Love in the Air
AN: Hi guys! Once again thank you for the wonderful reviews! The outfit Santana is wearing at Nick and Jeff's is the one from 'Santana Baby' I just changed her shoes.
Just a side note, in this story Santana is straight. I guess I didn't make that clear and I'm sorry if this upsets anyone. I love Brittana in canon but for this story I ship Santana and her mystery man (to be revealed soon). I have a note at the end of this chapter responding to a comment about my change of Santana's sexuality. If you want to read that first, go ahead.
Otherwise, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, American Airlines, or anything else that looks familiar.
Chapter 17:
January 11th 2019:
The shrill ringing of Kurt's phone woke him up and after he blindly ran his hands over the side table, he finally grasped the familiar object.
"Hello?" his voice cracked and was thick with sleep. He rolled on to his stomach so he could sit up on his elbows and hopefully not disturb Blaine who groaned and buried his head into his pillow.
"Kurt! This is not good, I can't believe this is happening…to me of all freaking people! I'm the one who makes men uncomfortable, not the other way around!" Santana's words all blended together as she continued to scream through the phone at him.
Running his hand through his hair, Kurt took a deep breath to keep from screaming back at Santana and began to move out of bed. He knew this phone call was going to take a while, that much was obvious, and he didn't want to bother Blaine. Kurt had barely moved an inch before Blaine's arms wound around his waist pulling Kurt back against Blaine's bare chest.
"Blaine, come on let me go." Kurt pleaded.
"Nope…comfortable." Blaine grumbled shaking his head and holding onto Kurt tighter.
Santana's voice sounded over the phone and Kurt's attention was diverted from Blaine back to her panic attack that was going on, "Kurt! Are you even listening to me? This is serious!"
With an agitated groan, Kurt settled in to listen to whatever it was that currently had Santana flipping out at him, Blaine still had one arms slung over Kurt's waist and was now curled up against his side.
"Okay, I'm listening. But can you please start from the beginning and calmly explain to me what happened, because right now I'm sleep deprived and kind of pissed off at you for waking me up."
Blaine snorted and pressed himself closer to Kurt. The action made Kurt smile and he would have to remember that sleepy Blaine was very clingy and cuddly.
"Okay, so this morning I woke up and walked into the kitchen wearing an old t-shirt and your boxers that I stole-"
"I still don't understand why you took them…." Kurt said slowly.
"They are comfortable, but that's not the point. I walked into the kitchen and there, sitting at the freaking kitchen table, drinking a freaking cup of coffee was, and I swear to you this no exaggeration, was a freaking Greek god Kurt!"
"Let me guess," Kurt drawled, "freaking blonde hair, freaking bright blue eyes, freaking tall and freaking muscular but still freaking thin."
There was a pause on the other end, "Stop mocking me, and oh my god! Creeper! How did you know?" Santana asked in awe.
"I know...because I met him yesterday. His name is Eric. He's Jeff's slightly older brother. Blaine and I went to watch him sing last night." Kurt huffed and rolled over onto his side so he was facing Blaine. He absentmindedly ran his hands through the soft curls that fanned out over Blaine's face and over his ears.
"Great. Of course he's Jeff's brother." Santana groaned.
Kurt leaned down to kiss Blaine's forehead, smiling at how Blaine scrunched his face and he let out a small huff. "What's wrong with him being Jeff's brother?"
"Isn't there a rule about not dating your friend's brother?"
Kurt laughed, "Really Santana, who is my brother married to? And since when have you ever followed any rules?"
She paused, "Good point."
"Exactly. Now, what did you do after you saw him? Did you grab his hand and then pull him into the bedroom and make hot, hot man and women love?" Kurt joked, laughing when Blaine said, "Kurrrrrt…too early for jokes" and tried to keep from laughing by hiding his head in the pillow.
"Sorry babe." Blaine gave a small humph and mumbled "it's okay".
"Really Kurt? Really? No, I..um, ran back into my room, and called you." Santana sighed.
