It has been a full week since their first date. Living in the suburbs of Ohio doesn't really give you a lot of room to go out and do a lot, but they still managed to find new and fun things to do. They went to Webster Lake Park and fed the ducks and went out on the paddle boats and ate so much ice cream that they both felt sick and played on the playground like a couple of little kids. They went and played laser tag and miniature golf on Sunday, which Brittany is apparently freakishly good at. They had such a fun filled weekend that both of them wished that it never had to end. But alas, Monday rolled around and they were back at school. They hung out at school and went out for lunch twice. But now it's Friday again.
"Weekend!" some random person screamed as they ran out of the school.
"Someone's excited," Quinn commented.
"Who wouldn't be excited?" Brittany wondered.
"Oh, speaking of weekend, we should totally get in some band practice," Mike commented as the group of friends stood in the hall.
"Yeah, we could all meet at my house tonight," Tina suggested.
"Sounds like fun," Puck commented. "I didn't know that you were in a band." Puck looked to Quinn. The two have been dating since the start of the week.
"There's a lot of things you don't know about me," Quinn winked.
Puck wrapped Quinn up in a hug from behind and asked her, "What instrument do you play?"
"The bass," Quinn replied, happy about the new relationship.
"That's hot," Puck said a little too loud.
Trying to ignore their friend's PDA, Santana turned to Brittany, "Do you want to come?"
"Come to your band practice?" Brittany wondered with a smile.
"Yeah, you took me to your dance practice, I want you to come to my band practice," Santana explained. She wanted her girlfriend to see what she likes to do for fun. Santana wants her to know that she's more than just school and date type stuff.
"I'd love to, if it's okay with your friends," Brittany said.
"It's okay with them," Santana smirked, knowing that her friends wouldn't have a problem with it.
"We should probably get going, see you guys at my house at four," Tina said as she took Mike's hand and they left the school together.
"I think that's our cue to leave," Santana said as she laced her fingers with Brittany's. The couple made their way to the parking lot hand-in-hand. Even though Santana had been afraid of the looks and the whispers just last week, she couldn't care less about what others thought of her relationship with Brittany. She likes Brittany too much to care about other people and what they think.
Santana had picked Brittany up for school this morning, so they were both traveling in the Bug. Santana and Brittany slid into their respective sides of the car. As Santana began driving out of the parking lot, Brittany said, "Thanks for inviting me to your band practice. I've never really seen a band play live before."
"Really? Never? You've never been to a concert?" Santana wondered and started mentally planning to take Brittany on a date to a concert.
"Never," Brittany replied.
"Well, we're not very good, but I'm glad that I get to be a part of your first live band performance viewing," Santana grinned. They were at a red light so Santana leaned over and quickly stole a kiss from Brittany before returning her attention to the road.
Before they knew it, they were at Santana's house. They didn't have much time to get to Tina's place because she lived a little far away. "I'll be right back," Santana said as she ran out of her car and towards her house. She was back in a few minutes with a guitar case in each hand. Brittany quickly stepped out of the car to help her.
"Oh, you didn't have to help me," Santana said as she opened the trunk.
"I wanted to," Brittany smiled up at Santana as she took the bigger looking guitar case.
Santana folded the back seats of her car down and placed the guitars down. With their backpacks and the two guitars in the car, there was really no room for anything else. Brittany was surprised that the both instruments fit in the first place.
Once both of them were back in the car and Santana began driving to Tina's house, Brittany placed her hand on top of Santana's on top of the stick shift. It's amazing how a simple touch can send a feeling like electricity flowing through your entire body, Santana thought as she tried not to get distracted by Brittany's warm hand on hers.
They arrived at Tina's house a few minutes later. They seemed to be the last ones there; seeing as Quinn's and Mike's cars are parked out front. Brittany helped Santana get her guitars out of the back and insisted on carrying one despite Santana's protests. Without knocking, Santana opened Tina's front door and led the way into her basement.
"Hey, sorry we're late," Santana said as they entered the basement. Everyone was already set up and ready to go.
"Hey Brittany," Quinn greeted not really expecting for her to be there.
"Hey," Brittany replied, "I hope you don't mind me crashing band practice."
"Not at all. Actually, it'll be nice to have some feedback on how we sound," Mike said sincerely. Mike had changed his mind about how he feels towards Brittany ever since the altercation in the cafeteria.
"Cool, thanks," Brittany said as she found a seat. All the while, Santana was frantically setting up her guitars. "You have a lot of amps," Brittany commented as she looked around.
"Oh, they're not mine, everyone just leaves them here because it's easier than lugging them all over," Tina replied as she adjusted her drum set.
Tina plays the drums, Quinn plays the bass, Santana plays lead guitar and vocals, and Mike is vocals and rhythm guitar. They were all set up and Brittany was impressed by how professional their little basement setup was.
