A/n sory for the wait, i know i said i'd have it up quick but this is an extra long chapter to make up for that, i finally have the story going now :D
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The weekend ended up dragging on for me. After leaving Brittany on Saturday I had lunch with my family and then slept some before dinner, my parents weren't very fond of 'Snix'. After dinner, Rachel and I decided to stay in our room and watch some movies.
"Brittany seems nicer" Rachel said as 'Bridesmaids' played in the background.
"Yeah, we cleared everything up. She's actually really nice, she just didn't trust that we wouldn't spill Quinn and Noah's secret"
"She's pretty too- when she's not scowling or glaring at us"
"Yeah, she is" I smiled to myself, but Rachel didn't hear me, she just started laughing at the movie.
The next day, as I was having breakfast with my family, Quinn came over to our table.
"Hi Mr and Mrs Lopez, I'm Quinn Fabray, sorry to disturb your breakfast but I have a message for Santana about her dance lesson tomorrow" she said politely.
"Sure, go ahead Quinn" I told her, my family went back to eating as Quinn spoke.
"Britt said she was going to come find you today but something came up, so she asked me to tell you that she'll meet you in the same hall as Saturday at 3 tomorrow, she would've met you earlier but we're full up with lessons in the morning, and they're still on during the day in the dance hall. Oh, and she said to get plenty of sleep coz she doesn't want Snix coming out mid-twirl" she winked at me when she said the last part.
I laughed, "Thanks Quinn, let her know I'll be thee if you see her ok"
"Sure thing, thanks Santana" she smiled back at me before leaving.
"What's that about Mija?" my father asked.
"Oh nothing Papi, just another dance lesson booked in for tomorrow with Brittany"
"Ok Mija, just dont spend too much of your holiday trying to dance, it would be such a waste of time. Maybe try fit in some time to get to know Dave this week"
"Ok Papi, I'll try"
The rest of Sunday had dragged on and that night I had my mother asking me questions about Brittany:
"She seems sweet baby; I can see why you're spending all this time with her"
"Mami, por favor, deje de"
"Ok, ok, I'll stop Santana. But, I'd like you to invite Brittany to dinner with us, Wednesday night sounds like a good night, gives her plenty of notice"
"Wednesday? I don't know that's a good night, I think we've a lesson booked in and-"
"Nonsense, we can have a later dinner, after your lesson, now go on to bed baby, you'll need your rest if you're gonna be dancing again tomorrow"
"Ok Mami, buenas noches, te quiero" I said as I kissed my mother on the cheek.
"Night baby, I love you too"
As I made my way to the hall to meet Brittany after lunch on Monday, I tried to think of ways to get out of dinner Wednesday night, which was the night of the Sheldrake show, the whole reason I was doing these lessons.
"Hey B" I greeted as I walked into he hall.
"Hi Santana" she replied.
"Everything ok?" I asked, she was starting to act cold towards me again and I was worried I'd done something wrong.
"Yeah, I just had a tough weekend. We've a lot to get done today so we better get started. Now we're gonna finish the dance today by learning the spins ok. We'll do the lifts soon, once you have your turns done, ok?"
"Yep, sounds fine to me"
It sounded like it was gonna be an easy day, but I was wrong, being turned isn't as easy as you think.
"Come on Santana, this is the easiest turn, try again" Brittany instructed as I continued to fall around trying to do the twirl.
"I'm trying Brittany" I snapped, getting agitated by the retun of her cold demeanour.
"Ugh, no, ok try spotting, twirl and look at my eyes each time you pass me ok, slowly first" she said after I nearly toppled over doing the twirl.
I tried that and it worked for the first twirl but on the second I smacked by forehead against hers.
"Shit, Santana" she gasped in pain.
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry B, look, one more time, I can do it. I'm sorry"
Brittany didn't answer, she just took a deep breath and twirled me again, I managed to do it properly that time so she tried it again to cheek that it wasn't a fluke and I did it.
"Ok, now that's more like it San" she smiled a small smile at me, "now, I'm going to spin you out from me ok, stand like this… good, now out and back in… no, Santana, remember where your hands go when you come back in, ok, try again". We kept going for another 30 minutes and were just taking a breather when Noah turned up.
"Hey, thanks for coming again Puck, we have the turns done, she hasn't learnt the lifts but I though you could just go over the basics with the heels on, see how the steps are?" Brittany said as soon as she spotted Noah.
"Sure thing Britt" Noah smiled at her.
