Here it is! The big 2-0! It's more of a filler, so sorry if it sort of bores you.
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"I'm not even going to ask where we're going this time, because I feel like I've been over-asking today and I don't wanna over do it."
Brittany followed Santana out the front door and grabbed onto her hips. It made Santana stop and turn around. Brittany placed a kiss on her lips, smiling at the same time.
"Well then," Santana grabbed onto Brittany's face and kissed her again. "I hope you had a good nap."
"I did." They interlocked hands before walking off down the road. "At the risk of sounding irritating, where are we going?"
"I'm taking you to the beach."
They walked down the road and passed a bunch of trees and parked cars with no one in them. It was a really nice day, so it wasn't surprising that many people were in the water. The waves were of good size, and a lot of people were body boarding.
"Alright. So, to get to the beach we have to cross the river."
Brittany had a thing about walking on wet rocks. She didn't like it, and was absolutely terrified of stepping on moss. It was an irrational fear that she only discovered after going to the beach a few times with Santana. She'd try to not walk on rocks in the water at all costs, but sometimes it was unavoidable.
"Butttt the rocks."
Santana looked back at her girlfriend. Her feet were already in the water. The river depth wasn't too bad, the water went up to about her mid thighs. Just missing her shorts.
"You'll be okay. Come on. Give me your hand." Hesitantly, Brittany walked over to the edge of the river but didn't step in. "I promise. It'll be so quick that you won't even realize that we walked across it."
Brittany slowly made her way into the water and was stiff as a stick. Santana slipped her arm behind, placing her hand on Brittany's lower back and gently brought her into the water next to her.
About half way across the river, Brittany stopped.
"What is it, B?"
"I'm touching rocks with my feet." Her face was completely distraught and Santana couldn't help but smile. She knew that this part would be the hardest- getting Brittany across the river. "It's not funny babe!"
"I'm sorry! You just look cute right now." Santana walked behind Brittany and stood behind her. "I'll be right here the rest of the way. Now come on."
Once they got across the river, Santana lead and Brittany followed. The beach was nice, similar to Kiholo with it's black sand. There were only a couple people sitting on the beach- reading books, or tanning and enjoying the sun on their skin. Brittany was holding Santana's hand, as they casually walked along the shore.
"You know, I remember when I was a sophomore," Santana began. "I was just getting used to my dad not being around for months at a time and I was just bored out of my mind. Rachel would always be doing something with her dads and I would just sit at home and watch tv or go for a run. The routine was getting to me. I needed something new. And that's when he got me Snix."
The kept on walking, and Brittany didn't care how far they were going.
"Once I got used to driving her, I started coming down here. Mostly on my own, because I guess I just really wanted time to myself. I wanted to be able to sit, and take a deep breath in without someone next to me asking, are you okay?"
They were reaching the end of the beach, next to a large cliff that was standing at least a hundred feet above them. It was amazing, and sort of made Brittany feel at awe. She looked over to Santana, who was climbing up onto a large rock and tapping on it so Brittany would follow.
"Waipi'o become my go-to spot. It wasn't far from home, and I could come down here and just jump in the water and relax." She scooted closer to Brittany. "I found my love for body boarding down here and eventually, I got Rachel into it too."
There was a slight breeze, which made the mid-day heat bearable. Brittany fixed her hair into a pony tail as Santana continued her story.
"Whenever I was getting stressed with school, I come down here and sit right here on this rock."
Brittany closed her eyes and took a deep breath in. For a second, she lost her balance and Santana grabbed onto her without a second thought, with no hesitation.
"You alright, babe?"
"I'm good, I'm sorry. You were saying?"
"I don't know what I was saying, I guess I was just telling you why I like it down here so much. It's peaceful, you know? It's calm and always clears my mind."
Brittany nodded, knowing that her girlfriend just wanted to share another part of her life with her. She had seen many things since being in Hawaii, and when I say many, I mean many. And she's enjoyed every second of it. She mostly enjoyed when Santana would just talk to her. Her stories were always so interesting, in comparison to her own. She guessed it was because Hawai'i was a bit more interesting than Oklahoma.
