Sorry for the late update but I have been terribly sick! I have had this written down in pieces of paper for so long but I finally managed to type everything and publish it! Yay! I hope you all enjoy the next chapter!
It was weird to Santana, a good weird. First, Brittany was at her door mourning for held. Secondly, they end up living together, and happily like a picture perfect family should. Thirdly, they kissed and Santana feels a thump in her heart and between her legs. The fourth is that her mother approves and insists to have her act on her feelings. Lastly, Brittany asked her out on a date, Santana. On a date. She doesn't do dates nor has friends and now she's going on a date with a beautiful woman?
Santana sat in her chair looking beyond her computer screen as if she was getting lost in a cyber-world. She stared at the white Word screen just thinking about everything and anything that has to do with Brittany.
"Santana… It's okay to go home now… You've done all your work today." A gentle voice says to the Latina.
The voice snapped Santana out of her thoughts. "Oh, hi." Santana looks up at her short, blonde hair coworker. ""Just revising a few things and I'll be on my way." She smiles and starts typing whatever pops into her head that looks like potential article ideas in the future.
"I've been watching you stare at the screen for two hours now!" The blonde laughs. "Don't lie!"
Santana closes the Word Processor without saving the meaningless words and shuts down the computer. "There, happy? I'll take my leave now." She stands up and starts walking away until she feels a gentle hand on her shoulder.
"Santana, we've been working with each other for many years now and I've never seen you that distracted. Is there something the matter...?" The blonde genuinely asks.
Santana turns around. "Quinn, look. It's no big deal. I'm just thinking." She sighs and looks into the blonde's hazel eyes. "I know we have never seen eye to eye before so don't feel obligated to talk to me in concern because we're co-workers." She shrugs her shoulders and starts walking away.
"I know we butt heads, Santana. But we do get along. You're just pushing everyone away. I want to be your friend too but you're scared of me." Quinn walks away back into her office.
Santana has way too many things in her head right now and Quinn can't be one of them. She knows how many times the blonde tried to befriend her throughout the years they've been working together but she can't just trust anyone. The only exception would be Brittany of course.
It's only 3:30 PM and Santana's already close to home. She is driving nervously. Tonight is when they start dating and Santana is both frantic and excited.
As she enters her apartment garage, she notices a quaint, little flower shop that is perfectly convenient at the moment. Santana gets out of her car and sprints across the street. As she nears the shop, she can smell the beautiful floral scent.
"Hello there, miss! Welcome to the Garden of Eden!" A plump, elderly woman greets the unfamiliar Latina with a smile.
Santana looks around and smiles. Every flower she sees is bright, beautiful and breathtaking, like Brittany. She walks up to a vase full of dark, red roses but frowns at it. Red roses are too romantic for the first date and roses don't seem to fit Brittany at all.
"Do you need any help, dear?" The plump suddenly appears closer to Santana, examining the flowers Santana frowned at.
Santana turns to the woman with a smile. "I actually do."
"What's to occasion, my dear?" She seems excited to help out.
"Um," Santana fidgets. "I am going on a date." She blushes. "First time!"
The lady claps her plump hands and rejoices. "Lucky man he is, I assume!"
Santana recoils a bit. She know how not many people are open with the homosexual community. "Well, ummm.." She dry swallows her nervousness. "It's actually a date with a girl…"
The woman's eyes go wide from the surprise. "Well, that's nice, dear." She smiles at Santana and pats the Latina's hand. "Describe her for me." She starts scanning each flower.
At first, Santana was shy and she hesitated but what the hell. She needs all the help she can at the moment. "She has blonde hair, like gold. Her blue eyes sparkle like the ocean. And her smile shines brighter than the sun." Santana blushes more and smiles shyly.
"Ah!" I know a perfect flower. The woman walks around and disappears behind a wall full of flowers. "I know the perfect flower!" She sings happily. "From the way you talk about her, you must like her a lot!"
Santana didn't even hear the old lady as she walks to the register. All she can think about at the moment is Brittany. It's true, whatever she said about her. Brittany Pierce has her hooked.
"Here you go!" The old lady shimmies in front of the counter. She holds out the bouquet of twelve, big and bright sunflowers. "I know she will love it!" The old woman beams with glee.
Santana smiles at the bouquet of sunflowers. "This is perfect!" Santana looks at the woman and fishes for her wallet in her pocket. "How much?"
"Nothing! You have a wonderful time, my dear!" The woman wraps the sunflowers in a light, see through orange plastic with a yellow ribbon holding everything in place.
Santana holds her hands up. "Please! You've helped me too much already! I can-"
"You can pay me back with a visit from both of you." The woman simply says and smiles. "Have a great night, miss." She scoots Santana out the flower shop and gives her the bouquet of sunflowers.
Santana smiles and waves at the woman through the glass windows of the flower shop. She mouths out, "Thank you." She turns around and checks the street before sprinting back to her apartment.
Santana became more eager and excited for the date tonight so the elevators won't do. Instead, she ran four flights of stairs without stopping or taking a breath. She slows down as she reaches her door to her floor. She breathes in and out and walks confidently out the door into the hallway. As she turns the corner she stops and slips behind the corner to hide. The sight breaks her heart.
"I want you back in my life. You, me and our baby." Kevin smiles at Brittany as he leans down to kiss her perfect lips.