"Ok, Santana, I'm guessing you heard that, I asked Puck to come again today just to see how your foot work is, don't worry about what we did today.
After putting on my heels, I got up to dance with Noah, I did surprisingly well on the footwork but I still couldn't get the turns and I hadn't learnt the lifts yet.
"That was really good San" Brittany beamed at me, "Puck can you sit down for a minute, I'm just going to go through the little hand movements and that with San before I get you to run through it with her one more time ok"
"Right San, just do the foot work to the music, no need to move a round the floor or anything ok, now place your hands against mine" I did as I was asked and looked into Brittany's eyes as I listened to her. She moved our hands up and down, showing me how to play with my hair before gracefully placing my hand back against hers. Noah watched carefully as we did this, moving his head and hands in time with the beat of the song. I ran through the dance one more time before Noah left and then started practising the turns again with Brittany.
We were doing a full run through of everything we'd done so far and I was doing each turn and frame work perfectly, Brittany repeated the phrase 'Good San, that's it" while she smiled at my progress. I did the twirl from earlier and got it perfect. Once we'd finished the run through Brittany decided to call it a day.
"You did so good today San, if you work this hard tomorrow, you will have it perfect for Wednesday" she beamed at me.
"Thanks B; you really think we will be ready? That I'll be ready?"
"I have no doubt about it" she smiled at me.
I smiled back and then remembered what my mother had said the previous night, "hey B, I need your advice about something"
"Sure, hit me"
I giggled at that, god; she keeps making me giggle the last few days- Santana Lopez does not giggle-. "Well, my mom wants you to have dinner with us this week, to say thanks for giving me dancing lessons"
"Oh that's so nice, I'd love to San- unless, you, don't want me to"
"No, no, its not that, its just she wants it to be on Wednesday, I told her you couldn't make it and that we had a lesson anyway then but she said we'd eat after our lesson, I'm not sure what to tell her though, I know I cant tell her the truth but-"
"Tell her I'll be there"
"But B, the Sheldrake is Wednesday and-"
"San, don't worry, its an early gig, we should make it back in time, I'll drive as well as Puck, you can change in the car ride back, we'll leave before him"
"Are you sure? I mean, you don't even have to come, my parents can be a bit much sometimes so I'd understand if you didn't want to go"
"I really want to San, it'll be nice" she smiled at me.
I smiled back, "I guess I better go to dinner now and tell Mami you'll be joining us"
"Great, so, we better go, I'm starving, I'm sure you are too"
"Yeah, hey, what time tomorrow?"
"10 am, we can have lunch together too" she smiled, "10 isn't going to awaken Snix again is it?" she laughed
I laughed with her and said, "No, 10's fine, I'll make sure I get more sleep then I did Friday night"
"Great, well I'll see you tomorrow San"
"Cya Britt"
The next morning I walked to the dance hall where Brittany and I were having our last dance lesson before the next night. I was having a dress fitting the next morning with Quinn so I wouldn't see Brittany again after today. I had told my mother the night before at dinner that Brittany had agreed to dinner on Wednesday night.
"Hey, am I safe?" Brittany joked when I walked into the hall.
"Oh ha, ha, B. But yes, you're safe"
"Good. Right, so today we're just gonna run through the whole dance until its perfect"
"What about the lifts?"
"Once the rest is perfect we'll do the lifts, you don't want to be focusing on everything else as well as the lifts, you need to be able to not worry about the steps when you're trying a lift"
"Oh, ok"
"Great, throw your coat over there. I brought you a skirt to practice in, just so you know how its gonna feel, and you're gonna wear these heels too"
I nodded and threw the skirt on over my sweats before taking them off underneath it. I also put on the heels Brittany had brought and put my raincoat on a chair along with my water bottle.
"Ok, so, before we start, I'm just going to show you the very beginning. Now, stand with your back against my front. Good. Now I'm gonna bring your arm up around my neck then bring my hand back down to your waist… got that?" I nodded, "ok, then as I move my hand down you're gonna bring yours back down too and grab my hand to do the opening spin, easy, ok" I nodded again, "right, lets start, and San?" I looked at her, "try not to laugh; and be a little sexy for this, it shouldn't be to hard for you" she added a wink at the end.
I blushed, "what's that supposed to mean?" she didn't answer just turned me around and started the music. As the song started, Brittany slowly brought my left arm up around her neck and just as slow, ran her hand along my side down to my waste, unfortunately, I was ticklish and started laughing as her hand brushed my armpit.
