Side Effects
Chapter 7
Almost 30 minutes into first period, Santana had yet to show up. Brittany was slightly happy about this though. After seeing her with Tina yesterday, she really did not want to see the Latina. She wasn't sure what she should do next. She knew she needed to of course tell Rachel, but she really didn't want to go through that again. She was really getting annoyed with being in this situation, and even more with Santana for putting her in this situation.
Brittany hears the door open and close back a few minutes later, making her look over towards the door. She sees Santana walking in, trying to calm her wild hair as she hurriedly walked to her desk, mumbling an apology to the teacher who just once again rolled her eyes at the tardy girl. "Hey." The Latina says to Brittany quickly, before taking her seat.
Brittany just glares at the back of the Santana's head as she watches the darker girl pull out her book and a spiral. Brittany knew what she had been doing, but she couldn't help but wonder as to exactly who it was, Santana had been doing.
The bell rings and Brittany quickly grabs her things and walks out of the classroom avoiding all conversation with Santana. She normally waits impatiently all class period for the bell to ring so that she could get even just a few seconds of talking to Santana in. But today she wanted to be as far away from her as possible. She walks towards her next class when she bumps into Rachel in the hallway. "Hey Brittany." The smaller girl says, smiling brightly.
"Hey." Brittany says softly, looking down at the girl. She watches Rachel walk over to her locker, debating on if she should say anything. She knew that she of course should, but she was having the same dilemma as earlier. It had been hard enough to tell Rachel about Santana the first time, and she wasn't sure if she could do it once again.
She sees Santana approach Rachel before Brittany had the chance though, and continues to stand in the middle of the hallway, watching them. She sees Rachel say something to Santana and the Latina licks her lips as her eyes glance up and down the shorter girl. Santana then says something to Rachel in return making the girl smile broadly before the Latina continues her way down the hallway.
Brittany rolls her eyes as she watches Santana make her way down the hallway. She feels someone bump into her, and she turns around to see Quinn walking past her and towards Rachel with a slushy in hand.
Brittany quickly moves towards the two, but it was too late and the blonde spills the icy cold beverage onto the small girl with a laugh, before continuing her way down the hallway. Brittany clenches her fist at her sides as she walks towards Brittany, "She's seriously pissing me off." Brittany says through clenched teeth as she approaches the whimpering brunette.
"It's fine Brittany." Rachel says in a soft tone as her eyes were looking down at the ground. "I'm just going to change." She adds quietly as she grabs another shirt out of her locker.
Brittany watches as Rachel walks into the bathroom then moves her eyes down the hallway where she sees Santana and Quinn talking at the other end. Santana looks down and catches Brittany's eye who glares at her.
Santana gives the blonde a look that almost resembles guilt before looking back over at Quinn, laughing at something she had said. Brittany would have believed Santana felt guilty if she believed Santana in fact had a conscious, but she didn't. Brittany sees Quinn follow Santana's previous gaze and look over at her with a scowl on her face. Brittany quickly averts her eyes and walks into the restroom to check on Rachel.
BXS
Later that day Brittany makes her way into chemistry and sits down next to Mike with a sigh. He looks over at her and smiles, "More problems?" He asks, with a hint of a smirk. It seemed she was coming in almost every day frustrated with someone or something.
Brittany looks over at her and can't help but let out a small laugh, and a roll of her eyes, "Yeah." She breaths out with a head nod. "Y'know at my old school I was a nobody." She states, shaking her head unbelievingly. "I had zero drama because I had zero friends. Who would have thought having friends would bring you this much drama?" She asks, making him shake his head.
"I think that you choose to have drama or not." He says, making Brittany look over at him confused. "I mean I have friends, and I have no drama. Things are going to happen, Brittany. It's up to you, what you let bother you." He says as if it were really that simple.
Brittany shakes her head at the boy but smiles, "I don't think it's that simple Mike." She retorts pointedly. "I don't know, maybe I'm better off without friends. I should just go back to not speaking to anyone."
"But then you wouldn't have the pleasure of spending time with me." He says with a smile, making the blonde scoff. She looks over at him, and he just offers her a pout that eventually makes her face change from a frown to a full out smile. "See friends aren't all that bad." He says, nudging her with his elbow.
"Thanks Mike." She says sincerely, leaning over to him, placing her head on his shoulder. "You always make me feel better." She admits, hooking her arm with his. Mike just smiles in response and lays his head on top of hers.
SXB
Sitting in her seat in Mr. Shuester's class, Brittany sees Tina walk down the row texting on her cell phone with a smile on her face. The Asian girl sits down in her seat; her eyes still glued to the phone as she placed her bag on the floor and finished sending the message.
