Side Effects

Chapter four

After dinner I make my way into my bedroom and walk over to the window, glancing out across the street. I let out a sigh when I see her red car still parked out front. I make my way over to my desk and pull out some of my books, and start working on my homework. I look over the first problem and my thoughts automatically drift over to Rachel and Santana, preventing me from doing any of my homework. It had been a few hours since I had talked to Rachel and Santana, and the Latina still hadn't left. I wasn't sure what was going on. Rachel had probably confronted her about it, and they were fighting. I felt bad that I had caused them to fight, but technically I didn't cause it; Santana did. I couldn't just let her run around on Rachel, I mean she was my friend.

I hear Santana's car starting up, and I quickly jump out of my computer chair and look out the window just in time to see Santana driving off. I look back to the front door and see Rachel slip back inside. I didn't get to see her face so I wasn't sure if she was upset or not. I wasn't sure at this point whether or not I should go and talk to her, but I decided against it. She probably wanted some alone time to think things over, and I didn't want to bother her. I walk back over to my desk and try my best to concentrate on my math homework.

A few minutes later I hear someone ring the doorbell, making me groan the throw my pencil down. My parents weren't home which meant I had to be the one to go downstairs and open the door. Although I had to admit I loved an excuse to get out of doing my homework.

I walk downstairs and hear the bell ring once again, making me let out a frustrated sigh, "I'm coming!" I yell, as I approach the front door. I unlock it and pull it open revealing the brunette, "Santana?" I ask confused, looking around outside. I could have sworn I just saw her drive away.

"Can I come in?" She asks me, and I just nod in response, too shocked to be able to come up with a sentence.

I let her inside and close the door behind her. I turn around and see her making her way into the living room, and I quickly follow her. I was growing nervous at her presence, and not in the good way that I usually felt around her. I had just told Rachel I saw Santana cheating on her, and possibly caused them to break up. She probably wanted to kill me. "Why are you here?" I finally ask her, making her turn around to face me.

She tilts her head to the side and smiles at me, making me swallow a lump in my throat. "I think we need to talk." She says, sitting on the armrest of the couch. I just nod and walk fully into the room and sit on the coffee table on the corner furthest away from her, but face her. "Rachel told me what you saw today." She starts, making my heart pound in my chest.

"Look I'm sorry that I told her, but she's my friend, and I felt that I had to." I say, trying my best to convince her I did it out of good intentions and nothing against her. I had never seen this girl be mean, but I had heard she had a pretty nasty reputation, and could kick some ass if needed.

"Brittany it's okay." She says, stopping me from my mini rant. I look up at her and can't help but feel a small smile tug on my lips at the fact that she had said my name. it was the first time I had heard it slip out of her mouth, and I really liked how it sounded. I quickly shake my head from those thoughts and hide my smile as I wait for her to continue, "It was wrong for me to do what I did, and you're right. Rachel deserved to know. She shouldn't be treated like that, and I'm mad at myself for doing that do her. I like her a lot, and I can't believe I almost ruined what we have." She adds, making my face soften. I was finding it hard to believe all of those people who had called this girl a bitch.

"That's really sweet." I say, smiling at her. She smiles shyly and ducks her head nodding slightly, making me giggle. "So why did you do it though?" I ask and she lets out a sigh, standing up from the couch. She starts pacing the room and I just watch her, awaiting her answer.

"I don't know honestly." She admits, "Quinn has liked me forever, and she won't leave me alone. I don't know she just got to me." She says, turning to look at me as she stops her pacing. "But Rachel was really upset, and I don't blame her, but I never want to see her like that again. After seeing how hurt Rachel was today, that makes me want to make sure that I never hurt her again." She says as a soft smile appears on her face, and she looks down at the floor.

"Why are you telling me all of this?" I ask her, making her look back up at me.

She walks closer to me, and I can feel those familiar butterflies fluttering around in my stomach. "She said that although she hasn't known you long; you're one of her best friends." She says, making me still look at her confused. It still didn't make sense. "I just want us to be on good terms considering you guys are so close; or getting close." Santana says with a shrug.

What she says finally clicks in my head and although I was jealous of Rachel I couldn't help but look at the girl in awe at her intentions. She was incredibly sweet. "I'm impressed." I say, nodding my head and she lets out a chuckle.

"So are we good?" She asks me, and I nod.

"We're good." I confirm making her smile brightly.

BXS

The next day at school I walk down the hallway and see Rachel at her locker, storing her books away, and I walk over to her. "Hey, are you okay?" I ask her, making her turn to look at me slightly confused. "After yesterday with Santana." I add, trying to clue her in.

"Oh right. Yeah were great. Better than before actually." She says with a smile, making me look at her now slightly confused. I knew they hadn't broken up, but usually couples weren't better than ever the day after one of them cheats. "She admitted to me that she loves me." She says with a content sigh as my eyes widen. "She told me after what she did yesterday, she was lying there with Quinn and she had never felt worse in her life, and the reason was because she loved me, and she didn't like hurting me." She explains as I slowly nod my head understanding.