Kurt shifted slightly, "You know what? I think you have a crush on Eric. You've never acted this way about any guy before. I think you actually like him."
"Kurt I know nothing about him! And I don't crush on guys, I sleep with guys and that's the extent of the relationship." Santana huffed on the other line.
"Yes, but you want to sleep with Eric and only Eric. That's a first." Kurt pointed out.
Blaine lifted his head, "Santana slept with Eric?" his whispered, slightly nervous for the answer.
"No she didn't" Kurt said shaking his head, "but she will because she likes him!" He practically shouted the last part so Santana would hear him.
"I will not!" She snapped back.
Kurt laughed and leaned back into Blaine, "Yes you will. Don't argue with me. Now, be ready in two hours because you and I are going shopping."
"Um why? How is shopping going to solve anything?" She asked uneasily.
"Because Eric is going to be at dinner tonight and you need to talk to him, get to know him as a person and not just a 'Greek god'. You are always more confident when you're wearing something tight and revealing, hence the shopping trip."
"Okay," Santana finally conceded, "Thanks Kurt, I have no idea what is happening, I mean I haven't even like officially met him yet!"
It took Kurt a second to respond because Blaine had gotten bored and gave up trying to fall asleep, instead he moved so he was hovering over Kurt's back. He pressed his lips to Kurt's pale skin, paying particular attention to his neck and shoulders, encouraged by Kurt's small sighs.
"It's okay Santana. Look, I need to go but be ready in two hours."
"I got it, bye Sweet Cheeks."
"Bye Satan." Kurt hung up and rolled over so he was lying on his back. Blaine took the phone from Kurt's hand and set it on the table, "Care to explain what that was all about?" Blaine asked between brushes of his lips over Kurt's collar bone.
Kurt reached our and cupped Blaine's face in his hands pulling him closer, "Later" he breathed against Blaine's lips before kissing him passionately.
"Hot damn, you look good!" Blaine exclaimed as he walked into the spare bedroom where Santana was staying.
"Thanks Short-stack!' Santana replied studying her reflection in the mirror. Kurt had dressed her in a fitted sweater dress that was black with white diamonds running down from the collar. It fell to her mid thighs and Kurt had accessorized it with diamond bracelets and a pair of black ankle boots.
"I was talking about Kurt." Blaine smiled at her and walked up behind Kurt, wrapping his arms around the taller man's waist and kissed his cheek.
"Aww, that's sweet." Kurt returned the kiss, "But seriously, Santana you look hot."
Santana smirked and studied her reflection again in the mirror, internally she was giving herself a pep talk about how she wasn't going to let some man make her breathless and shy. She was fierce god dammit! "Alright, let's do this."
Kurt walked over and kissed her cheek, "Just be yourself, if he doesn't like the real Santana then he's not worth it."
Santana gave Kurt a small smile and followed him and Blaine down the hall and into the living room where Jeff, Nick and Eric were sitting and watching a game on TV.
Dinner went smoothly, and once Santana gained her confidence around Eric she was snarky and witty as always.
Everyone had finished eating but was still seated around the table talking when Eric leaned over to whisper into Santana's ear, "You want to go for a walk with me?"
Santana blushed and nodded, "Sure."
Eric stood and took both of their plates into the kitchen while Santana followed with their empty glasses.
"Hey, we're going to walk down to the park, we'll be back in an hour or so." Eric announced to everyone when he returned from the kitchen. Santana shot Kurt a smile and he winked in return.
Eric held out his hand which Santana took and they left.
Once the door had closed Kurt turned to look at Jeff, Nick and Blaine, "Please tell me I'm not the only one who saw that."
Jeff shook his head, "Nope I saw it too, and I have never seen Eric act that way around anyone before. He's also never talked that much in his life, unless it was for work or singing into a microphone."
They just sat there for a second all thinking the same thing, that Santana and Eric were perfect together.
Later that evening when he and Santana had gotten back, Eric sat down next to Kurt on the couch to talk about Kurt possibly getting back into musical theater, "So you went to NYADA?"