They sat on the rock and talked for about an hour, when Santana looked down at her watch and realized that it was getting late. She hopped off of the rock and headed back towards her uncle's house.
"Babe do you know where my keys are?"
After dropping Rachel off at home, the girls headed to Brittany's house. Her parents were having dinner with some colleagues down at one of the hotels so they were home alone.
"My keys? Babe?" She walked back into the room to find Santana focusing on the game of Call of Duty she was playing, and paying no attention to the fact that Brittany had been talking to her for about two minutes. "Seriously?"
"Oh huh?" Santana said, not taking her eyes off of the game. "You said something?"
Brittany let out a sigh- and Santana turned to see the displeased look on her face.
"I'm sorry, look." She turned the Xbox off and put the controller down. "I'm done. Now what were you saying?"
"I'm looking for my keys. You haven't seen them anywhere have you?"
"No I haven't, do you need my help?"
"It's alright. But I really wanted to get something to eat. I was gonna slip out while you were playing because you would have never known that I was gone."
Santana stood up and smiled. "Oh were you now?"
"What's that look for?" Brittany knew that look. Santana had this look right before she was about to tickle her. "Don't do it, San. Don't."
She started to back up out of the doorway and turned to run. She could hear Santana's footsteps right behind her, which only made her go faster. Santana always had a bit of a hard time catching Brittany, she was so fast and moved like lightning. Well in her mind, at least.
Once she caught her, she got Brittany to the ground and pinned her arms under her knees. She started tickling her, and Brittany started laughing uncontrollably.
"So you were gonna run to McDonalds without me huh?"
"No!" She choked out between laughs. "I was-"
Santana tickled her stomach now, the laughs getting harder.
"I was gonna ask you!" Brittany overpowered Santana in that moment, and completely flipped the tables on her. Now she was sitting on top of her girlfriend, smiling down at her. "I was gonna ask you once I got there."
Brittany brought her face down closer to Santana's, and placed a kiss on her plump lips. She released Santana's arms, which immediately found their way to the small of her back.
"How's your back? I saw you rubbing it earlier."
"It's fine. Coach Sue won't be mad that we missed practice today?" Santana shook her head. "The girls talked to her about what happened huh?"
"Yup. Coach Sue, she understands a lot more than most adults. She loves the team, and if one of us ever needs a break to relieve some stress that can't be let out on the field, she gives us a pass."
Brittany stood up and helped her girlfriend to her feet.
"We have to go to practice tomorrow though, we have an important game coming up."
The girls talked about playing HPA from time to time. After the loss to Konawaena, the team really wanted a comeback game to show that they weren't the same team they were last year. HPA wasn't the greatest team, they had their star players here and there but because the private school wasn't that big they didn't have a whole bunch of girls with a lot of softball talent.
So Honoka'a was about to use that to their advantage.
They wanted to make a statement.
Santana was laughing, knowing that HPA wasn't a game they needed to really practice hard for. But they practiced at 100%, and never gave anything less.
"So are we going to McDonalds or what?"
She was grabbing her keys off of the counter, waiting for Brittany to make a decision.
"Yeah, we are."
They headed out the door and climbed into Santana's truck to get dinner together.
The HPA game came out of no where and Brittany found herself on the field in Waimea, warming up. The cold air was crisp and nice.
Coach Sue called the girls over to their line up, while Santana and Rachel made their way to home plate to have the meeting with the umpire and the captains from the other team.
After everything was settled, the girls huddled up outside of the dug out for a quick pep talk
"Alright, you guys know how this game goes. This year they have a freshman that looks pretty good. Don't take them too lightly, you never know what could happen. Let's just play this game, and give it everything we got. Hits on three. 1, 2, 3."
"HITS!"
The game started and Rachel was up to bat. The pitcher for HPA looked so nervous that it actually radiated off of her and onto the rest of their team. They looked absolutely petrified. The first pitch was thrown and it was way too high. The HPA coach was signaling the pitcher to calm down.
