YES, I know i know. The update took WAY too long and I sincerely apologize to everyone that is following my story or is just starting to read it. The last cliffhanger was a pain in the ass and I'm so sorry lol.
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"Hey, are you okay?" Jessica was walking down the stairs to where Brittany was.
"Q, I gotta go okay."
"Who is that? Britt talk to me." She sounded a bit panicked.
"I'll call you back." She pressed the end button on her phone and slipped it back into her purse. "I'm fine."
"I could hear you all the way down the hallway. You seem pretty upset."
"Did you come out here to find me?" Brittany got a little defensive.
"No, I was actually on my way down to the beach to meet my boyfriend and his friends. There's a short cut right down there through the bushes." She pointed to the bushes that lined the cement walkway. "Come. Let's just talk for a while until you cool off."
Jessica walked towards the jacuzzi and sat on the edge and put her feet in the water. Brittany was a little hesitant at first but found it in herself to hear the girl out.
"I'm sure you're probably wondering how Santana and I are still friends even though we're exes." She looked over at Brittany who was looking away from her.
Brittany looked back at her. "Sort of. I mean, Santana hasn't really told her about her past relationships. Granted, I didn't ask her either."
"That girl, she has a history. But trust me when I say, it's a history full of hurt. But I rather have her tell you instead of me. I'll just tell you about what happened between her and I."
"Alright that's fine."
"Santana and I, we only dated for like a month or so. I ended up leaving her for someone else." Brittany turned to look at Jessica. Her face was sincere and for a second, Brittany thought she saw a bit of regret. "It was a stupid decision, because Santana was nothing but perfect. She treated me like a princess. And I went and hurt her like that."
Brittany couldn't find any words to say.
"You see Brittany, Santana is a different kind of person. She's been hurt many times in the past yet whenever she's put into a new relationship she gives it her all. She loves like she has never been hurt before. And it takes a special kind of person to put her heart out like that." Jessica was swirling her legs around in the water. "I would never be able to do what she does. After we broke up, she stopped talking to me for a while. But eventually she forgave me. She forgave me for something that I should have never been forgiven for in the first place."
"We've never really talked about her past."
"It's not something that most couples talk about. But maybe you should with her." Jessica stood up from the side of the jacuzzi and and grabbed her purse off of the chair directly behind them. "You seem like a great person, Brittany. And I out of all people know how lucky you are to have Santana as your girlfriend."
Jessica walks towards to the bushes and turns around one last time. "Have a good rest of your night." And she walked down the path and to the beach.
A couple minutes later, Brittany hears voices coming from the walkway above and sees that Santana and Rachel are coming towards her. She knew it was bound to happen, and she felt like she needed to explain herself to Santana. Rachel turned to her best friend and said something to her, then walked in the opposite direction.
Santana came walking down the stairs with her heels in hand. She placeed them next to Brittany's and took a seat next to her. Almost immediately, Brittany starts to cry.
"Oh hey babe, c'mon don't cry." Santana places her arms around Brittany and pulls her closer. "What's going on? You can tell me anything you know."
"I know, it's just that- I'm sorry. I'm sorry I got jealous and stormed off the way I did." Brittany wiped her eyes as Santana held her tighter. "I didn't mean to, it just sort of happened."
"Jealous? Of what babe?" Santana took a second to think about it, then she realized what her girlfriend must have seen. "You mean of me and Jess dancing huh..."
"Yeah."
"Oh B, it's nothing to worry about. I know she may be my ex but it's nothing, honestly. There's nothing going on between her and I. She's dating Rory."
"I know, she told me. How come you never told me about what happened between you two? I mean, we've been together for a little while and stuff but you never talk about your past.." Brittany sat up straight now, looking directly into Santana's eyes.
"You've never asked that's why. I don't have a problem talking about my past. But I'm not the person to just, spill my guts. You know? Sometimes when people do that kine stuff I get overwhelmed with all the information. It's a lot to take in that's why. I don't want to do the same to others."
Brittany understood what she was saying. She had never really asked her before about her past, because she felt that maybe Santana would just come out and tell her. It was a subject that she was never really comfortable with asking either. The more she thought about it though, the more ridiculous she sounded. She should've just asked.
"Well can we talk about it after we change clothes and come back down here? I'd love to lay on the beach." Brittany stood up and held her hand out to Santana. Her girlfriend grabbed it and stood up next to her.
