A/N Sorry this chapter took me a while to write. More will start to be explained on Santana's end soon, not this chapter though. Sorry. I hope everyone had a good holiday!
I feel a new pep in my step as I walk up to school. Santana has kept to her word and has been making an effort to be my friend. It is very hard though only trying to stay friends because my heart is in a whole other direction. I feel the connection and knowing I can't see her anytime I want, hold her, or kiss her. I am really trying not to pressure her into feeling things, but my mind keeps going back to the night of the party when she took care of me. She was so loving and attentive.
"Hey Britt!" Mike makes his way over to me slinging his arm around my shoulder. "You look happy, what could that be about?" He wiggles his eyebrows.
I just roll my eyes smiling.
Bing
My smile gets wider as I fish out my phone. As we head to our lockers.
From:Santana: Ugh I cant wait for this weekend already and class hasn't even started. What are your plans?
"Hey Mike, did we have any plans this weekend?" I ask because Mike normally is always with me on the weekend and we normally have the same plans.
He goes to open his mouth.
"Make no plans this weekend!" Sugar comes flying over to us dodging people who are in her way. She makes it to us out of breath. "We already have plans!" She smiles very big. People are giving us a weird look because Sugar shouted halfway down the hall.
"Okay so there's this guy I met at the party we went to last week and I told him we should hang out."
"Another party?" I ask because I am always down to dance and party.
"No even better, he said he could get us into a club." She claps her hands excitedly.
I fist pump the air and do a shimmy with my hips, making my cheer skirt pleats dance.
"Are you guys sure this is a good idea? Do you even know this guy that well? It could be a shady club." Mike is always the reasonable one.
"Come on Mike, we are 17 and in high school let's make memories and have fun." Sugar grins.
"Yeah Mike." I stick my tongue out teasingly.
"If one of you gets roofied and taken I do not want to get blamed for not watching you. I am just saying I was the voice of reason and will not be accountable for any legal consequences."
I giggle and catch up with Sugar and loop my arm with hers. We are both all smiles because we know Mike would totally keep track of us at a club.
"So where and when?" I ask.
"Scott said to meet him at Vibe at 9pm on Friday." Sugar explains as we walk to our first class.
"Who the hell is Scott?" I ask because she has never once mentioned this name. I swear this girl is a social butterfly and ends up knowing every guy, the crazy part is she actually remembers their names.
"Oh the tall basketball player I met last weekend at the party." She puts her finger on her chin. "I think you were dancing with the Mohawk guy when I tried to show you him."
Of course I was. I take out my phone again.
To: Santana: I guess Friday we are going to this club called Vibes to get our drink and dance on ; ). I guess Sugar met a guy named Scott at the party and he can get us in.
From Santana: Fucking Scott is such a player I bet he is just trying to get her drunk to get in her pants. What time are you guys going?
To Santana: You seem to say that about all the boys. We are going at 9 pm and I am not worried about her she can handle herself.
From Santana: Well it is true all guys are players and just want action. I hope you guys have a good time. I will talk to you later Britt. I have to get to class.
To Santana: Later : )
I felt a finger poke my side as we walked into our first class of the day. It causes me to giggle before we take our seats. I look up to see Mike staring at me.
"Did you hear me?" He asked.
I shake my head no because I have no idea what he just said.
"I said I think we are getting invaded by Dalton boys, what is that all about?" He nods his head to the front of the class. Sure enough it is Puck dressed in a cut off rock shirt and black jeans.
"I have no idea." I told Mike.
Sugar turns around in her seat since she is right in front of me.
"Isn't that Mohawk boy you were with at the last party?" She wiggles her eyebrows. "Well it looks like he couldn't get enough of you he had to track you down."
I roll my eyes. I never did tell my friends exactly what went down during the party. I may have left out the part where I ended up in a room alone with Puck and Santana came in to take care of me. They just thought I passed out on the couch and Santana was nice enough to let me crash at her house where we exchanged numbers and decided to be friends.
I whip out my phone again and shoot off one more message.
From Brittany: Why is Puck at my school?
I put my phone away quickly before the teacher catches me. Puck and the teacher are talking and I see that Puck has a smirk plastered on his face. I feel like that is permanently set there. He has his mohawk styled up and is wearing a white V-neck shirt and skinny black jeans. He also has on a black pair of biker boots and looks like a typical bad boy which I know is what her is going for.
"Class, we have a new student here transferring from Dalton Academy. Is there anything you would like to say about yourself Noah?"
"It's Puck not Noah and if any of you punks call me Noah you will be sorry." He glares at the other students. "I would also like to say be prepared for the Puckosorous to saw his way through the ladies." He winks at me.
"That will be enough Noah or Puck, you can go sit behind Brittany. Brittany raise your hand so he knows where you sit." The teacher is looking right at me.