Brittany pushes him away. "Back up, Kevin!" Brittany's posture and stance outgrows Kevin. "We don't need your cheap, fake sympathy! Going to you is the biggest regret of my life!"
Santana watches and agrees with Brittany. She supports her standing up for herself.
Kevin laughs hysterically and sarcastically. He caresses Brittany's cheek with his forefinger. "Oh sweetheart, don't flatter yourself. You're cheaper than a five cent whore."
Santana couldn't help herself. The blood boiling in her veins after hearing what that asshole just said. Her body lunge forward towards Kevin. "YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!" Her small yet strong frame sends Kevin down along with her. Her tackling brought the asshole down. She quickly sits up and starts beating him with the bouquet of sunflowers she has just bought for Brittany.
Brittany is watching, horror-struck and she can't move.
Kevin pushes Santana off roughly with his giant hands and kicks Santana in the stomach hard.
Santana knows the air was knocked out of her body and her fall doesn't help. She crashes on the floor completely breathless and her sight starts fading away. She faints mid action.
"SAN!" Brittany quickly sits next to Santana and cradles her body. "San!"
Kevin stands up and smirks. He towers over Brittany and the unconscious petite Latina.
"What the fuck man?" A tall Asian who lives right across Santana witnesses everything as he goes to his apartment. "That's now how you should treat women!" He looks at Brittany and Santana on the ground.
"What? You think you're a bad ass now cause you're telling me what to do?" Kevin laughs evilly.
"No, I can be a witness for them!" The man smirks. "Oh, and if I recall, you verbally and physically abused her." Looking at Brittany. "Still think I'm a bad ass, tough guy?"
Kevin throws a punch but stumbles as he misses.
The kind man moves aside quickly so he won't get punched and takes the vulnerable opportunity Kevin is in and pins him down on the ground with his left arm pinched up behind him and the man's left knee on Kevin's back. He kept his tight grip on him. He wanted him to feel pain for harassing and hurting these two women. "I'm a lawyer and a black belt, so if you me suing your ass and me being their lawyer, I suggest you move somewhere else!" He twists Kevin's arm one last painful time and let's go. "Get the fuck out, NOW!"
Kevin gets up sloppily obviously writhing in pain and turns to Brittany. "I hope you burn in hell, bitch!"
Brittany smiles sarcastically. "See you there then, Kevin!" She sticks her middle finger up at the man who abused her many times.
Kevin struggles to go into the elevator and disappears behind the closing doors.
The man kneels next to Brittany and the fallen Santana. "Are you two okay?" He looks at Santana. "Is she okay?" He takes Santana and carries her up with his strong arms.
"I'll be fine." She stands up and looks at the unconscious girl in the man's arms. "I hope she'll be okay."
"She will be. I saw what she did to that guy. She is a BEAST!" He smiles.
Brittany laughs cause it's true. Santana's always there rescuing her. "My name is Brittany Pierce and this" gesturing to the girl in his arms "is Santana Lopez. My hero." She kisses Santana's forehead.
"Nice to meet you both in this crazy event!" He laughs. "My name is Mike Chang. I'm Santana's neighbor."
Brittany opens the door and let's Mike in. "Come with me, so we can put her in the bedroom." She leads them to the master bedroom where Little Santa is asleep peacefully.
"A baby?" Mike whispers out loud in surprise. He looks at Brittany curiously.
"It's my baby with that asshole." Brittany shrugs.
"Ah, I see and Santana is your-"
"We're dating! Well, actually I use to live with her but I ended up liking her so I asked her out." Brittany bluntly says.
Mike places Santana next to the baby and eyes Brittany curiously. "I need to hear this story because I am slightly lost at the moment." He hugs Brittany tightly. "Tell me when Santana recovers."
Brittany hugs back tightly in return. "Mike, thank you so much!"
"I didn't do anything! Santana did all the work!" He let's go and starts walking out the room. "We should all hang out some time?"
"We'd love that!" Brittany jumps with joy as she walks Mike out of the apartment. "Bring your friends too!"
"For sure!" He says goodbye and before he enters his apartment he says one more thing to Brittany. "If that asshole comes back, don't be afraid to knock on my door. My buddies and I got the three of you." He winks and closes the door.
Brittany smiles and closes the door. She runs back to the master bedroom and examines Santana. She kneels on the floor next to the girl and kisses her forehead. "We can have our date later, Santana. You just rest up and get better." She gets up and looks at Santana one more time. She smiles and walks away. But as she walks away she notices a trail of yellow petals that lead back to Santana. She kneels next to the girl once more and notices how Santana is protecting something in her arms. Brittany slowly and delicately pries open Santana's arms and sees the beautiful yet ragged bouquet of flowers Santana must have bought for her for their first date tonight.
Brittany's eyes glisten with happy tears. Her favorite flowers are sunflowers. The only person that's ever given her sunflowers was her dad. A sunflower is the last thing he ever bought her before he passed away. Now, Santana's bringing the sunshine back in her life again. The sunflowers were a metaphor to Brittany. She looks at Santana with adoring and loving eyes. She hasn't felt this special or loved in forever and somehow Santana manages to do that every single day. Brittany closes her eyes and leans forward. Her lips meet Santana's soft, gentle lips. Like Sleeping Beauty and Snow White, Santana awakens with true love's first kiss.
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