"Sounds like a plan, stan." Santana placed a kiss on Brittany's lips which turned into a smile. "I love you, Brittany."
"I love you too."
After changing out of their dresses and getting into much more comfortable clothes, the girls headed back downstairs to the beach. There were beach chairs placed along the shore for guests to use. Brittany found a empty hammock hanging from two palms trees and insisted that they lay on it together.
"This is actually super comfortable." Santana held Brittany close to her.
There was a slight breeze that filled the night air. It wasn't too cold, which was a relief to the both of them.
"It really is."
"Alright babe. What would you like to know? The floor is yours."
Santana started running her hand through Brittany's hair as she thought of her first question.
"Well, let's start with the basic question. And I'll answer them too, if you're okay with that."
"Yeah that's totally fine with me babe."
"Okay the first question. How many girlfriends have you had?"
"5. You?"
"I've only had 2." Brittany sounded a bit disappointed. Santana's number made her seem so, inexperienced.
"What was your longest relationship?"
"That would be, Melissa. Almost a year and a half. I'm guessing yours is Kehau right?"
"Yup that's right. We dated about a year or so. The ending was super sketchy so I'm not really sure how long it was." Santana was still running her hands through Brittany's hair. "You got any more questions?"
"Out of all of them, which was the worst break up for you?"
"You know, I can't really pick one. Because they all ended the same."
"What do you mean, babe? They all ended the same?" And that's when it clicked. "They all left you for someone else?"
There was a brief silence at first, then Santana broke it. "Yup. Every single one of them."
It broke Brittany's heart to know that every single one of Santana's girlfriends left her to be with someone else. If you didn't know Santana well, you wouldn't have heard the slight tone of sadness in her voice at that moment. But Brittany did. She sat up a little to look at her girlfriend, who was looking up at the stars.
"I'm so sorry babe. I didn't know. I don't know how you do it though."
"Do what?" She was slightly confused.
"Love like you've never been hurt before."
"I love whole-heartedly. Every single time. I do that because not every girl is the same. Not every relationship has the same trials and tribulations as the next and I came to understand that my sophomore year. It's a blessing and curse really. I never go into a relationship thinking that it'll be like the last. I give that person the benefit of the doubt because not every person is the same. I mean, I never compare my current girlfriend to my ex and thinking 'Will this girl have the same agenda as the last? To let me fall for them and then leave me for someone else?' "
"So you wear your heart on your sleeve basically?"
"In a way, I do. But I don't.
"I've never met anyone like you, Santana Lopez. You have much more to you than you let on."
"And I can say the same for you. I know on the outside you have that sort of tough exterior going but on the inside you're nothing but a hopeless romantic. You believe in all that love and fairy tale stuff. That a person has their one true love and that they spend their entire lives searching for them. And that isn't a bad thing baby, because I'm the same way." Santana was looking into Brittany's eyes now. "When I'm with you Brittany, I feel invincible. Like nothing in the world can bring me down. You make me feel amazing. It's like whenever I kiss you, I feel the clocks all over the world turning backwards."
"How is it, that whenever you say things like that, I end up speechless?" Brittany dove in for a kiss, and as she pulled back Santana smiled.
"Because I just know how to take your breath away."
After the night in the hotel, Brittany and Santana headed back to Waimea to spend the day there. It was raining, and all the girls really wanted to do was relax and cuddle on the couch while watching TV. Brittany made both of them a cup of hot chocolate each, with extra whip cream on Santana's.
They watched about three and a half episodes of Friends when Santana got a call from Rachel on her phone.
"San! Come Honoka'a. The hills are perfect today." Santana got up from the couch and smiled.
"Brah we're so there. Don't start yet keh. We going leave now."
"Okay. See you guys here then." And Rachel hung up.
"Come on, babe. We gotta get to Honoka'a."
"What are we doing?" Brittany was confused. She placed their cups in the sink and followed Santana upstairs to grab their things. "I thought we were just relaxing today?"
"We will be relaxing. Don't worry." Santana and Brittany headed downstairs and out to Santana's truck. As they drove to Honoka'a, Santana received a text message.
I got your boards from your house. Mom said to come home after we pau, she has a surprise for you.
"Boogie boards? Are we going down to Waipio or something babe?"
"No, we're just going to the field."