"Okay, um, so do you guys want to warm up with a few covers?" Mike wondered. Mike didn't really want to do a bunch of cover songs and wanted to get into real band practice, but he also knew that Santana would want to impress Brittany, so he decided that he was going to take one for the team.
"Yeah, let's do 'Landslide' by Fleetwood Mac," Quinn suggested. It was one of the easiest songs they knew.
"You'll sing, yeah Santana?" Mike asked.
"I'm not that great of a singer," Santana wondered why they wanted to play that song.
"You're a great singer," Mike said and leaned over and added, "Show off for your girlfriend."
Santana just sighed and agreed. She didn't think that she was a good singer at all, but she could kind of sing Landslide, so she wasn't going to argue any more than necessary.
"1, 2, 3, 4," Tina counted off.
The song begins with a brief guitar riff. Then Santana started singing a little worried about messing up. Mike joined in on back up guitar.
Took this love and I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
Till the landslide brought me down
I hope she likes this…or I hope she's as tone deaf as me so she doesn't think that I suck so badly. Santana thought as she continued to sing.
Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
And can I sail through the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
Oh oh I don't know, oh I don't know
Brittany smiled brightly at Santana. Brittany thought that she was really good and that the song was really pretty. This encouraged Santana to relax a little and actually enjoy performing.
Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older I'm getting older too
Yes I'm getting older too, so
Santana started to really get into the song and started to ham up her performance a bit. She was happy when Mike and Quinn joined in with backup vocals in the chorus. Show off for your girlfriend, Santana thought back to Mike's words as she really got into the solo and added a couple of complicated licks
I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I, I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
I'm getting older too oh yes
I'm getting older too
How true this song is, Brittany thought as Santana winked at her. Brittany thought that it was absolutely adorable how much Santana got into her performance.
So, take this love, take it down
Oh if you climb a mountain and you turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring you down, down
And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
The song began to really slow down. Quinn, Mike, and Tina had all stopped playing. It was just Santana and her guitar.
Well maybe the landslide will bring you down
Well, the landslide will bring you down
With one last note, the song came to an end. That was probably the most fun that Santana's had with the band in a while. Santana likes that she could perform and be herself on stage with Brittany in the audience. Brittany sat in her chair clapping her hands together with a huge smile on her face.
"We suck, we know, but just wait, this next one will blow your mind hole," Tina said as she began to play 'Dance, Dance' by Fall Out Boy.
"Hey I was awesome girl Chang!" Santana retorted as she moved to a backup microphone.
"Oh, I love this song!" Brittany shouted as she stood up out of her chair.
Mike moved to the lead vocal microphone.
The song began and Quinn came in with the bass followed by Mike on the vocals and finally Santana on the guitar. As the song layered and built, Brittany began to dance to the song as she remembered it from the music video. Throughout the song, Quinn and Santana would do signature Fall Out Boy spins with their guitars. They even did a little trick that they haven't in a while. Santana ran towards Quinn and Quinn ducked down, only pushing up lightly when Santana's back was on hers, rolling over her. Towards the end of the song, Santana ducked down as low to the ground as she could get and Quinn jumped completely over, spinning in the process. It's something that they've always done to jazz up songs, but they haven't done it in a while. It was risky, but a lot of fun.
At the end of the song, everyone was laughing and having a good time. "You're an amazing dancer," Mike commented as he took a drink of water. Tina slapped him in the back of the head.
Brittany laughed at the small altercation, "Thanks Mike."
"She's better than amazing," Santana said as she gave her girlfriend a peck on the lips.
"Mmm, you're amazing," Brittany replied going in for another kiss, completely forgetting about her surroundings.
"Ladies, please, with the PDA," Quinn threw her jacket at them.
Santana threw it back a little embarrassed, but not too concerned. "So we don't suck?" Santana wondered.
"You guys are actually really good," Brittany responded with honesty.
"You're just biased because she's your girlfriend," Quinn rolled her eyes at the two.
"No, really, you guys should try to get some gigs around town," Brittany suggested.
Santana shrugged, "Maybe."
Tina huffed, "I've been saying that for, like, forever and you're just now thinking it's a good idea?"
Santana smirked, "What can I say? My girlfriend's a genius."
Brittany blushed several shades of red, "What's the name of your band anyway?"
"Well we don't really have a name per se. We are kind of going with Stress Management right now," Quinn replied.
"Stress Management, huh?" Brittany contemplated the name.
"Yeah, we decided on Stress Management because that's pretty much what this is. I mean, we come, play music, forget about the rest of the world and just have fun," Mike clarified.
"We were originally the Dancing Paperclips, so Stress Management is a step up from that," Santana laughed at their old name.
"You guys were the Dancing Paperclips?" Brittany almost peeled over laughing.
