The next few days for Santana and Marley couldn't have been better, smiles exchanged by the two in glee club, the fact they have been spending time together non stop since Santana said yes, it was as if saying yes changed the past and filled with happiness. The only real downside to them spending time together is when they had to depart to get ready for their date, Marley wanted something different than Breadstix, and Santana couldn't blame her since that place is McKinley High's resident eatery, the brunette heard about a new restaurant called "Stuffed with Karaoke" and she wanted to go to see what it's like, Santana thought it would be a good change of pace than the "Stix".
Santana got to Marley's house wearing skin tight jeans, a spaghetti strap shirt, and a black leather jacket, she got out of her car then walked up to the door and knocked, Santana was very nervous as this was her first date in a long time. Millie answered the door with a smile on her face "Someone looks good tonight, let me get Marley for ya. Come sit down." she lead Santana to the living room, then she walked towards the stairs "Hey Marls! Your date is here!" Millie bellowed out, hearing Millie say that made the Latina blushed as even she realized that she is dating Marley, it made her bite her lip in excitement.
Marley slowly walked down, wearing a short blue dress with black jeans under the dress, and also wearing a red blush on her face due to the sight of Santana across the room from her. "God damn Santana.. You look beautiful, and I look ridiculous.. Get you stuff together Marley Rose, I am sure she likes how you look too, so get your shit together young lady! This is your first date since Jake, you can do this!" Marley gave herself a bit of pep talk inside her head as she got closer to Santana to get a better look at her, Santana grabbed hold of her hand and lead her outside, Millie smiled then waved at the two young girls as they departed.
The girls got to the restaurant and smiled at how lively it looked on the outside, but to their surprise the inside looked that much better, they looked around at the people there and how nice the waiter was to the girls by getting them a booth close to the Karaoke stage. "Marls, I must say, you look very beautiful, and you damn sure know how to pick em." Santana complimented her date's choice in clothing and choice in restaurants, it made Marley blush at how Santana was so willing to compliment her. "Thank you San, I was afraid that you would think I looked ridiculous.. I almost called to cancel because of my cold feet, this is the first date I have been in since-" Marley was explaining but Santana kissed at the shy brunette's hand which made her squeak quietly. "Hun, don't explain yourself to me, I am on the same boat as you are so it's all good." the Latina bit her lip a bit as a waiter approached the table "So, what can I get for you lovely ladies?" he asked bowing politely to them. Before Santana could order, Marley interrupted and said "Two Cesar Salads, with the Cesar dressing on the side along with ranch, and two Pepsi's to drink." she winked at Santana which made her giggle a bit then nod in agreement.
After 30 minutes they got their food, beginning to eat and exchanging small conversations, enjoying the music that other people were singing, then this little girl walked on stage and picked "22" by Taylor Swift, she didn't know the words but she sang anyways, it was adorable and everyone loved it, at least everyone except for this drunk. "Boo! Taylor Swift is terrible little girl! Go to your mommy!" he yelled out which made the girl cry, Santana got up and hopped on stage to pick up the girl. "What's your name little one?" she quietly asked with a smile, the little girl rubbed her eyes "I-It's Jane.." she struggled to say because she was too busy crying, Santana sat Jane on the piano then scrolled through a list of songs and found "These Words" by Natasha Bedingfield. Santana picked up the girl then grabbed the microphone and started to sing with the little girl.
Once the song was finished the girl ran to her mom with excitement, she explained to her how nice Santana was, that made the Latina scratch the back of her head as she got off stage to sit at her table again, Marley was just shocked as to how Santana sounded. "San, you sounded great! I wish I sounded that good.." Marley said looking away slightly, Santana reached in her wallet and placed a $10 on the table then got up. "Let's go, I want to take you somewhere special, I want to make this first date the best one you have ever had." Santana told Marley and took her hand, they went to the front of the restaurant and paid for the food, once they did they left the place to go to this mystery area that Santana suggested.
