Hello, thanks again for reading, reviewing, following, favoriting, everythin!. So, obviously on the show Santana going to Lima was around Regionals which doesn't really play into this story's timeline which is now around the middle of April if I'm thinking correctly so I may or may not actually have her go, for that anyway, but I do kinda want them there at some juncture because reasons so...I guess we'll have to see! Just a head's up so you don't get confused or anything haha :)
Quinn stood outside her building, waiting for Santana who somehow ended up taking longer to make it outside even though they were just walking together a moment ago. Quinn had her hair pulled back into a pony tail and her favorite white sundress with a yellow cardigan all paired with her usual wedged shoes. Before Santana left for the bathroom earlier, she told Quinn to wear something cute for whatever reason so, she did.
She turned around, arms crossed, when she finally heard the door open and Santana came moseying out the door, struggling to shove her phone in the small front pocket of her tight jeans. She was walking slowly as she did so and completely stopped as she finally got it to fit in. She looked up as she pulled her sunglasses off the front of her black tank top and put them on, giving Quinn coy smile, "Happy to see you listened to me." She said, gesturing to Quinn's outfit as she approached her.
Quinn was looking at her through narrowed eyes, "Did you get lost walking through the lobby, what took you so long?" Quinn asked as Santana walked by her with a grin still firmly in place.
Quinn caught up to her as she answered, "I got a phone call." She said simply, ignoring the confused look Quinn was giving her.
"People usually take phone calls outside…" She responded slowly.
Santana took in a deep breath and looked like she was debating with herself on what she should say, "It was Sam." She said quickly.
Quinn's still narrowed gaze faltered slightly, "What did he want?" She asked cautiously.
Santana inhaled and exhaled deeply and slowly before she answered, "He thinks I should go to Lima and talk to Brittany." She sputtered out quietly.
Quinn pursed her lips and nodded slowly as she looked away, slightly confused, "Why?"
Santana shrugged, "You know what happened at the beginning of the school year?" Quinn thought for a moment and nodded, "I guess it's kinda the same situation, different reasoning."
Quinn nodded again and remained silent for a moment, thinking. Why was she starting to get worried about this? Santana seemed to be over Brittany…but that's easy to say when Brittany is with someone else and when she's saying this to the person silently begging her to be.
"Are you going?" Quinn finally asked, looking back to Santana to gauge a reaction.
From her side, Quinn could see by the sunglasses and saw Santana look up quickly like she was rolling her eyes or thinking quickly before she took in a quick breath to answer, "I told him to do what he could and if in a few weeks she's still the same, I'd come talk to her."
"Why in a few weeks? You can go…I mean I don't care if that's what you're worried about." Quinn said quickly.
Santana bit back a grin, "I'd actually rather focus on myself than her right now, especially since we're not even together." Quinn made an understanding face and offered a quick shrug, not pushing, "And if I wait a few weeks I can go with you." She added quickly, still avoiding looking at Quinn.
Quinn smiled a little and looked down, "Why is that important?"
"It's not," Santana answered quickly, "But I think it'd make it easier." She admitted quietly.
Quinn smiled again as she nudged Santana and pointed to the right so she would turn, "I haven't even thought about that." Quinn said quietly. Santana finally turned to look at her, Quinn could see her eyebrows furrowed slightly above her sunglasses, "I mean going back…and having to stay there. I've been so caught up in my world here I haven't even thought about the fact that I'll have to go back to Lima in a couple weeks and stay there." She said with a sigh.
Santana offered an understanding look but didn't say anything so Quinn decided to continue, "I mean, what do I have there now? I did everything I could to get out of there, thinking about spending the summer there makes me want to throw up and cry."
Santana snorted and turned her attention back in front of her, "Dramatic much?" She asked quietly but with an obviously sarcastic tone.
Quinn rolled her eyes, "What? Everyone that's there has their little group of friends to hang out with. I'm not even sure Brittany would still want to be my friend if she found out about us and Rachel isn't coming back…and you're not there…" Quinn trailed off at that but regained herself slightly, "In case you forgot people weren't jumping at the thought of being my friend."
"Then don't stay there." Santana suggested quickly.
"What?" Quinn asked even quicker, confused.
"Berry and I kinda talked about it, I mean Brody moved out, don't ask, and we both know how much you'd probably rather be anywhere else but there again so…" Santana said, matter-of-factly.
Quinn looked over to her, "You want me to stay with you guys?" She asked, just to clarify.
Santana shrugged, "Why not?"
Quinn didn't know what to say so she made a gesture with her hand between them. Santana looked down to watch the gesture and pursed her lips, "What?"
Quinn huffed, "Living together whether whatever this is works out or not would be…I don't know, not a good idea?" She asked quickly.
Santana stopped walking which caused Quinn's step to falter as she turned around to see what she was doing, "We're both big girls, aren't we?" She asked with a grin playing on her lips, "I think either way this goes we can be adults about it."
Quinn pursed her lips and looked down as she stepped closer to Santana. When she looked back up she could see Santana's eyes through her sunglasses now that they were closer, "Which way do you want this to go?" She asked with a quiet yet challenging tone to her voice.
Santana narrowed her eyes, "Like I'd really tell you if I wanted you to get over this and we could move on with our lives."
Quinn mirrored Santana's gaze, "I think you just did." She said quieter than she meant to be. Santana closed her eyes momentarily and didn't say anything and Quinn turned to start walking again when she felt Santana grab her wrist to prevent her from doing so.