Kurt nodded, "Yep, I graduated in the top of my class too, there just aren't many roles that fit my vocal range."
"Let me guess, countertenor?" Eric asked.
"Yeah! I'm surprised most people don't guess right the first time."
Eric nodded in agreement, "Yeah thankfully I studied music on the side when I was in college. It helps a lot when I'm looking for parts to match people with. I know that you don't want to quit your job right now but I figured I could try and find you some auditions for when you're in LA and if you get a part we can go from there."
Kurt thought for a second, it actually seemed like a good plan, he could still keep is job while auditioning. That way if he never got a part he wouldn't be broke. "Yeah, that'd be great. Thanks Eric."
"No problem Kurt." Eric gave him one last smile before he got up and went back over to Santana.
Kurt sat there slightly in shock, he never though that he would be able to perform again. He pretty much determined that five years ago when he put on the flight attendant uniform for the first time. Call it fate, destiny, chance…but when Kurt first set eyes on Blaine not even a month ago, his life drastically changed in the best way possible.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Blaine asked sitting down next to Kurt and pulling him close.
Kurt chuckled and rested his head on Blaine's shoulders, "Just wondering how I got so lucky."
They sat there for a while just happy to be together until Eric had to leave and Santana ran over, "I'm going to steal your boyfriend," she said grabbing Kurt's hand and pulling him towards her room.
Kurt was lying on his stomach with his feet in the air and chin resting on his hands as Santana walked back and forth telling him all about Eric and their, as she called it 'mini-date'.
"God Kurt, he is so amazing, and sweet. And he likes my bitchy nature, said he found it endearing, good lord can he get any more perfect!" She finally stopped pacing and collapsed next to Kurt on the bed. "I should shut up, right?"
Kurt laughed and nudged her shoulder, "No it's fine. If anything I'll just take it as pay back for all my rambling about Blaine."
"I'm not that bad am I, cause you literally would not shut up, I was afraid I was going to have to smother you with that damn pillow or something."
Kurt laughed again and Santana rolled over onto her back, "I'm happy for you San."
She smiled up at him, "Thanks Kurt, I'm happy too. Now, I don't know about you, but I have a big day tomorrow. Eric is taking me to Universal Studios because one of his clients has an audition and then to a surprise dinner."
"Ohhh, that's exciting, have fun okay? And call me, at a reasonable time, with the details." Kurt pressed a kiss to her cheek and gracefully got off the bed. "Night Santana."
"Good night Kurt."
Alright, here's my little note about Santana, you don't have to read it, just me responding to a review that was from an anon.
I know that in canon Santana is a lesbian, but people write her as straight while Kurt and Blaine are usually only written as gay. I love Brittana, but for this story Santana is straight and she has been since Chapter 1. Fanfiction is a place where fans can write about characters however they like and in a way that isn't canon. There is an amazing story called 'Healing Hearts' where Blaine is bi and was married to a women. He later got divorced and now loves Kurt. So yes, Blaine isn't bi on the show, but he's also not a pilot, famous movie star, or related to Rachel. That's the point of fanfiction, taking a character you love, or maybe hate, and changing them. Maybe that means changing their sexuality, job, home life, hair color, or whatever. I think it's perfectly okay to ship Kurt or Blaine with a women in fanfiction if you'd like. I say go for it! That's the point of fanfiction, to have random ships like Anderberry, Sebtana, Kurtcedes, Faberry, whatever ships you want. So yes, I realize that Santana is lesbian in canon and I'm proud of Glee for including a strong lesbian character like her, but in this story she is straight. :) If anyone wants to talk about this more just send me a PM and we can chat :)
Anyways...back to the story, I hope you liked this chapter and that I did Santana and Eric's little romance justice. Any ideas for ship names? Ertana? Santic?
Thoughts on this chapter? :) The next two chapter have time jumps and BIG things are happening for everyone! I'm so excited!
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