"Yeah, it was a geek thing. We were trying to come up with the best geek name. We figured that when life gives you problems, Microsoft gives you dancing paperclips, so we thought it might be a cool name. Later we realized, not really," Santana shrugged.
"I like it. It has dancing in it," Brittany commented with a twirl.
"We should play some of our stuff," Quinn suggested as she slung her bass back over her shoulder.
"Yeah, let's do 'Seventeen'," Santana suggested.
For another hour or so, the group played through some of their songs and a couple of other covers. They just hung out and had a bunch of fun playing. Eventually, it was six and it was time to quit. Tina's parents always got upset if the group played much after six. They were much more lenient on the weekends, but they still didn't want to get into trouble, so they just called it quits.
As Santana was placing her guitars back into their cases, Brittany came up behind her, wrapped her arms around Santana's waist, and placed her head on Santana's shoulder. "How come you've never brought me to a practice before today?" Brittany wondered.
"We haven't really had any since we became friends. Everyone was distracted, especially me," Santana placed her hands on her girlfriends. Santana then turned her head to give Brittany a light kiss. Brittany accepted the answer and released Santana from her grip so that she could continue putting her things away. Brittany helped wrap up a couple of cords with Santana.
Unbeknownst to the newfound couple, there was a little conversation about them going on just a few feet away.
"They're really cute together," Quinn commented as she pulled the strap off her bass.
"I don't think I've ever seen Santana this happy," Mike added.
"It's nice to see her being herself again. She was so distant and just all doom and gloom for a while there. I mean, since sophomore year she's been playing the part, but now, she's found herself again. It's nice to have her back," Quinn continued.
"Brittany seems really happy too. They're great for each other. They're like completely different, but it works somehow," Tina chimed in.
For Brittany and Santana, life was finally getting back to normal. They could be themselves around each other and around their friends. Tina was right, the couple is really different, but the differences don't matter to the two because they love the differences about each other. If they were the same person it would be boring. Being different makes it great.
"Really mija?" Santana's mother wondered as she closed the book she was reading.
"Yeah," Santana gave her mom and odd look.
"You haven't been trick or treating in years," Santana's mom raised an eyebrow at the subject.
"Well, you're only young enough to beg strangers for candy once. I figure that I should squeeze these last two years out," Santana explained. "Plus, we're taking Mike's little brother."
"I still think it's weird. You are a young lady Santana; you should start acting like one."
"Mama, please?" Santana begged.
Santana's mom was reluctant, but she sighed, "Fine, you can go out with your friends."
Santana hugged her mom with the excitement of a child about to see Santa Claus, "Thank you so much Mama."
"Have fun, don't get into too much trouble," Santana's mom called as Santana was about to leave.
Santana turned back around and ran back into the living room, "Oh, mama, I'm going to be spending the night at a friend's house, is that okay?"
"Sure, mija, call me before you go to sleep," her mother said before Santana bolted out the door to get to Brittany's house.
The night was going to be a blast. First, Tina, Mike, Brittany, and Santana are going to take Mike's little brother trick or treating. Then they are going to go to Puck's Halloween party. Santana and Brittany planned to finish the night off with a horror movie marathon. Santana was practically bouncing in her seat with excitement.
She arrived at Brittany's house just a few minutes later. She grabbed her bag full of pajamas, clothes for tomorrow, and an array of horror movies, and she grabbed the pillowcase she planned on using to collect copious amounts of candy.
Santana then skipped up the steps to Brittany's front door. Santana is dressed as Batgirl. She was clad in a black 'leather' skirt, a rather constricting black sleeveless top with a batman logo on the chest, a bright yellow 'utility belt', black sleeves with 'spikes' coming off them, a black cape, knee high 'leather' booths with a small heel, and a black mask that went across her eyes, not really concealing her identity all that well. She had straightened her hair to top the look off.
Santana knocked on Brittany's door. When Brittany answered she was already in her Robin costume. She was wearing a short, green skirt, a red top that was just as clingy as Santana's. The top had short green sleeves and the Robin logo on the right side of Brittany's chest. She also had green pull on sleeves, a neon yellow 'utility' belt, equally yellow cape, and a pair of boots and a mask similar to Santana's. Brittany's outfit was really shiny and she looked great in it.
Both girls found themselves staring at their significant other. Brittany swallowed a lump in her throat, "You look amazing."
"Sexiest Robin I've ever seen," Santana replied with a sultry smirk on her face.
"Hey, you're not wearing the mask with the bat things," Brittany commented on the lack of a Batgirl mask that Santana was wearing. Santana had bought a simpler mask as a substitute.
"It looked ridiculous," Santana defended herself.
"Whatever, you look super hot so I'm not going to complain," Brittany pulled Santana in for a brief kiss.
