Side Effects
Chapter 11
Brittany stood in front of her full length mirror, with her head tilted to the side, looking herself up and down in the reflection of the mirror. She had been through just about her entire closet, and she still wasn't satisfied with what she had on.
"Oh baby you look beautiful," The blonde hears her mother's voice from behind her. She moves her gaze to the side and sees her mother walking up behind her in the mirror's reflection. "Where are you going?" She asks, wrapping her arms around her daughters waist, resting her chin on her shoulder. "Hot date?" She asks with a smirk, raising her eyebrow.
Brittany smiles shyly, and pulls away from her mother, turning to face her, "I'm going to Breadstix with Santana." She says with a shrug, before making her way over to her closet.
Her mother follows her with her eyes, and watches her dig through her closet full of shoes, picking out the right ones to match her light blue dress. "Oh, I thought you may have been going out with Mike." She says suggestively, with a smile. Brittany rolls her eyes at her mother, but lets a smirk grace her lips, before shaking her head no.
They hear a knock on the door downstairs, and Brittany quickly looks out her window to see Santana's car parked out front, "She's here, I gotta go." Brittany says, kissing her mother on the cheek, and breezing past her.
"Remember, be home by midnight!" Her mother yells behind her as Brittany races down the stairs and out the front door, mumbling a quick response.
Brittany jumps into the passenger side of Santana's Camero, and looks over at the Latina, "Risky, parking right in front of my house with Rachel living right across the street." The blonde chastises, giving Santana a stern look.
Santana just rolls her eyes, "Hello to you too, you look beautiful." She says sarcastically, as she starts driving down the road.
Brittany lets out a small giggle, and gives Santana an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry, Hi." She says, placing a gentle hand on Santana's knee.
Santana looks over at her and smiles, before placing her eyes back on the road, "You really do look beautiful." Santana says softly, glancing back over at Brittany, who was smiling widely and her cheeks had turned bright red. "Are you blushing?" Santana teases, poking Brittany's cheek with her finger.
Brittany swats the hand away, and shakes her head furiously, "No!" She replies quickly, turning her head to look out the window, to hide her face from Santana. The brunette just simply smirks, and continues driving down the road without another word about it.
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The girls were now sitting at Breadstix, enjoying their pastas, and each others company. There hadn't been any awkward silences, or any silence at all for that matter, since they had arrived. The past hour they had really gotten know each other more, from basics such as favorite colors, to family, and goals in life.
"So, are you out to your family? I know you tell your girlfriends that you aren't so they will keep it a secret, but are you really afraid of them finding out?" Brittany asks curiously.
Santana glances down at the table briefly, before moving her eyes up to meet Brittany's blue eyes, clearing her throat, "They know. I don't see my dad much, but he doesn't care, he loves me anyways." She says with a small smile.
"And your mother?" Brittany asks hesitantly.
Santana sighs, and looks back at the table, "She knows." She confirms with a nod, "She doesn't like it, but I don't see her much either. I mean I live with her, but she's never home, and if she is we avoid each other." She says, looking back up at the blonde who was looking at her with sad eyes.
"I'm sorry." Brittany says sincerely, reaching across the table to grabs one of Santana's hands in her own.
Santana looks down at their hands before slowly letting them trail up to meet ocean blues, and smiles, "It's fine. We didn't get along too well even before she knew." She says with a shrug. Brittany gives her another sad smile, and Santana lifts the blonde's hand up to her lips, placing a soft kiss on the blonde's knuckles. "You're blushing again." Santana says with a smirk, lowering their interlaced hands back to the table.
Brittany just rolls her eyes, and looks away, trying once again to hide the flush on her face.
"What about you? Are you out to your parents?" Santana asks, taking the subject off of herself and her family drama.
Brittany shakes her head, and looks up in thought, "I don't even know what I am." She admits honestly, making Santana look at her confused, "I mean I guess I'm bisexual, I'm attracted to both, and I've just never thought about labeling myself I guess." She says with a shrug, making Santana nod in understanding. "But, I don't think my parents would mind if they knew I was dating a girl."
"Well, you are lucky." Santana says with a smile.