"Saaan, I said try not to laugh"
"Ok, I'm sorry, try again". And she did, but I laughed again.
"Seriously, please try not to laugh"
"Ok, ok, sorry, one more time, I won't laugh"
I put a serious face on and this time when Brittany ran her hand down my side I didn't laugh. We did it a few more times to make sure I had gotten over my laughing and each time my face got redder and redder as I started thinking about how intimate this position with Brittany was. The last time we did it I looked up at Brittany's face, noticing her hand was moving slower then it had been. I saw that Brittany was watching her hand as it moved down my side and onto my waste, I saw her glance at my face as I brought my hand down to take hers and spin to start the dance, I gulped and cleared my throat ready to ask if we should start the dance now.
"I think you have that now San" she said before I could open my mouth to speak, "We're gonna do the whole thing from start to finish now, ok, and don't worry if you make a few mistakes, we'll sort them". I think she was saying that it was fine to make a few stumbles; that she'd correct them after doing the run through- but I ended up making a lot of stumbles. I didn't know why, I had the dance perfect the night before, but that morning, Brittany had to keep stopping the dance to correct me. After about two hours of stopping and starting, it seemed I finally had everything, we were both tired and were feeling agitated when I kept making the mistakes.
"Try get the whole way through it this time Santana" I don't think she meant to sound annoyed, but she did, and that frustrated me, I knew this was gonna end bad with both of us becoming tired from the constant dancing and me having a hot temper.
Everything was going well this time around and we hadn't had to stop at all, I had made no mistakes and we were coming up to the end of the dance. Brittany had been talking me through everything and pointing out where the lifts were gonna go.
"Back, easy…twist, turn, turn, down and lift, you'll learn that later, and one, down, twist and b-ow" Brittany winced at the end as I pulled a little hard on her back.
"Oh, sorry, sorry" I apologised.
"Are you trying to kill me? You've got to concentrate Santana…ugh... is that your idea of fun?" she snapped through her pain.
I snapped, "Why yes Brittany, as a matter of fact it is. I'm supposed to do the show tomorrow, you wont show me the lifts, I'm not sure of the turns, I'm doing al this to save your ass when what I really wanna do is drop you on it!"
Brittany looked shocked at my outburst, "well let's get out of here"
"Wait what, are you serious, Brittany I just said we need to have this by tomorr-"
"I heard you Santana, come on, trust me on this ok, its too stuffy in here. Throw your sweats and coat back on and we'll get out of here, its raining, so we'll take my car"
I looked at Brittany for a second and then went to get changed back into my comfy clothes and shoes. We ran outside towards Brittany's car in the rain but as we reached it we came across a problem.
Brittany pulled the handle on the car only to realise it was locked, "shit, I locked the keys inside"
"Are you serious, who the fuck does that Brittany, like how- what are you doing?!" I shouted when I realised she had taken one of the poles out of the ground and started walking toward the back window of her car. I watched in shock as she banged on the window, reaching in and unlocking the passenger door. She open the door for me and waved for me to get in, I looked at her in disbelief for a second before getting in. As she closed my door I leaned across to open hers.
Once inside the car, Brittany turned on the engine and sped out of the resort and into the forestry. The rain started to die down the further away we got. After speeding around and blowing the horn at a pedestrian I laughed at Brittany.
"What are you laughing at Santana?"
"You" I laughed, "You're wiiild"
"What" she laughed a little.
"I said you're wild" I laughed again and Brittany started laughing with me.
After another few minutes, Brittany pulled into a small secluded area. The rain had stopped there and the sun was out again. Through a gap in the tress I could see a lake.
"What are we doing here?" I asked.
"First, we're gonna take a quick brake, then we're gonna work on your balance, then I'm gonna show you the lifts" she smiled at me.
We silently walked further into the trees until we came across a fallen tree trunk above the river. Brittany walked onto it until she was stood in the middle, I watched closely, ready for when she fell.
"Now," she started, "the most important key to lifts is balance," she told me and then jumped on the branched, wobbling slightly before she corrected herself, I gasped a bit when she wobbled but laughed when she straightened herself, "ok, I got it now" she laughed.
I giggled and then asked, "So what made you want to be a dancer?"