"Hey, is Santana here," Mrs. Pierce wondered as she came to the door. Santana and Brittany separated from their kiss a little embarrassed.
"Yeah, she's here," Brittany pretended that nothing happened.
Mrs. Pierce gave the two a look and equally pretended like it never happened, "It's nice to see you again, sweetie."
"It's nice to see you too, Mrs. Pierce," Santana replied trying not to blush from embarrassment.
"Come inside," Mrs. Pierce offered.
Santana followed Brittany inside her house. "We're going to have our movie night in the basement," Brittany informed Santana as she led her downstairs.
The Pierce's basement was huge. Their basement had some really soft carpet, a bathroom, a large TV, a long couch, a couple of comfy looking chairs, and a small bar area. It looks like it was designed specifically for movie watching. Santana set her bag down, "You're basement's really nice."
Brittany had to laugh, "My dad built it for Super Bowl parties, but my mom insists that he built it for family movie night."
Santana laughed with her, "Sounds like something my dad would do."
"Let's go before Mike gets mad," Brittany suggested. Santana knew that was code for 'let's go so we can get as much candy as humanly possible'.
Brittany and Santana both loved Halloween, but for different reasons. Brittany liked all of the candy and dressing up. Santana liked watching horror movies, hanging out with friends, and eating candy that she bought at the store on the 'day after Halloween' special.
Santana and Brittany hopped in Brittany's car and drove off to Mike's house. Mike, Tina, and Mike's little brother were all out front waiting for the two. Quinn was going to be at Puck's all night, so she opted out of trick or treating.
"It's about time you two got here," Mike said with a smile.
"Sorry," Santana and Brittany said in unison.
"Hey, Joey, this is Brittany," Mike introduced them.
"Nice to meet you Joey," Brittany offered him a hand which he timidly took. Joey is only seven.
"You're really pretty," Joey told Brittany as he let go of her hand.
"You're pretty handsome yourself Mr. Lightyear," Brittany replied. Mike, Tina, and Joey were all wearing matching costumes from Toy Story. Mike is Woody, Tina is Jesse, and Joey is Buzz Lightyear. They were so cute together.
"Mike, let's go get candy," Joey whined.
"Your wish is our command," Tina replied. The high school kids were just as excited to go get some candy as the seven year old.
The group walked around for about two hours asking a bunch of strangers for candy. They had a blast and got so much candy that it was actually getting a little too heavy to carry. It was hard to tell who had more fun, Joey or Brittany. Both skipped hand in hand from house to house. At one point during the night Mike asked, "Hey are you jealous that my little brother is getting more play than you?" Santana simply replied by sticking her tongue out at Mike. Yup, Halloween defiantly brought out the child in everyone.
There were a couple of pervs who were totally checking Brittany and Santana out in front of the little kid. If Joey weren't there, Santana would have certainly given them a piece of her mind. Instead, she just let it go.
When they finally returned to Mike's house, Joey was about to pass out. He had been really energetic all night, but now he's practically comatose. However, before Joey went inside, he made sure to hug Brittany goodbye. Brittany is really good with kids and Joey was no exception; he had immediately fallen in love with her.
"We'll meet you two at Puck's place," Tina said as the group of three walked into Mike's house.
Brittany and Santana returned to Brittany's car. They carefully placed their candy in the back seat like they were bags of gold. Brittany had a smile plastered on her face. "That was so much fun, I love Halloween!"
I love you, Santana thought before saying, "I love Halloween too, especially since I get to spend the night with you." That earned Santana a long, but tender kiss from Brittany. Santana loved how soft Brittany's lips are. Much better than any guys lips.
The two then drove off to Puck's house. The party could be heard down the block. Music was blasting, all the lights were on, and there were people everywhere. The couple hopped out of the car and made their way into Puck's house.
Once inside, the music is so loud that the two could feel the beat throughout their entire bodies. Strobe lights, black lights and red lights lit the house. Puck even had a disco ball in the middle of the dance floor. Various decorations filled the house from skeletons to pumpkins and everything in between. There wasn't anything that Puck didn't think about.
Brittany read the look of awe on Santana's face, "You've never been to one of Puck's parties, have you?"
Santana shook her head no, "Holy crap."
Brittany grinned at her girlfriend, "I know, it's pretty awesome, huh?"
"Hey, hey, hey, if it isn't the Dynamic Duo," Puck yelled to Brittany and Santana over the music.
"Hey Puck!" Brittany hugged Puck.
"I like the costumes!" Quinn commented, yelling equally loud over the music.
"Thanks Q!" Santana said with a hug.
Quinn and Puck were dressed up as a zombie cheerleader and zombie football player. Clever, Santana thought to herself. She knew in that moment that Brittany and she definitely had the best couple's costumes. It's weird how Quinn manages to pull off that cheerleader look so well.
Brittany pointed to the dance floor and yelled, "Dance?"