Brittany rolls her eyes, knowing that she was more than likely texting Santana. She tried her best not to feel anger towards Tina, because that wasn't fair. She knew she was bias because of Mike, but Tina had no idea what was going on, and that Santana was playing her. She was just girl who liked another girl, and thought the feeling was mutual. "Hey, who ya texting?" Brittany finally asks, trying to subtly start a conversation about Santana. She knew that there was a chance Tina would tell her it was none of her business, but she was hoping they had talked enough to where she could share some things.
Tina looks up from her phone abruptly, and looks over at the blonde who had an eyebrow raised looking at her curiously. A deep blush forms on her cheeks and she tries to hide a sheepish grin, "Oh it's nobody." She replies, ducking her head down.
Brittany frowns at the answer but decides to keep prying, "Yeah? I'm guessing the person you are dating, by that smile on your face." She says, smiling brightly at the Asian. Tina looks back up at Brittany and nods her head; the shy grin still on her face as she let out a giggle. "So who are you dating by the way?" Brittany asks, trying her best to be subtle.
Tina's smile fades and she glances around the room a few times before leaning closer to the blonde. "I'm not supposed to tell anyone, but you can keep a secret right?" She asks, making Brittany quickly nod her head, and lean in closer also. "I'm dating Santana." She says with a huge grin, "But she isn't out to her family and stuff so we have to keep it a secret." She adds, making sure Brittany understood she was to tell nobody.
Brittany just nods her head in response, "That's kind of unexpected." She slowly, making Tina frown at her, "But it's great! If you really like her and stuff, I mean I'm sure she's great." Brittany says, forcing the words out of her mouth. The only things she cared to say about Santana at the moment were all bad.
"She is great!" Tina replies with a dream like smile, "She is one of the most caring and sweetest people I know. She's too good to me." Tina says with a small laugh as Brittany just offers her the best laugh she could muster up.
"So how long have you guys been together?" Brittany asks curiously.
Tina ignores the blonde's statement as she busily taps away on her cell phone. A few seconds later she places her phone back down on her desk and looks up at Brittany, "Sorry." She apologizes, "We haven't been together long actually, a few weeks. That's why I was curious about glee. I knew she was in it, and I was kind of thinking of joining, to be close to her." She replies, making Brittany nod her head in understanding.
SXB
Brittany walks into the kitchen and sees her mother sitting at the table, reading over a newspaper. She sits down next to the older woman, who smiles at her and places the paper on the table. "How was school?" Ashley asks, looking over at her daughter.
Brittany just shrugs as she looks down at the table, watching her finger draw invisible pictures on the wood beneath her.
"That good huh?" her mother says with a smirk. Brittany just glances up at the woman, giving her a glare before turning her attention back to her fingers that were still busily tracing shapes on the table. "What happened?" Ashley asks, this time her voice softer. She reaches out and places a comforting hand on her daughter's shoulder, who just sighs loudly. "Did something happen with Mike?" She asks, making Brittany shake her head.
Brittany looks up at her mother but before she could speak the doorbell rings. Ashley glances over at the front door before looking at Brittany confused. "Expecting anyone"? Ashley asks her daughter, standing up from her chair.
Brittany shakes her head, but then her eyes widen as she remembers Santana, "Shit." She mumbles, standing quickly from her seat, walking into the living room, leaving her mother behind confused. Brittany walks to the front door and opens it revealing the Latina, dressed in dark skinny jeans, a red tank, topped with a leather jacket, and aviators.
"Hey." She greets with a smile, pulling her sunglasses off her face, attaching them to her shirt. "Ready to study?" she asks, her smile never faltering from her face.
Brittany frowns at the girl in front of her. She really didn't want to hang out with Santana, but she also knew she could really use some help in that class. She also knew that if she canceled, Santana would know something was up, and wouldn't leave her alone until she told her. "Yeah, whatever." Brittany answers with a shrug. She opens the door wider letting Santana walk in, closing the door behind her.
Brittany leads Santana into the kitchen where her mother was still sat at the table. The older blonde looks up at the two girls "Hey." Ashley says, looking at the girl whom she had never seen before moving her eyes back over to her daughter.
"Mom this is Santana." Brittany introduces. "She's going to help me study." Brittany adds as she watches her mother and Santana shake hands.
Ashley immediately smiles at the girl, "Oh! That's great!" she exclaims happily. She looks over at her daughter who just rolls her eyes. "Okay well I'll get out of your way." She says, picking up her paper from the table. "Santana there are some brownies on the counter and help yourself to anything else." She says smiling brightly at the Latina.
"Thank you, Mrs. Pierce." Santana replies sweetly as the woman walks out of the room. She turns her attention to Brittany who had a scowl on her face, and tilts her head at the blonde, "Are you okay?" she asks confused.
Brittany inhales a deep breath and pushes herself off the counter, "Yeah, let's just do this." She says, making the shorter girl nod her head in agreement. "I'll go and get my things." Brittany says before walking out of the room to go and get her back pack.