Santana drove for what seemed like an hour but once she stopped the car she smiled a bit "Here we are, the lake.. I come here to practice my routines, it helps me free my mind of any troubles.." she shyly admitted to the ecstatic Marley. They got out of the car, Santana went to the back of the car to grab her Bose stereo, she placed it on the hood of the car then looked through her iPod for a song, she decided on "Lovers and Friends" by Usher, then took Marley's hand and held her close, and began to sway slowly. Marley wrapped her arms around Santana's neck and let her lead, she had a bit of a hard time not to kiss Santana, even though she thinks Santana wouldn't mind. "San, you have been amazing to me, it warms my heart that you of all people care for me more than anything.. I am more comfortable, more close to you than I am with anyone else, you accept my flaws, and you make me feel better about myself.. I have heard people say bad things but when I am actually with you I can't see it.." Marley was confessing her feelings to Santana, this took her by surprise since she is the only person that confessed these feelings to her. The Latina pressed against Marley, holding her, embracing the scent of her perfume, needing Marley close to her at all times. "Marls.. When we fought.. I thought you really were going to move on.. I was so scared that I kinda.. Hurt myself.." Santana admitted looking down at Marley blushing ever so calmly.
An hour has passed, Santana is still standing, holding Marley close to her, they didn't realize how long they were standing, for the most part they didn't care. But Marley looked into Santana's eyes maneuvering her head closer to Santana's, tilting her head and attempts to go for a kiss but Santana stops her and shakes her own head. "Marley.. I can't allow that.. You know I can't.. What would people think?" the worry in her sparkling eyes just made the young Rose want Santana more. "But, no one is around, and also I want to kiss your lady lips.. Please, do me the pleasure of accepting my kiss.." Marley said softly as she gave Santana a deep kiss which catches her off guard, strange thing for Santana is that she starts to kiss Marley back.
"M-Marley.. Yes.. Don't stop kissing me.." Santana moaned out softly leading Marley to the hood of her car, Marley shifted Santana and pressed her against the car, slipping her hand up the Latina's shirt which made her moan out. "M-Marley, stop.. This is going too fast.." Santana looked into the young brunette's eyes, they started to tear up innocently "D-Did I do bad?" she was confused as to what she can do considering she has never been with another woman in her life. Santana shook her head and smiled "Let me take you home, we can kiss and make out, but let's leave it at that and in private, just until you turn 18 okay?" Santana grabbed her Bose and placed it in the back seat of her car. Marley stood there with tears streaming down her face for a few seconds, after that she got into the car and put her seat belt on, but she felt broken on the inside. "Why doesn't Santana want to go further? Maybe she isn't ready.. And why am I crying so much around her.. Emotion why have you forsaken me!"
The girls got back to Marley's house, her tears were still dripping, this hurt Santana to see Marley like this, she gently cupped the young girl's head and gave her a soft kiss that Marley was not hesitant to return, their tongues gently lash at each other, almost sending chills with each touch. Marley was the first to try to pull away, assuming it was because she needed to breath, but Santana used her tongue to keep hold of Marley's for a few more seconds then broke the kiss staring into her eyes. "Now that is a beautiful first date, what do you think Marls?" the Latina gave a confident smirk towards her date. Marley bit her lip smiling then slowly got out of the car. "Good night San, see you tomorrow." was the last words she said before shutting the door, Marley went inside her house and Santana was holding her chest breathing in and out gently "Oh my god, that was the best kiss I ever had.. Jake was incredibly stupid for leaving her.. Heh.. She's mine now, and Auntie Snix knows how to take care of who belongs to her." She said with a giggle as she drove off the driveway to head back to her apartment.