Santana just nodded her head instead of yelling over the music. Brittany wrapped her hand in Santana's and practically dragged her to the dance floor. "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO was blasting through the speakers. Brittany started to do the dance to the song. Santana followed Brittany's movements and soon both were shuffling around like idiots. Rather, Santana was shuffling around like an idiot and Brittany looked amazing.
Soon after the song ended a very familiar song took its place. "Thriller" by Michael Jackson started to play in the speakers and Brittany's face lights up. She starts in on the choreography, and all Santana can do watch the mesmerizing sight.
"Sam!" Brittany shouted over the music. Someone that Santana recognized as a person from Brittany's dance class runs over with a couple of other people. They all start to dance in sync to the music. It looked just like the choreography from the music video, except there were superheroes and vampires and hippies instead of just zombies. Santana was thoroughly enjoying the sight as the group continued through the routine.
Soon the group attracted a rather large audience around them. Who could blame all the spectators? It was quite a sight to behold. Santana couldn't keep her eyes off Brittany as she hit every move with precision. Suddenly the song was over. Santana could swear that the song used to be longer, but she didn't dwell on it because she got to dance with her girlfriend again.
Before Santana could get to Brittany through the crowd of people now invading the dance floor, a douchey looking guy with really tight fitting jeans and a tight leather coat approached Brittany. His hand slid across Brittany's lower back and Brittany pushed him away. "Get away from me you creep," Brittany spewed her words with venom.
"Oh, come on baby," the douche tried to pull Brittany closer to him to dance. Brittany had a look of disgust on her face and tried to push him away, but he was too strong.
"Get away from her!" Santana yelled, pushing at the guy.
"Do you want to join the party too?" the douche practically groped Santana. Brittany then proceeded to punch him in the face.
"What the hell?!" the douche held his face where Brittany had just punched him.
"No one touches my girl," Brittany said with a very serious tone as she wraps her arm around Santana's waist. Santana was in utter shock. She had never seen Brittany like that before. Santana actually thought that it was pretty hot the way her girlfriend took charge of the situation like that.
By this time, Puck and a few of his friends came over to throw the guy out. They did so successfully. "Thanks Puck," Santana said as Puck and his friends forced the douche to leave.
"What a jerk," Brittany said pulling Santana closer to her, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, thanks for that," Santana replied grateful to have such a great girlfriend. She then leaned in and whispered, "I think it's kinda hot."
Santana's whisper sent shivers down Brittany's spine. Without another word, Brittany moved away from Santana only to invite her back to the dance floor with a 'come hither' motion of her index finger. Santana obliges and moves to stand in front of Brittany. They begin to move their hips to the rhythm of "DJ Got Us Falling in Love" by Usher. The two stare deeply into each other's eyes. Santana brings her arms up to hang on Brittany's shoulders and Brittany rests her hands on Santana's hips. Brittany smiles widely at the already huge grin on her girlfriend's face.
In a daring move, Brittany pulls Santana closer to her and they're hips meet, gyrating together. Santana knew that she should be worried about the people around her, but she surprisingly wasn't. All she cared about was Brittany and how awesome it was to dance with her.
It's like time didn't exist as the two danced. Songs passed in number, but neither seemed to get tired. During one of the songs, Brittany turned around so her back was facing Santana. She proceeded to drop to the floor and slid up Santana's front. Santana thought that her heart had stop beating in that moment. Brittany turned back towards Santana with an evil grin on her face. Brittany loved the effect that she had on her girlfriend. Brittany then leaned down and pulled Santana out of her stupor with a kiss. God, this girl is going to be the death of me, Santana thought as she deepened the kiss.
Santana felt her phone go off. She quickly grabbed it out of her utility belt and looked down.
10:58pm – B careful, ur starting to attract a crowd ;) – Q
Santana showed the text to Brittany who laughed with her. The two looked around and, sure enough, they had attracted a small crowd of perverts. Instead of continuing the 'show' the two decided that they were going to start to make their way back to Brittany's house.
Brittany and Santana found Quinn and Puck. They quickly said their goodbyes and left. Brittany loved dancing and Santana loved dancing with Brittany, but there were pretty done with the party. They were just ready to get to Brittany's and have a nice quiet night of movie watching together.
They were both back at the Pierce house shortly. Brittany practically shot out of the car to open the door for Santana. "You're being quite the gentleman tonight," Santana teased.
"Gentlewoman, thank you very much," Brittany replied as she shut Santana's door. Brittany then grabbed the candy out of the back seat. She handed Santana her bag and then laced the fingers of her free hand with Santana's.
They walked into the Pierce house hand-in-hand. They were greeted by Brittany's father, "Hey girls, how was trick or treating?"
"Lots of fun," Brittany replied.