Brittany smiles back at the Latina, and reaches for her drink, taking a sip. She lets her eyes wonder past Santana where she sees Rachel walk in with Kurt and Mercedes, making her eyes widen. She quickly ducks her head down, confusing Santana, "What are you doing?" She asks, before she feels the blonde pull on her hand, making her also lean down with a surprised gasp.
"Rachel is here." Brittany whispers loudly, before peaking up over the table to scan the room for the short diva. She spots the brunette moving towards them and quickly ducks down once again, "She will kill me if she sees us." She says, as if it was obvious.
Santana lets out a sigh, but quickly pulls out some cash, and throws it on the table. "Come on." She instructs, standing up. Brittany glance over at her three friends before quickly taking Santana's hand, and rushing out the restaurant without being seen.
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Santana puts the car into park, and Brittany looks around at her surroundings, before turning to Santana, giving the Latina a confused look, "Can you tell me where we are now?" She asks, but in response, Santana just smiles, and pulls the keys out of the ignition, before getting out of the car.
Brittany lets out a sigh, and takes another look around at the trees surrounding her car. She unbuckles her seatbelt, and looks out the window at Santana who moving further away from the car. The blonde quickly opens her door and follows Santana into the darkness, before she lost her.
"Where are we going?" The blonde asks, growing somewhat annoyed that she had no idea where she was, and Santana wouldn't tell her anything. She bumps into the Latina, and Brittany curses under her breath, "Why'd you just stop?" She asks, looking at Santana who was looking straight forward. Brittany follows her gaze, and realizes they're on a cliff overlooking the city, "Whoa." Brittany breaths out, taking a step back, not wanting to be so close to the edge.
"This is my favorite spot." Santana says, looking out at the city as she inhales deeply, closing her eyes.
Brittany smiles at the sight, "Let me guess you bring all your girlfriends here?" She asks with a teasing smirk.
Santana lets out a small laugh, and turns to look at the blonde behind her, "Believe it or not, I've never brought anyone here. Not even Puck." She says with a shrug, before turning back to the beautiful sight of the city lights.
"Did you date him also?" Brittany asks, receiving a loud laugh from Santana.
After a second Santana stops laughing, and turns her head to look at Brittany, "No I never dated Puck." She clarifies, shaking her head, "He is my best friend; my brother." She adds, making Brittany nod in understanding.
"I understand, that's like me and Mike's relationship." Brittany replies, taking a hesitant step forward, leaning over slightly to get a look at just how far up they actually were.
"I was jealous of Mike." Santana admits, making Brittany stand back up and look over at her curiously. "Puck said you guys were always together, and that he thought you guys were dating." The brunette explains, making Brittany smirk. "What?" Santana asks confused,
Brittany just shakes her head, "I never pegged you as the jealous type." She says with an amused smile, making Santana scoff, and roll her eyes.
"Whatever." She says simply, folding her arms over her chest. She knew she couldn't protest because she had already admitted to be jealous, and she was so there was no need in denying it. Santana sits down, and lets her feet dangle off the edge, "Come sit with me." She says, pulling on Brittany's hand.
Brittany does as she is told, but slowly, and hesitantly. She wasn't good at math, or measurements, but she was positive they were at least a good 8 stories high, and if she fell, she'd be dead instantly.
"Ive got you." Santana says with a small laugh, sensing the blonde's nervousness. She helps Brittany gets sat down then wraps her arm securely around Brittany's waist, "You're safe." She says quietly, placing her chin on the blonde's shoulder.
Brittany lets out a content sigh, and leans head over, resting it against Santana's as a smile tugs at the corners of her lips. The girls fall into a comfortable silence, holding one another, overlooking the big city, that from up here seemed so small.
"You've got to tell Rachel." Santana says, breaking the silence after a couple of minutes.
Brittany doesn't respond instantly, but lets out a deep sigh. "I know." She finally says, with a nod. "I've actually almost told her a couple of times, but I've chickened out." Brittany says, defeated. "She told me I was the best friend, she's ever had, and honestly she is one of the best friends I've ever had, and I don't want to lose her." Brittany says desperately. This whole thing was extremely difficult for Brittany. She didn't want to hurt Rachel, but she just couldn't seem to stay away from Santana.