I look down at my desk not wanting to make eye contact with Puck. I raise my hand.
"Oh don't worry Teach I know who Brittany is." I can hear the smugness in his voice and quickly lower my hand. I hear mummers going around the room.
Is that her soulmate she always talks about.
I thought she doesn't date.
How do they know each other?
She totally slept with him look at how he is looking at her.
With all the rumors I am hearing I am sure some will spread. I flop my forehead onto my desk this is just my luck. I feel my phone vibrate but I can't check it with so many eyes on me.
"Hey Brittany, so happy to see a friendly face here. This will make the school year a lot more exciting." He tells me as he passes me.
He sits down and I hear him giggle. "Looks like your guard dog is already on high alert."
I have no idea what he is talking about so I sit up and look at Mike and Sugar, my closest friends, and they seem to be working already on our assignment, so who could he be talking about. I turn and look at him, raising an eyebrow.
He holds up his phone and wiggles it. "San seems to think I will cause you trouble. She already gave me a good bitching. Don't worry she just knows you won't be able to resist the Puck charm." He gives me a smug smile. "Don't worry I told her I would be in your pants by the end of the week." He winks at me.
"You are such a pig." I say to him, getting mad that he would tell Santana that.
"That's not what you were saying when you were grinding all up on me Saturday." He makes a rolling gesture with his hips.
I turn back around ignoring him. The class couldn't go any slower and I had to deal with Puck and all his comments. I still haven't checked my phone because it was like the teacher had it out for me today or something. Every time I reached for it, I had the teacher's laser hawk eyes on me, so I gave up.
From what I got though Santana was super pissed and my phone kept buzzing and Puck kept chuckling.
"See ya later babe." He says to me as the bell rings and he is out the door quickly.
"Ugh." I groan. "What an ass."
Sugar just laughs at me and waits for me to pick up my stuff for our next class.
"I hope he doesn't keep giving you a hard time or I'll step in." Mike puffs out his chest.
I give it a poke and he deflates quickly. "Oh yeah because you're really scary." I laugh at Mike.
"Well when they mess with my girl Brittany I can be." He gives me his easy smile. Mike is way too nice and likable to be intimidating. It is funny to watch him try though.
"Yeah sure Mike you better get to class." Mike takes a look at the clock.
"I'll see you girls at lunch." He says before running out.
Sugar loops my arm. "I don't know he is kinda hot."
"Really Mike again I told you he is like a brother." I scoff.
"No that Puck guy. His confidence is kinda hot." She wiggles her eyebrows and I fake vomit.
I feel the buzz again. I check my phone.
From Santana: What the hell is he doing there?
From Santana: I swear the next time I see him I will beat his ass!
From Santana: What the hell Britt responded I need to know you are okay. Don't follow him into any dark places the creep will for sure try something.
From Santana: Shit...When is your lunch break?
I can tell from her messages that she is a nervous wreck which I find really cute. Even though we are 'friends' she is very protective. I would like to think she is more protective over me because even though we are friends I am still her soul mate even if she doesn't want to claim that.
Sugar and I make it to our next class and I sit down and quickly type Santana out a message.
From Brittany: Hey, he was fine, just annoying throughout the period. I am fine : ) My lunch is next period at 11:45.
The bell rings and the teacher give me a pointed look, so I put my phone away and settle in my seat. The period goes by pretty quickly and before I know it its lunch period.
I go to my locker to put all my stuff back when I hear a commotion coming from down the hall. I am just happy that it is lunch time and I get to hang out a little bit with my friends. I can't remember if they said to meet at our lockers or in the lunchroom. I think I will give them a couple minutes and if they don't show I will go to the lunch room to find them.
"Hey sexy, I think you are in the wrong school." I hear a guy say beside me right as someone slides up to my locker next to mine.
Why would he think Sugar is from another school?
I close my locker to turn towards Sugar. My eyes travel up tan legs and a plaid skirt up to a uniform top of Crawford Country Day. It is a very sexy uniform and I try not to stare any longer at her white blouse with the buttons strained at her breast. I keep on moving up to her smirking mouth and dark caramel eyes.
"Hey," she says in her sexy raspy voice, "do you check out all your friends that way?"
"Only reserved for you San." I quickly fire back. "Wait, wait." I put my hands up stopping her before she can say anything else. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, you know I was in the neighborhood and figured I could take you out for lunch." Still leaning up against my neighbor's locker, she gave me a big smile because we both know she is full of shit she was not around here.
"Hey sexy! Do you need someone to show you around here? It looks like you are lost." A football player slid up behind Santana.
She just put up her middle finger at him, not even looking. I watched the guy's face from shock. He put his big meaty hand on her waist trying to turn her around to look at him.