Behind the softball field was a huge hill. When they got to the field, some of the team were sliding down the hill on boards.
"That's what we're doing?" Brittany's voice had a hint of excitement to it, but Santana knew it was much more than that.
"It's okay I know you're excited B. Don't try to hide it." But before she could even finish her sentence Brittany was out of the truck and running up towards the hill with the rest of the team. Santana followed, with the two boards in hand.
"Finally!" Rachel came running up towards Santana with her board in hand. "I hope last night went okay, Brittany was pretty upset when she left the ballroom as why."
"We talked pretty much all night. And fell asleep on the hammock we was laying on." Rachel smiled, knowing that everything was going to be alright. She loved seeing her best friend happy, and she was going to do everything she could to make sure that her relationship with Brittany was going to be okay.
Everyone took turns sliding down the hill, and eventually they all started going at the same time. At one point, the entire infield went at the same time but something happened and they all crashed into each other. Brittany was watching from the top of the hill to make sure that everyone was okay. One person stuck out in particular, and that was Rachel. Brittany already had her suspicions about Rachel's shoulder, and seeing her at the bottom of the hill rubbing it only added towards it.
As Rachel came back up the hill, Brittany saw it in her eyes. She was in pain. She grabbed Rachel and pulled her on the side.
"Your shoulder. It hurts doesn't it?"
"It's no big deal." Rachel tried to play it off, but Brittany wasn't buying it.
"If you and Santana think that you can get away with injuries and I can't then you are so wrong. If I have to keep you updated on my back then it should be the same for the two of you. Now tell me, Rachel. What's wrong with your shoulder."
"Fine. It's only fair." They sat on the cement sidewalk that was at the top of the hill. The rest of the team was still sliding down the hill and having a great time. "I threw my shoulder out before, and that's why Santana pitches for me from time to time. It doesn't flare up really, it just hurts when I over use it. When we all crashed into each other going down the hill, my arm slipped under the board and I don't really know how that happened but all I know is that it hurts now."
"You're gonna ice that when you get home, then keep it warm Rachel. Promise?"
"Yeah I got you. I promise."
By the time they were finished talking, the rest of the girls were packing up and getting ready to head home.
"You ready babe? I wanna see what kind of surprise my mom has for me."
A smile appeared on Rachel's face, which only peaked Brittany's interest. "What is it, Rach?"
"You'll see, Britt. I'm sure you'll like it too."
As everyone said their goodbyes, Santana placed towels in her car for her and Brittany to sit on.
"It's fuckin' freeeezing now! Ugh. I have some kind of love hate relationship with playing in the rain."
"Well come on then, the faster we get to your place the faster we can shower and get into some dry, warm clothes."
Santana parked her truck in the driveway and jumped out. She grabbed her towel off of her chair and shut her door. "I'm gonna go put this in the washer okay?"
"Yeah babe that's fine. I gotta grab the bag from the backseat anyway." She handed Santana her towel and went to grab their bag of clothes.
A couple seconds later, Brittany heard Santana scream and she panicked. She slammed the truck door shut and ran towards the house. When she was finally inside, she saw Santana hugging a taller man. He had lifted her off of the ground and was spinning them around in a circle.
"I missed you, baby girl. You look great." He placed her down on the ground. Brittany's eyes met his and he smiled. "And this must be the Brittany I've heard so much about."
Santana turned to her girlfriend and smiled. Brittany had never seen Santana this happy. Which only meant one thing.
"Britt, this is my dad. Dad this is my girlfriend, Brittany."
He walked over to Brittany and hugged her as well. "It's so great to finally meet you. I've heard wonderful things about you. Not just from Santana, but my wife as well."
"I've heard many great things about you too Uncle."
Santana had a surprised look on her face. "You called him uncle? Oh my baby is catching on." She walked over to her girlfriend and placed a kiss on her cheek. It caused Brittany to turn a shade of pink, which only meant that she was blushing.
"I was just telling your mom that we should go out to dinner tonight. I was thinking Ken's? I'd love if you could join us as well, Brittany."
"I'd love to."
Alright so that's what I've got for now. I'm sorry if it feels rushed, I know how many people have been waiting for this update. It was more so for insight on Santana's past, which is why it's a little shorter than the other chapters. The next chapter should be quite lengthy, now that San's dad is home and they also have something big for ensembles coming up as well.
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