"Well, that's great Rachel." I say, trying my best to sound convincing. She just nods at me, and turns back to her locker. My eyes move over from her to down the hallway where I see Santana talking to Quinn and two other cheerios. The Latina looks down the hallway and glances at Rachel before meeting my eyes. She flashes me a smile, and I give her a small one back before averting my eyes away from her, feeling uncomfortable under her gaze.

I hear the bell ring, and I look up from my shoes to Rachel who had just closed her locker. "I'll see you at lunch." She says simply before making her way down the hallway towards Santana. She walks past the Latina and gives her a shy smile walking past her, and Santana turns her head to watch Rachel's retreating figure. My eyes move over to Quinn who was watching Rachel walk away also, and although I couldn't see her face I could picture the scowl that was plastered on it.

I turn around in the opposite direction and make my way into math class, walking down the row to my desk. I get my things out and a few minutes later I see Santana walk in and sit in her seat in front of me.

The teacher walks in a few minutes later and closes the door behind her. She picks up a stack of tests off of her desk, and starts handing them back to us so we could see what we had scored. She places mine on my desk face down, I place my hand on it before closing my eyes, I take in a deep breath and turn it over. I open my eyes back up and frown when I see the grade on it. "Great job Santana." I hear Mrs. Davis say, making me look over Santana's shoulder to see that she had scored a 98.

She turns around in her seat and smiles at me, "What'd you get?" She asks, looking down at my paper. Once she sees the grade she frowns and looks back up at me, "I could help you study if you need me to." She offers with a shrug.

"Really?" I ask her, my voice sounding just a little too enthusiastic at the thought of spending extra time with her; alone. She just nods her head in conformation and smiles, "Okay, that'd be great." I tell her with a nod also. The teacher then begins the lesson for the day, she turns back around in her chair as I just stare at the back of her head not being able to wipe the toothy grin from my face.

SXB

I sit down at our table in the cafeteria next to Kurt and across from Rachel, and begin picking at my peanut butter sandwich I had brought for the day. It may seem a little childish to still bring a lunch to school, but I didn't care, and it tasted a hell of a lot better than the cafeteria food. "Santana told me that you were going to tutor her." Rachel suddenly says, making me quickly look up from my sandwich. I examine her face, trying to decide if she was mad or not, but I couldn't tell.

"Yeah she is." I confirm, before looking back down to my food, feeling suddenly nervous about the conversation. I wasn't sure if Rachel was going to be mad at me or not for spending some alone time with her girlfriend.

"She's a great teacher." She says, making me look up at her to see a smile on her face. "You'll ace the class in no time." She says with confidence.

"Yeah, she seems smart." I add with a smile, thinking about the Latina. "She's helped me a couple of times in that class." I add, thinking about all the times she had corrected my homework for me. I see Rachel stand up, and I shake my thoughts out of my head and look over at her questioningly. "Where are you going?" I ask curiously.

"I have to go do something before class." She says with a wink, giving me a knowing look. I just nod my head as my mouth forms an o shape. She smiles and picks up her tray before walking away from the table.

I can't help but sigh as I prop my head up on my hand, picking at my food with my other. "You don't like Santana do you?" Mercedes asks, making my head snap up to look at her.

My mouth opens and closes a few times but no words seem to come out. "What? No. of course I don't." I say, shaking my head, looking at her as if the idea was ludicrous.

She looks at me questioningly for a few moments before nodding her head, "Okay." She says skeptically as she raises an eyebrow at me. I look down at my food once again, trying to avoid her intense gaze, hoping she would drop the subject. "So Kurt what are you going to wear for your date?" She asks, making me look over at Kurt curiously.

"You have a date?" I ask confused.

Mercedes smiles widely and nods her head, "With Sam." She informs me as my eyes widen in surprise, and a smile forms on my face. I let out a squeal of excitement and he rolls his eyes at us, but can't help but let a smile appear on his own lips at the thought of his date with Sam.

SXB

The time for glee club comes around, and I make my way down the hallway towards the choir room when I see Tina standing at her locker. She looks over at me and smiles, "Hey." She greets as I walk over to her. "What are you doing?" She asks as she turns her attention over to a book she was placing in her locker.

"I'm about to go to Glee." I reply and she looks over at me curiously.

"You're in glee?" She asks with a hint of s smirk. I just nod my head in response, frowning slightly. I had a feeling she was making fun of me. "Is it fun?" She asks, closing her locker, turning fully towards me.

"I haven't been in long, but so far it's a lot of fun. Have you thought about joining?" I ask her and she just laughs at the idea, but something in her facial expression made me believe she had actually thought about it. This gave me an idea. If I could get her in glee, maybe her and Mike could spend some more time together, and things could happen for him. "You should come and check it out. We're doing a boys against girls competition." I say, smiling widely at her.

She looks at me for a moment and then looks down at her hands, "I don't know." She says a bit unsure.

