I am so sorry for taking ages to update. Life has been full of obstacles. I will try to update as soon as possible. Sorry about the strange big font. I tried to fix it but I gave up. I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 3
Santana woke up bright an early for the first day of field school. Even though she really disliked getting up early, she needed to be prepared to designate field crews and work on paper work. As she made her way to the main tent to orientate her crew, she spotted Brittany getting out of her tent. She paused for a moment to see Brittany adorably stretch and yawn. She stood there watching Brittany do her morning routine before a hazel- eyed blonde stepped in front of her.
"Enjoying the view are we?"
"What are you talking about Quinn? I just stopped here because something went into my eye." Santana said as she pretended to rub her eyes to get rid of the imaginary thing.
"Uh huh sure. Are you positive it wasn't Brittany who caught your eye? You've been staring at her for a minute or so."
"Nuh uh. I swear something got caught in my eye Quinn. Why are you such an interrogator?!" Santana huffed as she walked away quickly.
"So much for being subtle Santana!" Quinn yelled at Santana.She got the middle finger from Santana. "So Santana likes Brittany. Hmmmmm I wonder if Brittany likes Santana…I have to go talk to Rachel and figure out a plan." Quinn said to herself excitedly before finding Rachel. Brittany heard Quinn yell at Santana and smiled when she saw Santana give Quinn the middle finger. Brittany got ready to join the morning meeting and as she made her way to the main tent she caught a quick glimpse of Artie talking to Santana by the side of the tent. She could tell Santana was agitated by the way Artie was holding her waist.
Seeing Santana very agitated Brittany decided to intervene. She quickly ran to where Santana and Artie were talking and interrupted
"Santana could you show me where the main tent is for the meeting? I am completely lost?"
Santana gave a weird look to Brittany knowing perfectly well Brittany knew where the main tent was, it was actually right next to them, but Santana got the hint right away that Brittany was trying to save her from Artie.
"Ah yes Brittany! Bye Artie I have to show our very special guest where the main tent is." Santana said to Artie.
"I'll catch you later sweet cheeks." Artie smugly said as he left.
"I still don't understand why you don't tell him to stop. It is disgusting how he treats you." Brittany said once she saw Artie was out of sight.
"One day, but today isn't the day." Santana sadly said.
"Anyways let's go to the tent and get ready for field school, it is going to be a long day!"
Santana and Brittany walked a short distance quietly together to the main tent.
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The first day was a blur for Santana. Usually field school started out really slow the first day because everyone is getting acquainted with the instruments, site, and paper work. She couldn't wait until tomorrow when the real work started. She hardly saw Brittany all day because she was swamped by paperwork and had to answer questions every second.
The clock finally hit five PM, meaning it was time to stop and rest until tomorrow morning.
Santana made her way to her tent after saying goodbye to the students and field technicians and was ready to sink into her sleeping bag for a nice nap when she noticed a blonde sitting in front of her tent.
Brittany was sitting on the floor consumed by a piece of paper in front of her that she didn't hear Santana approach her.
"Hey Britt, what's going?" Santana said smiling.
"Hey San! I stopped by your tent because I didn't see you today and I missed you…" Brittany cut her sentence short because she couldn't believe she admitted missing Santana.
Hearing Brittany that she missed her caused Santana to smile like a teenager in love."
"*cough* what I meant to say is that I missed all the important details I was suppose to write down for my paperwork and I was wondering if I could ask you some questions hence why I am here" Brittany stuttered out looking extremely flushed.
"No problem Britt, come inside by tent and you can ask me anything you want." Santana said smirking.
Santana's tent was cozy with a small table and a cot where Santana slept. Hanging on the tent walls were several maps and paper work. A lantern on top cast a nice, warm glow.
"Come sit one this chair, let me go find another chair. Do you want anything to drink or to eat?" Santana asked Brittany as she searched for a small bench she knew she had packed before she came to the site.
"Actually I am starving. I was going to make myself some food before I came here but my legs lead me to your tent instead of my own. It is okay I can eat after we are don't talking. I don't want to keep you long, I know you are exhausted from the long day and must I say it is excessively hot outside, I was sweating like a whore in church."
"A whore in church!" Santana burst out laughing. "I haven't heard that expression in ages. And yes it was super hot outside that is why I require water breaks every 45 minutes or else everyone will pass out and don't worry Brittany I would love to have you over for dinner. I am just going to make some sandwiches. Would you like one?"