The next morning at 6:30 the alarm went off, Santana sat up with a smile on her face, she was happy that she is going to see Marley once again, all she had thought about since she went to bed was the kiss those two had shared, both kisses were sweet, tender, needing, overall it was just perfect in Santana's eyes. Marley on the other hand could not sleep due to her excitement, she couldn't wait to see her "Mentor" again, she got up and browsed through her clothes in hopes to find something to entice Santana but not revealing enough to give other people the wrong idea. Santana had taken a shower and she decided since it was Sectionals weekend, she should pack a bag for that occasion, Mr. Schuester needed Santana there in case there are any kids that get stage fright, and what can you say? People love how real Santana can be, so it would make sense for her to be at Sectionals this year, they take place in Michigan, which is somewhere that Santana hasn't been before, she was excited for it.
At school Unique was performing "Ain't No Other Man" by Christina Aguilera, the entire glee club was behind her performance, even Kitty was which was a shocker to a lot of people. Mr. Schuester went to Unique and patted her on the back "Great job! I think we have a winner for Sectionals!" He said with pride in his voice, this saddened Marley a bit, but she shrugged it off which made Santana a bit shocked as she stood up "Mr. Schue, what about Marley, she has a great voice too." the Latina protested with a raised brow. "Santana, we need to not look at things from a color blind aspect, we should have a bit of diversity for sectionals." he explained as he set his notebook down. "Oh diversity, where was that when Britt and I were here? We could have rocked as duos and you turned us down, but you let Kurt and Blaine get one. So what's your excuse for Marley? Because she is a girl? Or because she isn't Rachel Berry?" Santana said with a bit of anger which set off Will. "Damn it Santana that is enough! I think you should leave.." he demanded which made the entire glee club "ooh" at his anger. Santana walked towards the door then said "You know, Finn and I never got along that well, but even he would agree that Marley deserves more than you give her credit for, she worked her ass off to impress you, try being in her shoes for once.." Was the last words said before Santana left the choir room.
Santana was laying in the auditorium humming a melody that was playing in her head, somehow Marley knew where Santana was, considering she approached from the back of the stage then crawled over to Santana with a smile "Well hello my knight in shining armor." The brunette smiled as she rested her head upon her girlfriend's breasts gazing at the cat like eyes of Santana. "Some knight I was, I think I may have further ruined your chances in glee club.. I am a distortion it seems." Santana fought being sad thanks to Marley's smile which made her day better than ever, Marley slowly crawled on top of Santana straddling her gently. "Mr. Schuester said that I get a duet with anyone I want, I read the rules to sectionals and as it turns out, you could be my duet partner if I can't find anyone between now and the competition, so I want you to know that I will do my best not to find anyone, with our vocals we can rock sectionals. So cheer up, San." Marley smiled and leaned forward to kiss Santana once, this almost made Santana paranoid since they were at school. "Marls, remember our agreement.. Not make it public til you turn 18.." she explained once more which made Marley giggle. "I have to get going, my mom is expecting me to go with her home before her shift at Breadstix."she said as she got up to walk away. "D-Damn you Marley Rose, you realize how hard it is on my girls and the extra pair of lips when you tease me like that? I will get you back Miss Rose, Auntie Snix gets her lady lips when she wants them."
The day of departure has come, Santana had her things already packed, and she was excited knowing she was gonna get a room with just her and Marley since it was coming out of her paycheck. Marley was at the bus waiting on Santana to join her and the rest of the glee club to Michigan, just when she was about to give up hope there was the Latina with a smile on her face and all. "I wasn't gonna miss out on my girl's beautiful voice you know." Santana said as she hugged Marley once, things were going smooth for a bit until Will stopped Santana from entering the bus. "Santana, I don't think you should come with us, your attitude towards me the other day was unacceptable. I get your passion for Marley, she is a great singer but I will not be talked down to. Find your own ride to Michigan, maybe if I see you there with an improved attitude, I will let you ride with us back." He said getting on the bus signaling the driver to start the bus, Santana's heart busted seeing Marley's sadness from the bus window.
"Don't worry Marls.. We will be together in Michigan.. Even if I drive all night.."
A/N: Sorry for the short chapter D; I wanted this chapter to focus around the date, and the moments prior to Sectionals. I think the next chapter will be my last one for this story, then again I have surprised myself before. So, all that jazz please do. Review/Favorite/Follow.