"Hey I was.."
"If you wants to keep that hand of yours for your pathetic football game or jerking off your incredibly small dick I would suggest taking it off me rights now before I am force to cut it off."
He quickly pulls his hand away and puts it up. "Bitch" He mumbles walking away.
She turns back around to look at me. "So what do you say Britt ready to go?" She holds out her pinky and of course I can't help but to grab it. This girl knows she has me wrapped around her finger. The second my skin is in contact with hers I feel the usual tingle I get when she is around flash to my wrist. The feeling is so addicting. I also catch a glimpse of her normal bracelet covering her wrist making me feel a little disappointed.
We make it out to her car without any more incidents, lucky, but a lot more questionable stares.
I send texts to Sugar and Mike letting them know I am going out to get lunch.
I look over to see Santana watching me.
"Well where do you want to go eat?" She asks me.
"How about The Dellie?" It is a small sandwich shop not too far away from my school.
"Sounds good."
"Okay, San, really why did you come get me?" I give her a questioning look.
She huffs and rolls her eyes then mumbles something that I don't quite catch.
"Huh?"
She rolls her eyes now, pulling to a stop at The Dellie. "I kind of got kicked out today and given a warning if I act out again, they will kick me out." She shrugs her shoulders like it is no big deal.
I look at her shocked. "What?" My parents would be so mad at me if I got kicked out. I would never talk back to a teacher though either, they scare me too much. I already struggle enough as it is with school.
"Yeah well I kinda snapped at my teacher when she told me to put my phone away." She rolls her eyes. "I used some choice words that I shouldn't have and well it wasn't my first warning. I kinda have a temper and it is my last warning one more and well yeah I told you they will kick me out."
She looks down at her lap.
"Hey." I reach over and lightly touch her arm. "Why did you get so mad? Why didn't you just put your phone away?"
She looks at me pointedly. "Well, I kind of was worried about someone today and wanted to make sure they were okay."
"Shit... I'm sorry."
She shrugs her shoulders. "Like I said I have a short fuse so yeah."
Her phone started ringing and she answered it quickly. "Hey Sam."
I feel my heart again. How can she have a boyfriend? I can't hear the other side of the conversation.
"Fucking bitch kicked me out again." I hear her say then she is quiet listening. "Yeah I know I need to be careful, they told me one more time and they will kick me out." I watch her run her hands through her beautiful black hair. While she listens to Sam. She sighs in frustration. "Hey if I wanted a lecture I would have talked to my mom." She runs her nails over the steering wheel. "Yeah well I'm out eating lunch right now with a friend." Her jaw tightens. "Why does it matter who I am out eating with? I said a friend." She reaches her arm and messes with the band that is wrapped around her left wrist. "The fuck Sam I do too have friends... Fuck no it is not Quinn she is in school and no it is not a guy." She rolls her eyes and mouths sorry to me. "Hey I will talk to you later. I am busy." She looks away so she doesn't meet my eyes and focuses on the window. "Yeah my mom won't be home tonight, you can come by later." I watch her gulp and her jaw tightens again. "Yeah I love you too." She hangs up the phone and looks back to my eyes.
I look away not waiting for her to see the hurt in my eyes. She reaches over and touches my hand.
"Hey." She ducks her head trying to look me in the eyes. "If... umm I know this is all hard. Umm..." I look up at her now and I see that she is looking at the window and her hand is still on mine. She shakes her head then looks back to me with a determined and guarded look in her eye. "If you can't handle this and it hurts too much I understand if you can't be my friend." She shrugs like she is indifferent either way, but there's something I catch briefly in her eyes that make up my mind.
This might not be the best for me or my heart, but I can't just leave her now that I have met her.
"No, it is fine, we will be fine." I shrug because that is all I can give is fine. It is not good or great, it is fine for now. Even though I will be thinking too hard about what she does with Sam when her mom is not home or who else she has been with before. We will be fine.
"Yeah." She looks away again and runs her hands over her band. "Well, should we get some food."
She opens her door and heads to The Dellie I am quick to follow. She turns to me and shoots me a mischievous look that makes my insides melt. Yeah, this is going to be hard.
We order and before I can play for my sandwich and drink Santana put down the money. I look up to catch her eye and she gives me as wink causing my heart to beat faster.
We sit down and I need to let her know.
"You have to stop doing that, San." I look down at the table nervous how she will take this.
"Do what?" She looks at me without a clue as she wraps her perfectly plump lips around her straw.
"You have to do all your acts of chivalry and flirting with me like the wink."
She looks confused so I keep going.
"It is already hard to be just your friend and when you give me those feelings it makes it even harder."
"I'm sorry Britt, I am a naturally flirty person as it is, but I will watch myself okay. I can't promise that I won't, but I will try."