"Oh, I have to get a picture of you two in your costumes, before you get in your pajamas!" Mrs. Pierce said excitedly.
Brittany and Santana posed for a couple of pictures. They did a couple looking picture, a serious 'we're badass superheroes' picture, a couple of ridiculous pictures, and one picture where they looked like they were about to fight some villain. It was all very fun.
"Alright, well you two go have fun," Mrs. Pierce said knowing that the girls had gotten tired of the parental picture taking.
"But not too much fun!" Mr. Pierce clarified as the girls made their way into the basement.
Brittany groaned, "Daaaaad!" Santana thought that it was all very amusing.
Once downstairs, the girls flung their candy to the couch. "I cannot wait to get out of this," Santana said as she grabbed her pajamas out of her bag.
"Tell me about it, I can barely breathe in this thing," Brittany said as she grabbed some pajamas that she put downstairs earlier. Santana walked into the bathroom to get changed while Brittany just got changed in the basement. Brittany tried to reach around and grab the zipper on her costume, but it was no use, it was stuck.
"Crap," Brittany whispered to herself. She then walked over to the bathroom and knocked.
Santana walked out of the bathroom dressed in a tank top and short shorts. Brittany had to mentally slap herself to keep from staring. "Why are you still in your costume?" Santana wondered confused.
"I can't get it off," Brittany pouted.
"I got it," Santana smiled.
Brittany turned around and lifted her hair out of the way. Santana tugged at the zipper a couple of times and it finally came down revealing the creamy white skin of Brittany's back. Brittany turned around to thank Santana. "Um…I think you have a little drool," Brittany joked.
Santana wiped her face with the back of her hand. Brittany just laughed and kissed Santana on the forehead. Then Brittany walked into the bathroom to get changed. Santana couldn't help but be consumed by thoughts of how beautiful her girlfriend was. Finally, Brittany emerged from the bathroom dressed in a large red t-shirt that said "DANCE" across the front and "Pierce" on the back and she had on some large black sweats. Only Brittany can pull off that look and manage to look amazingly sexy.
Brittany noticed the makeshift bed that her parents made for them on the floor. There was a dance mat where the coffee table once was with a sheet covering it. There was an assortment of pillows and blankets set to the side. Brittany silently thanked her parents.
"So, what do you want to watch first?" Santana wondered.
"I don't know, I haven't really seen a lot of horror movies. You choose," Brittany suggested.
"Want to watch the new A Nightmare on Elm Street?" Santana wondered.
"Sure," Brittany replied not really knowing much about the movie.
"Cool," Santana said as she walked over and put the movie in the DVD player.
Brittany was already digging into her candy by the time Santana had set up the movie. As the movie started Santana pulled a Snickers out of her bag, Gross, there better not be more of those in here.
Brittany pulled a Crunch bar out of her bag and thought, Yuck, I hate these things.
Brittany and Santana looked at each other, shrugged and tossed the candy in their hands to the other person. The both fell into a fit of laughter.
"How could you not like Snickers?" Brittany shot.
"They're so gross and that stuff gets caught in your teeth. How could not like Crunch Bars?" Santana shot back.
"The crunchy rice stuff is really weird. It feels like I'm eating that Rice Crispy cereal caught in chocolate. It's freaky," Brittany explained matter-of-factly.
"I can't figure this thing out," Santana said as she tried a couple of the fifty thousand remotes to get the movie started.
Brittany picked up one of the remotes and said, "I've got this one." She winked at Santana as she pressed play and the DVD began to run.
Just as the two girls were about to get settled for the movie, Brittany yells, "WAIT!" Brittany quickly pauses the movie and bolts upright.
"What is it?" Santana wondered worried.
Brittany doesn't answer, but she's back before Santana could get to her feet. Brittany then hands Santana a water bottle. "If we're going to be eating all of this candy, we're totally going to need to get our iguana on," Brittany explained.
Iguana? Oh, agua, like water. Got it, Santana thought as she took the water bottle and set it down next to her. "Thanks, babe," Santana lightly pecked Brittany's lips.
Brittany turned the movie back on and as the two watched the movie they ate an inhuman amount of candy. During the scary parts of the movie with Freddie in them, Brittany would hide her face in Santana's shoulder. Santana would try to assure her that everything was going to be okay, but Brittany still seemed genuinely scared.
Santana offered to turn off the movie and pick something else out, but Brittany insisted that they watch it all the way through. During one of the scarier scenes, Brittany covered her ears and hid her face in Santana's shoulder again. Santana wrapped her arms around her girlfriend, "You're safe. Nothing bad is going to happen." Santana kissed Brittany on the forehead and held Brittany close to her.
"Tell me when it's over," Brittany said not moving an inch.
"Okay, I will," Santana said as she grabbed the remote and fast-forward to the end of the movie. Santana waited a couple of seconds, liking her girlfriend being this close to her before she said, "It's over honey, the movie is over."