As always, she let the first strike go by. And with the next pitch, Rachel swung and the ball skipped past the short stop, easily placing her on first base.
Brittany stepped into the box, and tightened the grip on her bat. Coach Sue didn't give her the bunt signal, which actually surprised her.
Santana watched from the dug out as Brittany got comfortable in the batters box. The team was screaming- they hoped that with each shout of encouragement, it would boost Brittany's confidence.
"The way you watch her, Cap. It's like your admiring her every move." Tash was standing next to Santana now. Cap was the nickname that everyone had agreed upon for Santana. They'd only call her it when they remembered, kinda like how she does for them.
"I do, in a way. She's just so-" The team was loud around them.
Brittany swung and the ball soared into left field. Santana was nearly halfway up the fence that separated the dugout from the field. She watched as her girlfriend rounded first base, taking a few steps before coming to a stop to see where they were going to relay the ball. Rachel had made it safely to third, and the team was going crazy.
"Amazing." She finished, smiling over at her team mate.
Nalani took her place in the batters box and Santana stepped out on deck, with her bat between her legs trying to make sure that her helmet sat in the right position on her head. With a grounder to second, she was sure that Brittany was going to get tagged out and HPA would throw a double play. But to her surprise, Brittany had dodged the tag from the second baseman and Rachel took off for home. She threw the ball to the catcher and she missed, allowing Rachel to score. Brittany had slid into third, with Nalani arriving safely on second.
Santana's situation was no different, a hard grounder between the third baseman and the short stop which brought Brittany home.
The game continued on that way, and by the time it was the fifth inning the score was 12-0. With the TKO, Honoka'a took home the W and also sported a new found confidence that could only be found after a win like that.
At the after-game meeting, the girls sat down and high fived each other on the win.
"Good job girls. You guys were strong today, and nice double play today. It was so smooth. It has to be like that every time." Coach Sue had a huge smile on her face. "Next game is Kohala. They'll be out for blood with the loss they suffered from us during pre-season."
"It's alright Coach, they don't have anything on us." Nalani voiced boomed with confidence.
"You're right. As long as everyone is working as a team, we'll do just fine. Now get out of here, and all of you. Put your jackets on. You know how I feel about that. It's cold out here, so keep your throwing arm warm. You don't want that hurting tomorrow."
The girls all went into their bags and got out their jackets. Rachel put her jacket on only halfway, because the bag of ice taped to her shoulder was in the way.
"Hey babe. I'll see you at your place later? My mom needs me to run home to drop something off to her." Santana was standing to the side, with her big duffle bag in hand.
"Sounds good." With a kiss and 'I love you's exchanged, Santana walked to her truck and drove off down the road. Brittany had ridden her bike to the game, and was parked near Rachel's car.
"Britt, what are you doing tonight?"
"Nothing planned, San had to run home so I'm just gonna hang at my place till she comes over. Why whatsup?" She could tell Rachel had something on her mind, but she didn't want to pry it out of her. The look was uneasy, which put Brittany in a weird place.
Did something happen at home? Did something happen between her and Quinn? DID SOMETHING HAPPEN TO QUINN?
It always boggled Brittany, how fast something like that would come to mind. And before she could think twice, she began to pry.
"What's going on Rach? I mean, is everything okay? Is Q okay? What happened?!"
Rachel chuckled a bit, recognizing that she made have sent Brittany over the edge.
"It's nothing that relates to Quinn, don't worry. It actually has to do with Spring Formal."
Brittany's heart stopped for a second.
"What about it?"
"From what I heard, one of the football boys is dating one of San's exes. And he's bringing her to Spring Formal."
And I'll end it there ;)
I just read a fic with Jealous Brittany in it, (Thanks epic_much21), and I figured I give my outlook on that! I do, get pretty jealous in real life and it sucks! Because I know I must look like an idiot. Lol. It'll be fun, trust me ;)
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