Hi everyone sorry it took so long to post this chapter, life's been busy lately. I'm going to try and post every weekend and yes that includes this weekend.
Thanks for the reviews last chapter. I hope you all enjoy.
Brett whistles as he walks down the hall to the cafeteria. He's meeting Santana for lunch again. This is the third time in the four days since he and Santana decided to be friends that they're having lunch together. He can tell that everyone is trying to figure out why he's hanging out with Santana, but no one has the baths to ask. Not even his sister who's constantly staring at them.
"Hey San," Brett says smiling at her.
"B, what did you bring this time?" Santana asks trying to look around him to see what he brought for them.
"Well yesterday you said you were craving some KFC cold slaw so I got us KFC." Brett says holding out the bag.
"You're the best." Santana shouts leaping into his arms.
All Brett can do is laugh as he picks her up and spins them around. When he puts her back down they both turn away blushing. He wishes that he could kiss her. It keeps getting harder to not want to date the beautiful Latina. All the reasons he comes up with of why they wouldn't work melts away the minute he lays eyes on her.
"So how has your day been thus far?" Brett asks as they sit at a private table.
"Really well, thus far." Santana happily says grabbing the large container of cold slaw.
"That's good, I was wondering if you would like to go to the movies this weekend whenever you're free." Brett softly says.
"I'd love to," Santana says smiling up at him.
"Cool what day works best for you?" Brett asks super glad to be able to spend more time with her.
"How about tonight?" Santana hopefully asks.
"Yeah, I'll pick you up at six." Brett says all smiles.
The rest of lunch they discuss which movie they should see and what good upcoming movies there are. while they're busy trying not to flirt with each other Quinn and Hailey stare at the other two.
"Have you asked him?" Quinn asks.
"No, have you asked her?" Hailey asks.
"Hell no, she'd kill me." Quinn says staring at them as Brett feeds Santana a piece of chicken.
"They have to be dating right?" Hailey asks staring at Quinn.
"Honestly, I think they are. Look at them if they're not dating then something's wrong." Quinn says sighing. "Is it weird for you?"
Hailey frowns as she thinks about it. Does it bug her that her brother has been spending every possible minute with Santana who he literally just met. She doesn't really have an opinion on it if she's honest. All she wants is her brother happy and if Santana makes him happy then that's fine by her.
"No, I just want my brother happy." Hailey tells her new friend. "What about you?"
"It's really weird. Since you brought him I haven't seen Santana outside of school. Though that's not so much as the fact that she's dating Brett Pierce the movie star." Quinn says.
"I'm sorry," Hailey says.
"Don't worry I'd rather see her happy. It will just take some time to get used to it." Quinn says truly happy for her friend.
"Do you think we should say something to them?" Hailey asks feeling like her and Quinn are in this together.
"No, wait for them to talk to us." Quinn wisely says.
After that one of the Cheerios ask Quinn a question drawing the two girl's attention away from Brett and Santana.
"Does it bother you that everyone is constantly staring at us?" Brett asks.
"No, everyone normally stares at me as I'm the sexy head Cheerio." Santana says smirking.
"You're really cocky aren't you." Brett says shaking his head.
"Yes I am."
Brett chuckles at how confident the girl is. She's a breath of fresh air to him even with how cocky she is around him she's also really shy. Most women try to throw themselves at him which is why he likes being around Santana.
"You sure are," Brett says helping her up.
Santana stares up at him licking her lips. She really wants to kiss him, for him to pick her up and declare to the world that she's his girl. Not that she thinks this will actually happen. Even though he doesn't have a girlfriend, she asked him yesterday he wouldn't want a seventeen almost eighteen year old high school student as his girlfriend.
"So I'll see you at six." Santana says pulling him into a hug.
"Yes you will."
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After going to two movies Friday night, hiking on Saturday and shopping together on Sunday afternoon they actually spend Sunday night apart. Neither of them actually wants to, but Quinn insisted on spending some time with her best friend.
"Hey," Quinn says walking into Santana's room.
"Hey," Santana says getting off her bed to give her friend a hug.
"I'm so glad that you can pull yourself away from Brett for one night to hang out with your friend." Quinn says sitting on her bed.
"Yeah well you did threaten to tell Sue that I had ice cream if I didn't." Santana says rolling her eyes.
"It seemed to be the only way to get you to hang out with me." Quinn says shrugging.
"Sorry I've been ignoring you." Santana softly says.
"It's fine I get it a new boyfriend can take up a lot of time." Quinn says.
"We're not dating." Santana says sadly.
"Wait you're not?" Quinn asks surprised.
"No, we're just friends." Santana says.
Quinn frowns as she can hear the sadness in her friend's voice. It's obvious to her that Santana would like them to date.
"But you want to right?" Quinn asks.
"Yeah, but he's famous why would he want to date me?" Santana softly says.
"He spends all his time with you, brings you lunch and the way he looks at you. God Santana I would kill to have a guy look at me like that." Quinn tells her friend.
"He does?" Santana asks shocked.
"Yeah," Quinn says.
"Maybe I will ask him." Santana says mostly to herself. "So wanna watch some more of pretty little liars?" she asks.
"Heck yes,"
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"We're going out to Silver City do you want to come?" Susan asks her kids.
"Nope, I've got to finish going over this Cheerio routine." Hailey says from the family room.
"Brett what about you son?" Bryan asks. "Or do you have another date with this mysterious girl?"