Quinn stopped and gave her a questioning look while she pulled the sunglasses off her face and placed them on her head, still holding Quinn's wrist to prevent her from moving.
"You really think I'm not taking this seriously don't you?" Santana finally asked, looking at Quinn with a sad smile, "How many times do I need to tell you that I am?"
Quinn looked down and gave a small shrug.
Santana watched her for a moment before she shifted her hand to Quinn's hand instead of her wrist and gave it small squeeze causing Quinn to look up, "Is somebody else having trust issues?" She asked teasingly.
Quinn rolled her eyes, "Shut up, you know what I mean."
"I know, you're implying that I'm a heartless bitch." Santana said with an exasperated tone and Quinn rolled her eyes again, "I know, shut up you know what I mean." Santana said, mocking Quinn.
Quinn rolled her eyes, "I know you don't want to get hurt but I'd rather you not end up hurting me in the process. If you did, I know it wouldn't be on purpose but I guess that's why I'm being, I don't know, skeptical about your intentions." Quinn said slowly.
Quinn looked into Santana's eyes and pursed her lips taking in a deep, slow breath. She's happy she did because Santana yanked her closer to her and brought her hands to Quinn's cheeks and looked right into her eyes, "This is going to sound very hypocritical," She said quietly, her gaze not faltering, "But you're just going to have to trust me." She pressed her hands into Quinn's cheeks a little more with each word, adding emphasis. When she finished she gave Quinn a small grin before her eyes flickered to Quinn's lips that were poking out from the pressure on her cheeks.
She hesitated a moment before she dropped her hands and gaze, "Okay?" She finally asked.
Quinn cleared her throat and rolled her eyes, more at herself, "Yeah, whatever." She answered quickly.
Santana looked back up, gave Quinn an understanding look, and gestured for them to continue walking. They walked in silence. Quinn's thoughts were racing…also her heart. Should she stay with them this summer? Would that be a good idea, regardless of how this works out? She sighed to herself and then sighed again because she was kind of hoping Santana would've closed the distance between them back there. It's not like that would be solid evidence that she was invested in this as well, but it would've been a good start.
"So was that a yes?" Santana asked quietly, breaking the silence.
Quinn shot her a confused look and then remembered what the suggestion even was in the first place, "I guess we'll see how it goes." She answered cooly.
Santana held back a grin and nodded, "Do you know where we're going?" She asked, trying to break the obvious tension between them after that conversation.
Quinn scoffed, "You picked the place out, I thought you knew."
Santana glared at her, "Are you serious? How the hell would I know where it's at, I just suggested it!"
Quinn laughed, "Calm down, wow. Yes I know where we're going, geez." She said giving Santana a weird look.
Santana retracted her claws so to speak and pursed her lips, "Ass."
Quinn laughed again, "I'm the ass? You were about to rip my head off."
Santana snorted, "It's funny how both of us try to recover from emotional moments with bitchy sarcasm."
"Yeah," Quinn chuckled, "But when did you find this place, I thought you didn't know what was around here?" She asked curiously.
"Well, I woke up and after I pried you off of me I checked out the campus online to see what was around." She said casually.
"Pried me off of you? Okay…When did you wake up?" Quinn asked.
"Yep, and around eightish I don't know, I was awake on and off. Couldn't sleep very well." Santana answered nonchalantly with a shrug.
Quinn gave her a sad smile, "Do you need a nap, is that why you're cranky?"
Santana snorted, "I'm fine, I'm used to being up all night." She said in a suggestive tone.
Quinn laughed, "Doing what, you said you haven't done anything since Valentine's Day."
"Thinking about Valentine's Day." Santana replied slowly with a sly grin before she made a kissing face at Quinn, "I don't think you know how hard it was to keep my hands to myself when you were sprawled across me, especially when you started dreaming. Did you know you make noises when you sleep?"
Quinn gaped at Santana, "I do not."
"Yeah, you do actually. It would've been cute had it not bothered me so much." She coughed and raised her eyebrows.
Quinn scoffed, "See that's how I know you're lying, you said it was cute."
"It was and you are, have I not said that before?" Santana gave Quinn an overly confused look.
"This is why I never know when you're being serious or not." Quinn said, narrowing her eyes and slowing to a stop in front of their destination.
"You'll just have to figure it out." Santana said with a smirk before she opened the door and ushered Quinn through.
"Are you sure you want to do this tonight?" Quinn asked, watching Santana through narrowed eyes as she licked off the remaining icing on her fingers.
"Mmhmm." Santana answered distractedly. She finished with a small pop, turning to find Quinn watching her. She smirked, "Why did you have something else in mind?" She asked waving her fingers around.
While they were inside getting donuts and stuff they ran into one of Quinn's friends, Chelsea. She invited them to hang out at her boyfriend's brother's house for a hockey game they were going to watch. Quinn hesitated but Santana jumped in and said they'd love to…not for the game, just to hang out and have something to do.
Quinn sighed, "No."
"Okayyyy." Santana drawled, giving Quinn a disappointed look, "Plus I'd like to see why exactly these people choose to hang around you." Quinn narrowed her eyes again and Santana looked at her phone to check the time, "We should walk around some more, kill time and sight see."
Quinn shrugged and grabbed the bag next to her filled with donuts, "Any place in particular?" Quinn asked standing up.
Santana shrugged, "Surprise me." She said with a grin as she stood up.
Quinn thought for a moment and shrugged, "Okay."
Santana held out an arm for Quinn to loop hers through and after a moment of hesitation, Quinn accepted it and guided her in the right direction.