Santana's P.O.V.
I'm done with this bottle of...whatever voodoo potion that makes me irresistible. It's not as fun as I thought it was going to be. All it did was make me realize how much I like Rachel and how much she'll never actually give me a chance without this stupid perfume. If Rachel is going to be with me, I want her to want to be with me because of me, not because of some...crazy juice. After I left the club Saturday, Rachel has been calling and texting me but I can't bring myself to return any of it. Luckily Rachel's shift has changed at the restaurant because of her rehearsals. I don't want to avoid her but I also don't want to tell her about this stupid perfume. Maybe she'll just let it go? It's almost been a week anyway so she probably doesn't care anymore.
We're maybe 10 minutes from closing and my last table has finally left. I'm sitting at a table counting my tips from the night with my two other co workers, Kelsea and Micheal when I hear the door open.
"We're closed." I say instinctively without looking up.
"I'm fully aware Santana." That voice makes my heart rate double and look up to see Rachel standing near the table.
"Hello Kelsea, Michael." Rachel says.
"Hey Rachel, what are you doing here?" Michael asks her.
"Just came to talk to Santana for a second. Would you two give us a minute?"
"Sure just don't take too long, we want to get the hell out of here." He says with a smile and Rachel nods.
"Of course. Santana?" I begrudgingly stand and we walk outside.
"How long were you going to avoid me?" Rachel asks me.
"As long as it took so that I could avoid this conversation." I tell her and she sighs.
"Santana...I don't appreciate being strung along. If you aren't interested, that's all you had to say." I sigh and shake my head.
"Rachel you aren't interested in me." Rachel gives me a look of confusion and I cross my arms over my chest.
"It's a long story." I tell her.
"Well I have time. Go finish up and I'll be out here when you're done." She says and I roll my eyes.
"Okay, fine." I go back inside and finish up then once all of my coworkers leave, I let Rachel inside. I have to lock up tonight because my manager left early so we have the entire place to ourselves.
"Now, I would love this long explanation you promised." Rachel says as she sits down.
"It's going to sound dumb...but it's true." Rachel looks at me to continue.
"Long story short, Brittany bought this perfume. It's supposed to make whoever I want irresistible to me and to my surprise, it actually worked. Though it was flawed because I had some people interested in me I didn't want but that's another story. I've been wearing it for the past week so...whatever you felt at the club or now...it isn't real." I tell her. Rachel smiles at me then giggles.
"What?" I ask her.
"That sounds very...far fetched but that's not what I find funny." She says.
"Then what's funny?" I ask.
"Santana, do you remember when we first were hired and going through our orientation?" She asks and I nod my head.
"Remember the ice breaker activity?"
"Yeah I remember that stupid activity that everyone does at every job. Your name and something interesting about you." Rachel nods.
"Do you remember that interesting fact about me?" Rachel then stands from her seat and moves to stand opposite of me.
"Uh...not really." I say. The smile from Rachel face hasn't faltered this entire time. Am I missing something?
"I have Anosmia." She says.
"What the hell is that?" I ask.
"It means I was born without the ability to smell." She says and I feel my jaw go slack. Rachel laughs and touches my arm.
"Which means, whatever you were using, I couldn't smell. Also unless you've been wearing it since that orientation, it didn't make me like you." She says.
"Are you fucking with me?" I say and she shakes her head.
"It took me a while to realize you were flirting with me because you are pretty flirty with everyone." She says and I laugh. That is true.
"It's how I make my money. Gotta work what you have." Rachel chuckles as I do a little shimmy.
"Well, I assumed it was just apart of your personality. I had no idea you had any interest in me until a few weeks ago when I ran into Brittany who encouraged me to ask you out." Of course Brittany would be behind this.
"She did, did she?" Rachel nods and I shake my head.
"So I finally did and I thought we had something between us until you ran away and avoided me." She says.
"There's definitely something here. Maybe try flirting back the next time someone flirts with you. It'll avoid a lot of future confusion." I tell her.
"So from now on you would like me to reciprocate any flirting directed towards me?" She says with a sly smile.
"Only if it's from me." Rachel smiles and nods.
"How about we have a do- over, right now. I could go for something to eat. What about you?" I ask as Rachel snakes her arm around my waist. I wrap my arms around her shoulders in return.
"I could eat." She says and we begin to walk towards the door.