"Dad we're not dating." Brett says rolling his eyes. "But no to both I just want to hang around the house tonight."
Susan pouts and is about to say something when Bryan stops her shaking his head.
"We'll see you both when we get back." Bryan shouts.
Hailey waits until she hears her parent's car start before she gets up and heads into the living room where her brother is watching TV. They haven't been alone since Hailey saw her brother with Santana and she's not going to bring it up in front of their parents until Brett does. So this is the first opportunity she's gotten.
"So no Santana tonight?" Hailey asks.
"Quinn wanted to spend time with her." Brett says shrugging.
He's not trying to hid his friendship with Santana he's just not talking about it to his family as they tend to make big deals out of little things. That and he doesn't want the paparazzi to bug Santana. She deserves her privacy so he's been careful wearing disgusts when they're out in public together.
"Are you going to hang out with her tomorrow?" Hailey asks wanting him to tell her that they are in fact dating.
"I'm meeting her for lunch." Brett says.
Hailey waits a few seconds expecting him to continue, but he doesn't.
"Okay I'm just going to come out and say it are you dating Santana?" Hailey asks.
"No sis, she's just my friend." Brett tells her.
"Just my friend my ass." Hailey retorts.
She knows her brother and how he gets with woman. There's something different about the way he is around Santana that's vastly different and makes her think something has to be going on. He never has wanted to spend all his time with one woman.
"Just friends is just the cover your using so mom won't bug you right?" Hailey asks starting to wonder why he won't admit it.
"No we really aren't dating." Brett softly says.
"Why the hell not?" Hailey asks shocked.
"I'm twenty-three and she's a seventeen year old senior in high school." Brett says.
"So if you two like each other that shouldn't matter. You're only five years older than her. Mom's seven years older than dad." Hailey says shrugging.
"You don't think it's weird that I'd be dating a high school student?" Brett asks.
"No, because she's a senior and going to be eighteen in like a month or two. Plus you two actually like each other." Hailey says sitting next to her brother.
"Do you think I should ask her out?" Brett asks.
He really need his little sister to tell him what she thinks. If she's find with then others will be too. And then he can date her without any worry.
"Yes, you two would be perfect for each other." Hailey excitedly says.
"Maybe I'll ask her out on an actual date." Brett muses.
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Two more weeks of friend dates with neither of them making a move to ask the other out official. They're spent literally every spare moment together. Brett's feelings for Santana have grown immensely over this time. He's positive that he's in love with her. It scares him how quickly he's becoming attached to her. He's already pulled out of two projects because he doesn't want to leave. This has never happened before.
"Hey San," Brett says giving her a hug.
"What are we doing today?" Santana asks.
Last night he texted her saying he wanted to surprise her. She really wants to know where he's taking her. Not that she doesn't trust him because she does; she just wants to know what they're going to be doing. These last two weeks have been the best and yet the worst of her life. Every time she tries to ask him out she chickens out. Even though Quinn told her that he obviously likes her, she finds it hard to believe that someone as famous as Brett would want her. As much as she questions him liking her she's sure now that she's in love with him. Every time he gives her his coat, holds her hand or any of the other couply things he does for her makes her fall more in love with him.
"It's a surprise." Brett says wrapping his arm around her waist pulling her into him.
"Will you at least tell me if I'll be home for dinner?" Santana asks. "I'll need to tell my mom if I am."
"I'll have you home in time for dinner." Brett says opening his car door for her.
"You're not going to tell me where we're going are you?" Santana asks getting comfortable in the car.
"Nope, but I will tell you that you'll enjoy it." Brett says.
"Of course I will." Santana says trusting him completely.
Looking out the window Santana watches the buildings go by as they leave Lima. She wonders where they could be going. The car ride is much longer than she expects.
"Are we going to Columbus?" Santana asks as they reach the outer city.
"Not exactly," Brett says still unwilling to tell her.
Twenty minutes later their finally parking.
"Oh my god Brett!" Santana gasps as they're at the zoo.
"I thought it would be a fun place to go." Brett softly says.
"I love the zoo." Santana says all smiles.
"I know,"
Brett being the gentleman that he is helps Santana out of the car. He takes her hand and leads her to the admission gate.
She grips his hand tightly looking around wondering where everyone is. She can't imagine that the zoo is ever this empty on a Saturday even if it is a bit cold.
"Brett Pierce, I called last week." Brett says to the girl at the gate.
"Wow, you're really Brett Pierce." the girl says staring at Brett wide eyed.
"Yes I am," Brett says used to this kind of reaction.
"Do you mind taking a picture with me?" the girls asks.
"Sure," Brett says leaning next to her.
After taking a picture with Brett the girl lets them in smiling at Brett who puts his arm around Santana and leads her in.
"We can do whatever you want." Brett tells Santana.
"You're the best friend ever." Santana says picking up a map and dragging Brett off to their first destination.
It's about three by time Santana's feet get sore and she's about ready to call it quits.
"This day has been amazing Brett." Santana says as they stand in front of the elephant encloser.
"I'm glad you enjoyed this." Brett says all smiles.
"Though I do have to ask where is everyone else?" Santana asks motioning around the empty zoo.
"I bought all the tickets for today so we wouldn't be bothered." Brett softly says.
"That's so sweet and thoughtful." Santana says.
She looks up at Brett who's staring at her lovingly. Taking a big gulp, she decides to take the leap.
"Will you be my date to homecoming?" Santana asks.
It takes Brett less than half a second to answer.
"Yes,"