"No, it's not possible, they were just figuring out what was happening," Brittany furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.
"I guess it's just a really crappy movie," Santana offered as an explanation.
"Let's watch another one," Brittany feigned being brave. Santana loved that her girlfriend was willing to watch another movie that she was terrified of for her. But Santana wouldn't have it.
"You know what? Can we watch a different favorite movie of mine instead?" Santana wondered.
"Yeah, what is it?" Brittany asked curiously.
Santana had brought a couple of funny movies just in case. She didn't know how Brittany would react to a horror movie, but based on her personality, she guessed not well. She had been right. "Mean Girls," Santana replied. Santana specifically brought Mean Girls because she knew that it was one of Brittany's favorites.
"That's my favorite movie too! Karen is my favorite character of all time!" Brittany was excited, but Santana could still see the little bit of fear in Brittany's eyes from the horror movie.
"Good," Santana said as she got up to change the discs in the DVD player. Once she sat back down Brittany looked around for the remote to play the disk. She could have sworn that she left it right next to her.
"Santana, do you see the remote?" Brittany continued to look for it. Santana picked up the remote from next to her and handed it to Brittany.
I knew that the movie wasn't over yet. There was no way. Awe, she fast-forwarded through the movie because she knew I was scared. But she loves those movies. I should tell her that we can watch the rest of it. No, I should let her win this one. Brittany had a little mini fight over what her next move should be in her head. She decided that she should just turn on Mean Girls. She wanted Santana to be happy, but she could tell that Santana wasn't happy during A Nightmare on Elm Street because she had been so scared. Santana had just spent most of the movie trying to make Brittany feel safe.
Mean Girls started to play and Santana already appreciated the atmosphere more. She liked to see Brittany happy, not scared. That's more like it, Santana thought as Brittany sat back comfortably and ate some more candy. Santana was shocked by how much candy Brittany had eaten. Santana had eaten a considerable amount, but Brittany was still going. Where does she put it all? Santana couldn't help but wonder. Her girlfriend is very skinny, with some serious washboard abs, and she didn't understand where all of this food was going.
"Four for you Glenn Coco, you go Glenn Coco," Brittany repeated a couple of times laughing harder every time she said it. Santana loved her girlfriend's laugh. She could just sit there and listen to Brittany laugh all day and be perfectly content with life.
Eventually Brittany yawned and curled up in Santana's lap. Santana started to absentmindedly run her hands through Brittany's beautiful blonde locks. God, her hair is so soft.
The movie finally came to a close and Brittany sat up yawning loudly. Apparently yawning really is contagious because Santana yawned soon after. "We should go to sleep," Brittany suggested.
"But I don't want to," Santana pouted. "I want to spend more time with you awake."
"You look like you're going to pass out," Brittany commented.
Santana crossed her arms over her chest defeated, "So."
"So, we should get some sleep," Brittany said kissing Santana on the cheek as she got up to move the pillows and blankets into a more sleep-happy position. Santana got up and helped. Soon they had a fairly sleep-worthy looking makeshift bed.
Once they were both sliding into the makeshift bed, it became awkward. They didn't really know what they should do. Should they cuddle really close to each other? That sounded good, but were they at the 'cuddle really close together' part of their relationship? They silently agreed that they were going to sleep close to each other but not really cuddle style.
"Goodnight, baby," Brittany said as she made herself more comfortable.
"I don't even know how you're going to sleep with all that sugar you ate," Santana replied.
"I have my ways," Brittany smirked.
"Alrighty, goodnight babe," Santana stole a lingering kiss from Brittany before moving back to her original position in bed.
Both girls quickly fell asleep.
Brittany sat up violently. Even though they weren't really touching, the movement woke Santana up. Brittany was visibly shaking.
"Baby, what's wrong," Santana's voice was full of worry as she quickly wrapped Brittany up in her arms.
"I had a nightmare. It was about the man with the knives for fingers. I can't have a nightmare about him Santana, he'll kill me," Brittany was really shaken by her dream.
Santana placed a kiss on Brittany's collarbone, "No one is going to hurt you, not while I'm around. I'll keep you safe. As long as I'm with you, you're safe."
"I know," Brittany replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Here, lie back down," Santana said as she moved so Brittany could comfortably lie back down. Santana got as close to Brittany as she could, wrapping her arms around the blonde. She held Brittany in her arms and told the blonde that she was going to be okay and that no dream monster would ever hurt her because Santana would kick his ass. Brittany loved how safe and secure she felt in her girlfriend's arms. She also loved Santana's scent, like lavender. In Santana's embrace, Brittany quickly drifted off into a deep slumber.