"Thanks San, I would love one. I was just going to go eat some beef jerky since I am too tired to make anything." Brittany said blushing.
"Don't worry, give me like 10 minutes to get all the ingredients. I am going to make some turkey sandwiches."
Santana came back 10 minutes later with two plates and two delicious looking sandwiches.
"Here you go Britt, so what is it you wanted to ask me?"
"Um…well I just wanted to know what… kind of instruments you are using for this field school?!" Brittany was glad she was able to come up with a semi intelligent question.
Santana smiled "well we are using typical archaeological instruments you see in every field school, we really wanted to use LIDAR to map our whole site but the jungle wont allow good satellite reception. We are trying to work some stuff out to see if that can happen."
"Ah LIDAR! That is pretty impressive. I've seen the whole LIDAR process when I visited a field school in Northern Arizona. It is very impressive technology but I must admit the process was quite boring. I was sitting down pretty much the whole time watching the technician do his job." Brittany said chewing her sandwich quickly.
"Ah Northern Arizona! I did my masters degree there. Those were the good old days in good old Flagstaff. I miss the Southwest, full of archaeology."
"I had no idea you did your masters in northern Arizona. I was planning to go therefore my undergrad but I decided to stay in my hometown close to my parents." Brittany said.
"Where is home for you Britt?"
"Lima, Ohio, a very small small town."
"Lima, Ohio. Hmmmmm I've never been to Ohio. I mostly stayed my whole life in the south. I grew up in Texas and have forever been a southern girl." Santana smiled proudly.
"Well you sure don't talk like a southerner. I've never heard you say 'y'all'" Brittany giggled.
"I do say y'all but only sometimes when I am too lazy to say you all. Plus I try not to let people know that I am that southern. Did you like your sandwich by the way?"
" that sandwich was delicious! I pretty much swallowed it in one bite. I was so hungry!" Brittany said as she wiped bread crumbs of her mouth."
"Um…Brittany you have some mayo on your cheek."
"Where?! Brittany wiped her face all over to get rid of the mayo. "Do I still have it?"
Santana stood back laughing, "nope you just spread the mayo somehow on your forehead. Here let me help you."
Santana stood up, wet her napkin with her water bottle, and walked next to Brittany. "Can I?" Santana said quietly as she noticed she needed to get close to Brittany's face to wipe the mayo off.
"Sure just make sure you get it all off because I am never going to stop smelling like mayo if you don't get it all off."
Santana slowly proceeded to wipe the mayo off Brittany's forehead. From Brittany's view point she could see Santana's boobs perfectly because Santana was standing up. The perfect view caused Brittany to blush profusely.
"There you go all nice and clean." Santana said as she bent down to be eye level with Brittany.
The intensity of Brittany's blue eyes caught Santana off guard that she stood there mesmerized. Brittany on the other hand was completely entranced with Santana's deep brown eyes and perfectly plump lips. If only she could feel them with her own lips.
The intensity of the two staring at each other for a couple of minutes was broken by Rachel Berry bursting in Santana's tent.
"Santana, I need you to sign these papers by tonight!" Rachel stopped her sentence as she saw the scene before her. "Um… well I can see you are busy, I will come back later!" Rachel said as she smirked and quickly escaped the tent.
Santana was the first one to look away and mumble under her breath "fucking berry always bursting into my tent, I need to get a lock on this tent somehow."
It took Brittany several second to recover from the moment that had just occurred between Santana and her. She felt flushed and extremely embarrassed that she almost wanted to kiss Santana. She got up abruptly from her chair and said a quick goodbye to Santana telling her she had forgotten she needed to do some important paperwork before the night ended. In all honesty Brittany just wanted to escape because she didn't think she could restrain herself from kissing Santana if something like that happened again.
Before Brittany could walk out her tent Santana grabbed her hand and said "thank you Brittany for having dinner with me. If you need anything else don't hesitate to ask." And with some confidence (out of nowhere) Santana kissed Brittany on the cheek and said goodbye.
The kiss on the cheek was a total surprise for Brittany. She held her cheek where Santana kissed and left the tent. Brittany walked to her tent blushing and holding her cheek never wanting to forget how Santana's lips felt on her cheek.
Santana was left alone in her tent and sighed very loudly. "Ay dios mio, why in the world did I kiss her?"