"You will lose her, if she finds out, and you didn't tell her." Santana replies softly, giving the blonde's waist a reassuring squeeze.
Brittany lest out a groan, "I know. I just need to find the right time." She says with a small shrug.
"There will never be a right time." Santana throws back, causing Brittany to once again sigh. "I'm sorry." Santana adds softly, "If dating me, is going to cause you too much drama then I'll understand if you don't want to date me." Santana says, making Brittany pull away, and look at her.
"It isn't your fault." Brittany says, shaking her head, "You aren't causing me any drama, I'm the one choosing to date you; I didn't have to." She points out, making Santana nod, "I wanted to." She adds, with a small smile.
Santana returns the smile, "I'm glad you wanted to." She says, leaning closer to the blonde, her smile growing in size.
"Me too." Brittany confirms, as she watches Santana move even closer to her. She lets her eyes travel down from Santana's brown eyes to her luscious lips, making her subconsciously lick her own. Santana stops millimeters away from the blonde's lips, and looks deep into Brittany's eyes, looking for any signs that she didn't want this, but she got done. Santana watches Brittany's eyes slip closed, and she leans in all the way, pressing her lips firmly against the blonde's.
The kiss was soft, and gentle at first, but soon Brittany felt the warmth of Santana's tongue, trying to pry her lips open, wanting access. The blonde gives in and opens her mouth, letting out a moan when her tongue touches Santana's once again.
They pull away after a few minutes, and smile at one another, letting out soft giggles. Santana then gets up, confusing Brittany as she watches the brunette's retreating figure.
Brittany sits there for a few moments confused, and was about to get up, and follow Santana but the brunette returns with a blanket in her hand. She unfolds it and lies it on the ground, before sitting down, "Come lie with me." She says, patting the spot next to her, as she lies down on her back.
Brittany smiles, and gets up off the ledge, and makes her way over to Santana, lying next to her.
Santana takes Brittany's hand in her own, and laces their fingers together, making Brittany roll her head to the side and smile at the Latina. "Look, there's the big dipper." Santana says, pointing up to the sky.
Brittany turns her attention away from Santana and follows her finger where she sees the stars lined up, forming a spoon like shape. She smiles and nods her head, letting Santana know that she also saw it. "There's an elephant." Brittany says, pointing at a cluster of stars. She hears Santana let out a giggle beside her, and she turns to look at Santana, who was staring back at her, "Do you see it?" She asks, making Santana shake her head no. Brittany smiles and scoots closer to the brunette, and takes Santana's hand, bring it up in the air. She traces out the shape with their hands, "There." She says once she finishes, and looks back over at the brunette.
Santana smiles and looks over at her, "I see it." She confirms, making Brittany grin widely, "Look right here." Santana instructs, picking up Brittany's hand, tracing out a shape in the sky.
"A heart." Brittany says with a smile, making Santana nod in confirmation, and look over at the blonde. Brittany looks to the side at the brunette and leans in placing a soft kiss on her lips.
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Brittany gets awoken by the sound of her phone, screeching in her ear. She lets out a groan, and rolls over, trying to scoot away from the noise, and notices a warm body pressed up against her own. She quickly opens her eyes, and sees Santana lying halfway on top of her, making her eyes widen, "Shit!" She exclaims, sitting up with a start, waking Santana in the process.
"What's wrong?" Santana asks, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
Brittany picks up her phone, and sees 7 missed calls from her mother, and curses, "We fell asleep! I was supposed to be home almost 2 hours ago!" Brittany says, jumping up off the blanket. Santana jumps up also, and grabs the blanket, following Brittany who had already started running for the car.
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The girls quickly pull up into Brittany's driveway after speeding the entire way home. Luckily they hadn't been stopped and wasted any more of their time. Brittany practically jumps out of the car, before it had even parked, and Santana quickly shuts off the ignition and jumps out behind her.
"What are you doing?" Brittany asks turning towards Santana who was following her to the front door.
"I'm going with you." She says determined, "It was my fault you missed curfew so I'm going to talk to your mom with you." She explains, brushing past the stunned blonde to walk up to the front door.