"Come on. Just one time, and if you hate it, you don't ever have to come back." I say, trying my best to convince her to join. I wasn't even sure if she could sing, but all I could think about was how happy Mike would be if I could convince her to join.

"Okay, I guess one time won't hurt." She finally says, making my smile grow wider. I grab her hand and pull her down the hallway towards the choir room. We walk inside and my eyes seek out Mike immediately. I see him on the back row talking to Finn, and the Mohawk kid. He glance over at the door and his eyes widen and a bright smile takes over his features upon seeing Tina. I can't help but giggle at him as I pull Tina over to two empty seats in front of him.

I turn around and see him smiling at the back of Tina's head lovingly, making me smirk. "Hey Mike." I greet him, making Tina turn her head to look at whom I was speaking to. "Tina this is Mike." I introduce and I see Mike swallow a lump in his throat.

"Hey, you're in my chemistry class right?" She says and he just nods at her nervously probably not remembering how to speak at the moment. He opens his mouth to say something but nothing comes out, and he clears his throat before trying again, only getting the same result. She just giggles at him, and turns around in her chair as Mr. Shue begins speaking at the front of the room.

SXB

After glee club had ended I turn to Tina who was looking over the sheet music to the song our group was going to be singing, "So you think you're going to stay?" I ask her hopefully.

She looks up at me in thought for a moment before nodding. "Yeah I think I am." She confirms with a smile. I smile back at her, but let my eyes wonder behind her where I saw Mike looking over at us nervously. He looked like he was debating on walking over or not, and I couldn't help but smile at his nervousness.

"Mike, are you leaving?" I say, giving him an excuse to walk over.

His eyes almost bulge out of his head after hearing his name, and Tina looks over at him. He walks over and clears his throat before smiling nervously, "Yeah I am." He says, nodding his head as his eyes dart between me and Tina.

Tina asks him something, and I smile at the two before turning my gaze over to Rachel and Santana who was talking on the other side of the room as Rachel gathered her sheet music from the piano. I strained my ears trying to hear their conversation, blocking out Tina and Mike, but it was no use they were too far away, and were whispering.

I let out a sigh and turn my attention back to Mike and Tina only to notice Tina no longer in sight. "Where'd she go?" I ask confused, glancing at the doorway, and around the choir room searching for the missing girl.

"She left." He says simply.

"Well did anything happen? Did you ask her out or anything?" I ask standing up from my chair.

He looks down at the ground kicking an invisible rock with his shoe, before turning his gaze up to me, "No." He says, tightening his grip on the strap of his backpack. I give him a look and shrugs his shoulders, putting his hands up in defense, "I got nervous okay?" He says defensively. I let out a sigh, but don't say anything, deciding that I couldn't talk; I got that way around Santana. "I have to get to football practice." He says before walking out of the room.

I watch him walk out and turn my gaze back to Santana and Rachel, and quickly notice we are the only three left in the room. They apparently notice also because Santana leans down and kisses Rachel softly. The shorter girl pulls back and smiles, resting her head against Santana's forehead, "I love you." She says sweetly.

Santana kisses Rachel once again before pulling back, "Love you too." She replies, before walking out of the room.

I watch Santana walk out and turn my attention over to Rachel who had her attention on the doorway that Santana had just walked out of. She pulls her gaze away from it, and finishes collecting all of her things, before turning towards me, "You want to go and get something to eat?" She asks me with a smile.

"Are you not hanging out with Santana?" I ask her curiously. I always saw the Latina over at Rachel's house if we weren't in school.

"She has cheerio's practice. Won't be done for another two hours." She says with a shrug.

"Oh." I reply simply, pulling my backpack over my shoulder, "Sure lets go." I answer her, and she nods her head in agreement, walking out of the room as I follow.

No one's POV

Santana makes her way out of the shower, and wraps a towel around her wet body. She walks past the row of sinks where the other cheerio's were finishing up fixing their hair and make up. Walking up to her locker she opens it up, and grabs her clothes out, placing them on the bench behind her. She turns around and starts getting dressed as she sees the other cheerio's leaving the locker room.

A few minutes later she's fully dressed and is standing in front of the mirror running a brush through her freshly dried hair. Everyone else had left, leaving her alone, which she liked. She always took way longer to shower and get dressed so that she could have some peace as she finished getting ready. She hears footsteps behind her and looks up to see Quinn's reflection in the mirror, smiling at her. "Hey." Santana says quietly. She places her brush on the cabinet and turns around to meet Quinn's eyes.

"Hi." Quinn says with a smirk. Santana smiles at her and reaches out grabbing the blonde's hand. She pulls her closer to her, and presses their bodies together. "You showered without me?" Quinn asks with a pout, playing with the Latina's hair; twirling it around her finger.

Santana lets a smirk play on her lips and she leans in pressing her lips against the blondes. "I can always shower again." She whispers against Quinn's lips. She feels the other girl smile against her lips, and captures the blonde's lips with her own once again in a passionate kiss. She walks them backwards until the stumble in one of the shower stalls.

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