"Well like I said before, its what I've always done, all I've ever been good at. But I guess what really made me want to teach, was the fact that I had nowhere to learn. I mean,, yeah there was classes available, but they were expensive, there was no way for families with lower income to send their kids to dance lessons, so that's when I decided that I would open a studio and charge what ever the students could afford, even if I had to let them in for free. I was lucky to have Quinn, she showed me videos online so that I could teach myself and I was a quick learner. So yeah, then when Quinn, when she got pregnant, I decided it was time to open my studio and help her out, I mean, we needed a way to support ourselves. I started looking around but came across this place, been here since sophomore year of high school"
"What about your parents couldn't they help you, I mean just until you and Quinn got on your feet?"
She sighed and I regretted my question.
"Sorry B, you don't have to answer that"
"Its ok, my parents kicked me out my freshmen year and I had been staying with Quinn until she got kicked out"
"I'm sorry"
"It's fine. Now, get your ass up here and show me what you got" she inked at me.
I laughed and realised what she said, "Wait, you want me to stand on that thing, above the river?"
"Yes, now come on San"
I gulped but stood up and went, very slowly, to stand in front of Brittany.
Once in front of her, Brittany took my hands and gently said, "I've got you". I managed to stay standing on the tree trunk only stumbling a few times, Brittany catching me and holding me up each time. We stayed there for 15 minutes before walking toward the lake.
"Ok, so we're going to do the big lift, you know the one I was telling you about where you get lifted over my or pucks, head?" I nodded, "well, we're gonna try that, now ok"
We walked over to the field just before the lake and Brittany told me exactly what to do.
"Now, run fast and don't worry, you and hurt me if you don't trust me. Ok, go"
I ran towards her and she placed her hands on my hips but I didn't jump.
"That's ok, try again, and go"
This time I did jump but enough because when Brittany caught me she couldn't lift me and she fell backwards, me falling on top of her.
I screamed as she lifted me and started laughing when we fell.
"You know the best place to practice this, is in the water" Britt said through her giggles.
Once we were in the water Brittany walked over to me and asked if I was ready.
I nodded my head to say I was ready and Brittany placed her hands on my hips. "Ok, now bend you knees as I lift you and hold the posture you saw Quinn do when she and Puck did it ok. And go". She lifted be up and I tried my best to stay in place, "good now hold, hold, keep the position" I could feel myself moving towards the water again, "hold it San don't brake it, don't brake it2 she tries to hold me up but I fell forwards and she feel backwards.
"I squealed and started laughing with Brittany when we reserved and swam to the shallow end again. Once we were standing she had her arms wrapped around me and our faces were close. We smiled at each other and Brittany went to lift me again. I didn't last as long in the air this time and we both toppled over again. I laughed again and Brittany pulled me over to the shallow end, also laughing.
"It's not too bad"
I gave her a look as if to say 'yeah right' and wrapped my arms around her neck to keep my balance. My bra strap hand slipped down my shoulder so Brittany moved it back up. I stopped laughing when I felt a shot of electricity on my arm where'd she'd touched it. Then, I gasped when we looked into each others eyes. Just like that day in the dance hall, I glanced at Brittany's lips as she glance at mine, we edged in closer and unlike the last time, there was no music or phone call that was gonna stop this from happening. Brittany stopped as our noses touched and looked into m eyes, silently asking if this was ok, I answered yes by closing the gap and touching her lips with mine.
I felt a spark though my entire body the moment our lips touched, and I knew she felt it too as she gasped into my mouth. Neither of us deepened the kiss but neither of us broke it either. Eventually we broke apart, although just barely. We looked into each others eyes again as much as we could in our position and both smiled.
"Hi" I said, blushing.
"Hi yourself"
I was about to say something but my stomach growling interrupted me. I looked down at my stomach and back at Brittany again, "sorry"
"It's fine, we should probably get lunch now anyway, I forgot about it"
"Ok" I said but neither of us moved. "Hey Britt?"
"Yeah?" she asked, looking into my eyes.
I instead of saying anything I pulled her in for another kiss, this time opening my mouth slightly. I could fell her arms tighten around my waist and I was about to deepen the kiss when my stomach decided it had other plans and growled again, extra load. Brittany pulled way laughing.
"Come on, I promised you lunch after all" she giggles, pecking my lips once more before grabbing my hand and pulling me out of the lake. As we walked toward Brittany's car, we kept our hands interlaced.
A/n yay they kissed :D i'm happy enough with this chapter and i know its really long, i considered cuting it in half bu i didnt know here :L so, anyway, please review and i'll try writ another chapter soon
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