Brittany was shocked Santana was going to go inside with her, and take the heat. She could easily just get into her car, and drive away without a care in the world, or without getting yelled at or lectured, but she was coming to in to help explain things to her mother. Brittany would be lying if she said she wasn't swooned by the brunette even more for this. Brittany pulls herself away from her thoughts and sees Santana waiting at the front door. She quickly makes her way over and unlocks it, walking inside.
"Where have you been?" They immediately hear Ashley's voice exclaim as the woman pulls Brittany into a tight embrace, "I have been worried sick!" She yells, before pulling away to look at Brittany.
"Mrs. Pierce, It's my fault we are late." Santana says, making Ashley's eyes move away from Brittany to Santana, whom she'd just noticed was in the house also. "We were lying down, talking and stuff, and we fell asleep." She explains, wringing her hands nervously. She had managed to keep eye contact with the older blonde although she was nervous out of her mind, and wanted to look down at the floor in shame, and Brittany had to admit she was impressed.
Brittany quickly shakes her head though, "No mom, it isn't her fault. It's both of our faults, we fell asleep. It was an accident." Brittany explains, making Ashley look back over at her daughter.
Ashley lets out a sigh, and nods her head, "Okay, we will talk about this more tomorrow, I'm just glad you're safe." She says, pulling Brittany into another bone crushing hug. "Let's get some sleep." She says, after pulling away.
Brittany nods, and looks over at Santana, "I'll walk Santana out." She says, making her mother nod her head, and retreat back into her bedroom.
Brittany smiles at Santana and nods her head back towards the front door telling Santana to follow her, which she does quickly, "I am so sorry Brittany." Santana starts, once they stop in front of the door, "It's all my fault you're in trouble, I am so-
Brittany shuts Santana's rambling up, by pressing her lips firmly against Santana's, making the brunette's words morph into a moan, as she sinks into the kiss. "I had an amazing time, thank you." Brittany says, softly, pulling away from Santana. The blonde smiles as she watches Santana slowly flutter her eyes open, still trying to recover from the mind blowing kiss.
Once Santana's eyes open, she immediately smiles, looking deep into Brittany's ocean blue eyes, "I did too." She replies honestly, "I'll call you tomorrow." She adds, pulling away from Brittany.
"You better." The blonde replies playfully, making Santana smirk, before walking out the door.
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Santana wakes up the next morning, with a bright smile on her face. She was normally not a morning person at all, and woke up with her usual scowl firmly placed on her lips. But this morning that scowl was no where to be found, and she couldn't stop smiling if she tried.
She pulls the covers off of her body, and sits up, letting her legs dangle off the side of her bed. She reaches over for her phone that was on the nightstand table, and quickly sends Brittany a text message, telling her good morning. She places the phone back down on the table, and gets up to use the restroom.
A couple minutes later she emerges from the bathroom, and walks back over to her bed, checking her phone, which had no messages. She frowns, but figures Brittany was still sleeping, and just shrugs, placing the phone back down on the table, and walks out of her bedroom.
She makes her way down the stairs where she sees her mother sitting at the kitchen table, drinking a cup of coffee, and typing away on her blackberry. "Morning." Santana greets distantly, walking past the older woman on her way to the fridge.
"Morning." Her mother mumbles back, not taking her eyes off of her phone. Santana grabs a carton of orange juice out of the fridge, and puts it to her lips, drinking straight from the box. "You got home late." Her mother says a few minutes later, making her stop drinking, and look over at her.
Santana would be lying if she were to say, she was surprised her mother had noticed what time she got back, "Yeah I was with a friend." She says, placing the orange juice back into the fridge.
"A girlfriend?" Her mother asks, lowly.
Santana easily picked up her mothers disapproving tone, and rolled her eyes. "Yes mom a girl." She replies, sharply. "I think you'd like her." Santana says after a beat, looking over at her mother who was typing on her phone once again. The older woman just hums a response, not even attempting to act like she cared what her daughter was talking about.
Santana lets out a sigh, and makes herself a bowl of cereal without another word to her mother. She makes her way upstairs with the cereal, and sits down on her bed, flipping the television on. She glances over at her phone, checking it once again; only to still see nothing. She knew she was being impatient, and it was early, but she really wanted to talk to the blonde.
