said. Brittany shook her head.
"You can't do this to me! We're supposed to be together. You and me. Not you and her!" Brittany yelled. Santana grabbed Rachel's hand and squeezed it to reassure her. "Next you're gonna tell me that she took my position." Brittany scoffed. Rachel and Santana looked down uncomfotably. Brittany turned arond to look at Quinn and saw her looking away. "She took my spot?" the taller blonde yelled.
"Its not like you were here." Tiffany said.
"You can't talk to me like that! I'm your capitan." Brittany said.
"Rachel's our third capitan." Tiffany said. Brittany turned to the small brunette.
"Well aren't you just living the dream. You happy now? You have my life. You have everything that I had. You have my room, my spot, my team, my friends, and my girl. You want my parents too?" she yelled. Rachel stepped back slightly and Santana stepped in front of her.
"Brittany, calm down. You aren't going to talk to her like that." the Latina growled. Their coach came onto the field.
"Lopez! Berry! Why aren't you suited out?"
"Sorry Coach. We got a little distracted." Rachel said. The coach looked past the two and saw Brittany.
"Pierce? What are you doing here?"
"I'm back, Coach. I'm back and I'm ready to play." Brittany said. The coach grinned.
"Welcome back, Pierce. We missed you here. You were a big part of our team. Irreplaceable." Rachel bit her lip and looked down.
"Coach..." Santana said softly, but she wasn't heard.
"Okay. We're going to spend practice working Pierce back into our line up. You two, go get suited out and get out here." Santana nodded and the two walked to the locker room.
"Rach, I'm sure she didn't mean it." Santana said quietly. Rachel shrugged and sat down. "Babe, are you okay?" her girlfriend asked, rubbing her shoulders.
"Yea... I'm fine. I guess I really am just a placeholder." she whispered.
"Not possible. You're my girlfriend and you're the best damn forward I've ever seen. You're not a placeholder." Santana said, getting dressed. Five minutes later, the couple was on the field and the group was warming up.
"Okay, so normal line up on the field except Pierce in for Berry." Santana sighed.
"Coach-"
"Lopez, this is how its going to be."
"But Coach Reynolds, what about Rachel?" Santana asked.
"Pierce was our forward last year and she helped us win state. She's our forward."
"But Coach, that's not fair." Quinn said. Everyone looked at her. "You can't just kick Rachel out of her spot. She was here when we needed a forward and frankly she's done amazing. The team immediately accepted her and even made her capitan. Brittany comes back and you immediately give her Rachel's spot. How is that right?" Santana nodded.
"Last year you guys would have fought for me to keep my spot!" Brittany said.
"Times have changed." Santana shot back.
"Lopez, Fabray... this is how its going to be." Coach Reynolds said.
"Well if that's how its going to be, then I quit." Santana said, turning to walk.
"Santana, don't. Its fine. It was her spot first." Rachel said. Santana turned around to look at her girlfriend.
"Rach, I don't care. That's not fair to you." she said. Rachel shook her head.
"Please just practice. I'll go sit on the side. Its fine." she whispered, walking to the side and sitting down on the bench. Santana looked over and saw her girlfriend trying not to look upset.
"No its not fine." Santana said. Everyone looked over at her.
"I don't care what you say Coach. This isn't right. Rachel was here when we needed her. You can't just kick her out of her spot the moment your golden girl comes back into your life. Rachel is our new forward and capitan. You put Q and I in charge to make decisions that are best for the team and this is the right one. The team has unbelievable chemistry with Rachel and we shouldn't mess that up." Santana said. Brittany made her way to the Latina.
"San... I don't know what that new girl did to brainwash you but it has got to stop. You dont really care about that girl. You're just upset that I chose Mitch over you and you're trying to get back at me." she said. Santana raised an eyebrow.
"Excuse me?" Santana hissed. Brittany nodded. "Listen closely Brittany. Rachel is my girlfriend."
"So was I!"
"No you weren't! You were never my girlfriend! You were my friend. You were my roommate. You were the girl I hooked up with. But you were never my girlfriend, because you didn't want to leave Mitch. Rachel just wants me! She doesn't want anyone else. You were never willing to do that for me!" Santana yelled. Brittany looked down and Rachel ran over.
"Santana, calm down." Rachel whispered. Santana continued to glare at Brittany. "San, I don't want a repeat of what happened with Callie."
"You met Callie?" Brittany asked. Rachel nodded. "She's a bitch, isn't she?"
"Yea she is." Rachel agreed softly before turning to her girlfriend. "Santana, come back to me. You're okay." Rachel whispered. Santana nodded after a few moments. "You good?" Rachel asked. Santana nodded.
"Yea. I'm good." she whispered. Rachel raised an eyebrow. "Rach, I'm good. I promise." Santana said. Rachel nodded and stepped back slightly. "Okay... Coach, what you're doing isn't fair to Rachel. I'm sorry, but its not fair." the Latina said calmly. Brittany glared at Santana as she spoke. Quinn walked over to the group.
"San, just let it go. She's not going to change her mind. Rach, I'm so sorry." Quinn said. Rachel shook her head.
"Don't even worry about it, Quinn. Its okay." Rachel whispered. Santana frowned at her girlfriend's upset face and turned toward the coach.
"This is messed up." Santana said, taking off her practice shirt so that she was standing in her sport bra. "I quit. No one is going to stop me." she said, throwing her shirt on the ground and walking to the locker room. Quinn nodded and did the same.
"I quit too." she said, following Santana. Rachel bit her lip and sighed as she followed her girlfriend and friend's actions.
"I'm sorry." she said, running after Santana and Quinn. She found them sitting on the benches in the locker room. When Santana saw Rachel, she stood up and wrapped her in a hug.
"Babe, I'm so sorry." she whispered, kissing her hair. Rachel smiled up at Santana, but the Latina could tell it was forced.
"Don't be. But you didn't have to do that." Rachel said.
"Sure we did." Quinn said. Rachel looked over. "You're my friend. You're her girlfriend. Of course we're going to stick up for you." Santana nodded.
"I will always defend you, Rach. Maybe we can try to get Mr. Schue to restart Glee Club? I'll admit I was a little bummed when Mr. Schue told us that it wasn't working."
FLASHBACK
"Hey guys. I don't know how to tell you guys this, but... Glee Club isn't going to work out." Mr. Schue said. Everyone started yelling.
"Wait. Why?" Santana asked, her arm around Rachel to calm the diva down.
"Not enough money in the budget. I'm so proud of all the hard work you guys have put forth. I'm so sorry. I know you guys were looking forward to Sectionals, but there's nothing I can do." he said. Santana sighed and Rachel laid her head on the Latina's shoulder.
END FLASHBACK
"I don't know. You heard Mr. Schue. there's not enough money in the budget." Rachel said. Santana shrugged.
"We can try to find a way, babe." she said. Rachel nodded.
"Let's just get dressed and go." she suggested.