Almost an hour later, Santana lets her pencil drop from her hand and lets out a small sigh. She stands up from her chair and walks over to the counter, grabbing a brownie from the plate. She looks back over at Brittany who was still wrapped up in one of the problems, and couldn't help but smile at the blonde as her face was scrunched up as she concentrated.
After a few minutes the blonde finally looks up catching Santana's eye, "What?" Brittany asks, slightly annoyed that the girl had been staring at her.
Santana straightens up as her face contorts into confusion, "What is your problem?" She asks confused.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Brittany replies with a shrug of her shoulders.
Santana rolls her eyes at her response, and scoffs, "You've been a bitch to me all afternoon. What did I do?" The Latina asks, folding her arms over her chest. Brittany lets out a bitter laugh, but doesn't respond and instead turns her attention back to her work. She feels a shadow over her and looks up to see Santana standing over her, "I'm serious Brittany. What did I do?" She asks, her voice firm with a hint of anger in it.
Brittany glares up at the girl, before turning in her seat to face her, "I don't know Santana what did you do?" She asks, making Santana just roll her eyes at the girls response. She obviously didn't know otherwise she wouldn't be asking. "I saw you kiss Tina." Brittany finally says, making Santana's arms drop down to her sides as her mouth hangs open.
Santana plops down in her seat as Brittany continues to stare daggers into her. The Latina lets out a small laugh after a brief silence making Brittany look over at her confused. "How is it that I have been pulling this off for two years, and then all of a sudden you come along, and I get caught every time?" She asks with a sarcastic smile playing on her lips. Brittany doesn't answer and just continues to watch the other girl not knowing how to answer that, "I mean you caught me in the in the classroom, in the choir room, in my car, the locker room…" She says only to have Brittany look at her confused, "Okay so not every time." She says with a smirk.
"You're a pig." Brittany finally says angrily. "I had the biggest crush on you when I first met you." Brittany says with a small laugh, making Santana look over at her curiously. "I thought you were perfect." She adds, shaking her head, looking over at the Latina who was now smiling at her. "Now, I can't even stand to look at you."
Santana moves closer to the Brittany, and brushes a stray piece of blonde hair behind her ear, smiling at her. Brittany knew she should pull away, she wanted to pull away, but even though she was angry at this girl, she still had the same effect on her. Whenever she was this close she seemed to lose all thought, and all motion; she was just frozen in her spot. "I liked you when I first saw you too." Santana replies sweetly as Brittany swallows hard.
Santana leans in, pressing her lips against Brittany's for a soft kiss. Brittany's entire body tenses at the action and her eyes widen as she tries to process in her head what was going on. She gets pulled from her trance when she feels Santana's tongue gliding softly across her bottom lip, wanting access. She pulls away abruptly, almost knocking Santana out of her chair. "You need to go." She says, looking down at the ground, not being able to look up at the girl.
"Britt…" Santana says, reaching out for the blonde's hand, only to have the girl snatch it away. Santana watches the other girl for a few moments, contemplating on what to do next. She wanted to stay and try and talk to her, but she knew Brittany wasn't going to have it. She knew she should probably go before Brittany started yelling at her, drawing her mother's attention to them. Santana grabs her things from the table, and shoves them into her back pack before walking out of the kitchen, and out the front door.
Brittany stands frozen in her spot; her lips still tingling from the kiss until she hears the door slam shut, pulling her from all thoughts. She slowly brings her fingers up to her lips, trying to ignore the pounding in her chest and the butterflies floating around inside her stomach.
Ashley walks down the stairs and into the kitchen where she sees Brittany standing in the middle of the room staring at the wall on the other side of the kitchen. "Britt? You okay? Did Santana already leave?" She asks, placing a soft hand on Brittany's shoulder making the blonde jump at the contact. "What's up?" her mother asks, looking at her daughter concerned.
"Nothing." Brittany says, snapping herself out of whatever trance she had been stuck in since the Latina's lips had touched her own. "Yeah, she left. We uh, finished for the day." Brittany says quickly before moving over to the table, gathering her things up.
Ashley reaches out and grabs Brittany's arm, stopping her in her frenzy, "Baby what's wrong?" Her mother asks firmly looking into her daughter's ocean blue eyes. She knew something was bothering Brittany, and she intended on getting to the bottom of whatever was the source of the girls problems were. "Talk to me." She says, her voice softer than before.
Brittany lets out a sigh, and looks down at the floor briefly, "Mom, really I'm fine." She assures the woman, who just gives her a wary look, "I'm really just tired from school and then the extra studying with Santana." She says, before taking a step forward giving her mother a hug. "Call me when dinner is ready?" she asks, pulling away slightly.
Ashley looks at Brittany hesitantly, but nods her head in agreement, making Brittany smile and kiss her mother on the cheek, before walking upstairs to her room.
Sorry it's been so long! If you're still reading and you still like it let me know please! :)