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A few hours later, Santana still sat bored on her bed, flipping through the television channels, fiddling nothing on. She lets out a groan, and flops back onto the bed, picking up her cell phone. She brings it above her face, and checks her messages, making sure she hand't somehow gotten a reply from Brittany, and just missed it; no such luck.
Santana was bored out of her mind, normally on a Saturday, she'd be hanging out with one of her girlfriends at the moment, but she of course couldn't do that. She was trying really hard to stay faithful to Brittany, but the blonde was making it very difficult, by ignoring her.
She scrolls down to Pucks name and hits the call button, bringing the phone up to her ear. "Puckerman, lets hang out." Santana demands, before the boy had even finished saying hello.
"I'm kind of busy right now Santana." He says, making her roll her eyes.
"Come on!" She exclaims with a loud sigh, "I am freaking bored out of my mind right now! Let's go smoke or something." She suggests, only to get a sigh as a response followed by silence. She smiled, knowing he was thinking his choices over. When he did this, he always gave in, and would come and chill with her. If he was going to say no, he would have said it right away.
"Fine." He finally breaths out, making her smile grow wider. "I'll pick you up in 15." He adds, before hanging up the phone.
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"So how did your date with that blonde go?" Puck asks, wiggling his eyebrows at her. The two of them were now sitting in his bedroom smoking. To be honest Santana hated being in his room, it was messy, and disgusting. And the thought of how many girls he had in his bed almost made her not want to sit on it. His parents were both at work, otherwise they would be at her house at the moment. But this was just about the only safe choice they had.
"It was amazing." Santana admits, taking a hit off of her joint. "Best date I've ever been on actually." She adds with a smile.
Puck nods in acknowledgment as he takes a long hit before replying, "So why aren't you with her now? Why did you have to pull me away?" He asks, making her roll her eyes.
"Like you were doing anything important." She replies sharply, making him just glare at her, "But I don't know, we had an amazing time, I mean she told me last night she had a good time, but i've been texting her and calling her all day, and she won't answer." She says with a sigh.
"Maybe she's backing out." He says with a shrug, making the Latina snap her head up to look at him. "I mean you said yourself, she rejected you multiple times." He adds, before tossing his joint out of his window. "Roll some more up." He commands, as she takes another drag of her own.
"You did it." She says, glaring at him. He did not just tell her what to do. Besides she still had some of hers left.
Puck rolls his eyes and pulls the bag of weed out, and some paper and puts it in front of her, "Come on you do it better than me. I get it too tight." j
Santana lets out a sigh, and takes one long drag of her own, before throwing the small joint out the window. She starts rolling more up, and he smiles widely. "Do you really think she is backing out?" Santana asks, looking up from her task, to meet his eyes.
Puck lets out a sigh, and runs his hand through his mohawk, "I don't know." He says honestly, with a shrug, "Maybe, she just got tired of you asking, so she decided to just say yes, as a pity date. Maybe she thought you'd leave her alone after one date." He suggests, making Santana frown.
She finishes rolling up a couple joints, and hands him one, before lighting up her own. "I did find it odd, that she suddenly changed her mind." She says, with a thoughtful look on her face, "I mean she rejected me multiple times then suddenly she just asked me out." She adds, furrowing her eyebrows, "But last night was amazing. I felt something with her, and I don't think it was just me." She says, looking back up at him pleadingly.
She wanted him to tell her that Brittany really did want her, and she was just being paranoid. But she knew he couldn't do that. He didn't know what was going on either. "I don't know San." He says with a sigh. "Try calling her again." He suggests with a shrug.
Santana looks at him for a few moments, debating on wether or not she should try. She had already called twice and left a couple of text messages. She didn't want to seem too desperate, but she did want to talk to her, and she wanted Brittany to know she wasn't giving up on her. "Okay." She replies with a firm nod. She pulls the device out of her pocket, and finds Brittany's number hitting call. She waits patiently a couple of minutes as the phone keeps ringing, until she hears the blonde's voice mail pick up once again. "Fuck!" She yells tossing the device to the other side of the room.
A/N: Okay, so I asked you guys on twitter who you want Rachel to end up with and it's a tie between Puck and Quinn, so please leave a review and let me know who guys would want! Whoever gets the most votes wins! Also Thank you guys as always for the wonderful reviews! Let me know what you think!