She gave me a concerned look and I nodded my head and she seemed to relax.
"It will be hard though because I do feel the connection and it is impossible not to. I mean there is a reason for that." She points to my wrist. "I don't know it makes me want to protect you and take care of you more than I have felt with anyone else."
"I get it, I do." I huff because if she feels anything like I do, I think about her like every minute since we reconnected, and there is an instant attraction, and concern for her wellbeing, but it makes it harder when she says there's no chance. "It just makes it harder because like you said you can't be with me."
She huffs. "Yeah, I know."
We eat our sandwiches in silence until we are finished. We still have a little bit of time before we have to go.
Santana picks up a sugar pack that is on the table and messes with it a little bit. "So can we just get to know each other better." She smiles at me and slides the sugar pack over to me.
"Yeah, what do you want to know?" I slide the sugar pack back over to her. It has become a game pretty much like air hockey, but the sugar pack is the puck.
She puts her finger to her chin. "Hmmmm... Are you attracted to anyone at this time?" She gives me a steely look and slides the pack over again. I almost missed it but caught it at the last second before it slid off the table.
I roll my eyes. "Besides you, you mean?" I shoot it back over and do a happy dance as it lands in her lap. She rolls her eyes and puts it back where it belongs on the table.
"Well yeah, I know I am hot as hell, everyone is attracted to me." She flips her hair and gives me a goofy smile.
"No." I laugh. "I think there are guys and girls that are attractive but nothing I want to pursue. I have been on a few blind dates before, but I didn't want anything to do with them. I kind of put all my eggs in one basket." I looked at her to gauge her reaction, but it just looked like she was taking everything in. "I guess not that I have met you though and we won't be working out. I should start looking for someone to date. I would probably give someone a chance now."
Something flashes across her eyes, but she hides it quickly with her easy smile.
"Yeah, that is true I am sorry you were waiting for me."
I shrug. "Who knows I might even meet someone at the club this weekend."
She just rolls her eyes now it looks like she can't hold back anymore. "All guys want only one thing."
"Who said I needed a guy?"
"So you are into other girls, not just me?"
"Yeah, I find both guys and girls attractive."
"Oh." She looks down.
I decided that we should change the subject. It is getting close to the time that I need to head back to school. I look down and my phone.
"Do you have to start heading back?" She asks.
"Yeah, I think lunch time is up. Thank you for picking me up and buying me lunch."
She shrugs. "I like being around you."
We both strand up and head for the door. I walk out and about collide face first with someone.
"Whooh." She says, catching me by my shoulders. "Sorry about that."
I stand up and face her. The girl is about my height with tan skin and light brown hair. Her most noticeable features are her striking green eyes and her sharp jaw. She is very pretty and is writing denim shorts and a plat button up and that is open to reveal her toned stomach and a black bralette.
She helped me right myself and then she checked me out to make sure I was okay. My cheeks were burning from embarrassment.
"I'm sorry I am very clumsy."
The girl smiles at me. "You're cute." She reaches out her hand. "I am Skylar."
I smile back at her. "I am Brittany." I shake her hand and it feels very warm, but I don't feel the tingles I get when Santana touches me, but either way her hand feels nice and comforting.
"Common Britt, I have to get you back to school." Santana butts in and wraps her arm through mine.
"Yeah." I look at Skylar again. "Sorry again for bumping into you."
"It is okay, I hope to see you around sometime Brittany." With one last wave she heads inside, and I am quickly dragged away.
"Well, it seems like it won't take long till you have a date." Santana mumbles.
"What can I say, I'm hot." I bump my hip with hers.
"Yeah, yeah let's get Miss Hottie back to school before your teachers miss you."
I giggle at her and hop into the car. We drive back in a comfortable silence. I thank her again and get out and start to head back to school.
"Hey Britt." I turn back around to look at her. She has the passenger window down. "If I don't talk to you for a few days, it is not personal I will just probably get my phone taken away." She looks annoyed "That seems to always be the solution for my mom when I get into trouble. So, I just wanted to warn you and let you know I will miss talking to you for a few days."
"Yeah, I will miss talking to you too Santana." I stand up and quickly walk around the car before she can leave and open the driver side. She is giving me a questioning look, but I just lean in and give her a big, long hug. I feel her arms wrap around me and squeeze me tightly.
"Well, I'll see you when I see you." She whispers closely to my ear, and I feel the softest kisses placed on my cheek before I pull back and shut her door for her. I wave to her before jogging back to the school door. I look back to see her car racing off. I felt my cheek tingling where her lips were pressed to it. Even though she didn't text me the rest of the day I could not whip the smile off my face.
A/N: Next chapter should be a little more exciting at the bar : )