Santana woke up to a bright light shining into the room through one of the windows in the basement. She mentally cursed at the morning light. Before she began moving, she noticed the beautiful blonde in her arms. Santana gently moved one of Brittany's blonde locks away from her beautiful face and smiled at how innocent the girl looked in her sleep. Santana took in a deep breath and was hit by an amazing scent. The girl lying next to her smelt like citrus, but with sweet and floral undertones. Santana wanted to get up and stretch, but she couldn't bring herself to wake the sleeping beauty next to her.
Santana lied there watching Brittany's chest rise and fall in a slow rhythm for a while. I wonder if Brittany would find this creepy or romantic? Santana decided that Brittany would probably think it was romantic and just stayed there unmoving. The light eventually hit Brittany's face and she awoke with a grumble.
"Good morning sunshine," Santana said as she planted a kiss to Brittany's neck. Brittany whimpered at the contact.
"How long have you been awake?" Brittany wondered as she placed her hand on top of one of Santana's hands that was around her waist.
"Not long," Santana lied. She's been awake for about a half hour. She just couldn't bring herself to wake Brittany up.
"Liar," Brittany replied as she turned a little to look her girlfriend in the eyes.
Santana took this time to kiss her girlfriend on the lips, Morning breath be damned. Santana brushed her lips against Brittany's before taking Brittany's lower lip into mouth and sucking lightly.
This is the best way to wake up ever! Brittany thought as she turned and wrapped an arm around Santana's neck to pull her deeper into the kiss. Santana stroked her hand up and down Brittany's stomach, feeling her amazing dancer-abs.
When the two finally broke for air, Santana said, "I'll be right back." Santana quickly went to the bathroom. She decided that she might as well brush her teeth while she was there so she did that too. Santana opened the bathroom door when she started brushing her teeth so Brittany knew what she was doing. Brittany quickly joined Santana in brushing her teeth.
The two were going to make their way back to the bed, but before they got there they saw a note on the bar. Brittany picked it up.
Breakfast when you want it.
- Love Mom.
"Hey, breakfast is ready," Brittany said as she set the note back down.
"Cool, let's go. I love your mom's cooking," Santana said excitedly.
"I'll race you," Brittany said as she began running up the stairs.
With the unfair head start, there was no way Santana was going to catch Brittany, but that didn't mean that she wasn't going to try. Santana chased after her girlfriend only catching her when she came to a stop in the kitchen.
The smell of the food was amazing. Santana searched the counters to see what Mrs. Pierce had made. Yum, chocolate chip pancakes! Santana thought that the two of them had consumed enough chocolate last night to put both teens in a sugar coma, but she wasn't about to say no to chocolate chip pancakes.
"So, Mom, when did you leave that note downstairs?" Brittany wondered.
"About an hour ago. You two were too cute to wake up," Mrs. Pierce replied.
Santana blushed, slightly embarrassed. Brittany's mother had seen them together, cuddling in bed. That can't be good, Santana thought as she shoved some pancake into her mouth.
"Mom!" Brittany looked down at her food equally embarrassed.
"What, you two were adorable," Mrs. Pierce defended. "And you were fully clothed which was a plus."
"Mom, please stop talking," Brittany pleaded.
"Alright, alright," Mrs. Pierce held her hands up in surrender. Mrs. Pierce left the room to sit with her husband in the living room to watch the morning news.
"Thanks for doing that last night," Brittany said quietly. She didn't want her parents eavesdropping.
"Doin' 'ut?" Santana wondered with a confused look and a mouth full of pancakes.
"For a couple of things. First, for pretending the scary movie ended like an hour before it actually did," Brittany stated. Santana gave Brittany a small grin saying 'crap, I've been caught'. Brittany continued, "Second for keeping me safe. You're the only person I've ever felt that safe with. I wouldn't have been able to sleep without you there."
"Anything for you," Santana wanted to kiss Brittany, but refrained because her parents were so close by.
Brittany smiled shyly and reached for Santana's hand which Santana gladly took. Every time the girls held hands both felt the same little bit of electricity that traveled through their bodies. It was a good feeling, one that both of them could definitely get used to.
"I-I love you," Brittany said a little worried. She didn't know if Santana felt the same way, she didn't know if she was saying it too early, she didn't know a lot of things, and it scared her.
"I love you too," Santana replied squeezing Brittany's hand. Santana looked to where Brittany's parents are sitting. She decided to take the gamble. Santana reached out and cupped Brittany's face and leaned in to give Brittany a chaste kiss. Santana didn't let the kiss linger for too long because of the proximity of Brittany's parents, but the kiss was necessary. As they pulled apart, both stared into each other's eyes never wanting to look away.
Author's Note:
First of all, I would like to send a quick thanks to those who have reviewed this story. I appreciate your comments and hope that you continue to enjoy this work.
And as always, the song for this chapter is going to be "True Romance" by Motion City Soundtrack.