Slushy

"You are such a loser! You even smell like a loser…" Karofsky was standing in front of Tina. He had a slushy in his hand and a sneer on his face. Tina whimpered. After winning Nationals, she really thought the days of being slushied were over.

She closed her eyes and waited for it. There wasn't much else she could do. No one would could stop the train that was Dave Karofsky from derailing when he had a slushy in his hand and a member of Glee in front of him.

"Hi Dave" a sing-song voice sang out near Tina's ear. She opened her eyes, recognising the voice.

"Hey Brittany" Dave replied absentmindedly. He barely even looked at her as she walked past, his icy glare still fixed on the trembling form in front of him.

Tina opened her mouth to call out to Brittany when Dave's slushy stopped her voice before it was air born.

He walked away laughing, but it was Brittany's disappearing shape ahead of her that hurt more than the sting of slushy in her eyes.

"She just walked by!" Tina was sniffing and still wiping slushy from her hair and neck.

"What was she supposed to do? She's no match for Karofsky." Tina looked at Kurt and shook her head. "What?" he said looking around the choir room for support. "It's true."

"He does have a point Tina" Mercedes said.

Tina turned around to face Mercedes. "That's so not the point" she said. "It was the way she just walked past me, without even stopping to offer support and she even said 'hi' to Dave." Tina's voice had gone all scratchy with indignation. Mike winced. He hated Tina's scratchy voice.

"Hi guys" Brittany walked in. She smiled in her way and sat down. It was Thursday, a good day. She felt peaceful and sunny.

No one replied, but Brittany didn't notice.

"Are you friends with Dave Karofsky Brittany?"

Brittany swivelled around to face Tina. "Who?" she said.

Tina rolled her eyes. "You know full well who, big guy, on the football team, likes to share his slushies."

Brittany. "Oh, that Dave Karofsky!" Brittany said smiling. "He is very generous with his slushies."

Tina mumbled something under her breath and Mike nearly made the mistake of patting her as a gesture of comfort. Tina really didn't like being 'patted'. He smiled compassionately at her instead.

"I think Tina is a little miffed that you walked past and said 'hi' to Karofsky when he was just about to slushy her." Mercedes smiled at Brittany. She knew there was never any point in getting angry with her.

Brittany listened carefully and then frowned and then looked at Tina. "Is that why you smell of strawberry?" she asked, and then wiped a finger across Tina's cheek, scooping up some stuck-on slushy. She put her finger into her mouth. "Yum" she said.

Rachel and Finn walked in.

"Hello fellow Glee members" Rachel said. Finn sat down, but Rachel stayed up front and centre with her smile lighting up the room and blinding herself to anything happening in front of her. "I have an announcement to make" she said with self-importance.

"Not now" Kurt said. "There's kind of a 'thing' going on here."

"Oh?" Rachel frowned and looked at everyone individually. She was trying to assess whether it was serious enough to make her announcement wait. Her eyes rested on Tina who had the tell-tale signs of wet hair and a face fixed with fuming rage. She had been slushied and the group were consoling her.

"We all know what it feels like to get slushied Tina" Rachel began, but Brittany put up her hand.

"I don't" she said. She stared at Rachel and waited, nervous. Brittany always felt slightly nervous that once Rachel started talking, she would never stop and she, Brittany, knew somewhere in the untouched recesses of her mind that 'death by Rachel' would not be a good way to go. She stared at her, blinking. She noticed Rachel didn't blink and it just reinforced her belief that she wasn't actually human at all.

Thankfully Rachel eventually released Brittany from her stare. She looked around confused, but then her eyes once again fell on her.

"You've never been slushied?" She put her hands on her hips. Brittany shook her head. She wished she hadn't said anything. "Never?" She flicked her gaze and her glare grew more intent. Brittany's head shake was rather less emphatic. "You have never been slushied?" Rachel's cross examination got louder.

Santana walked in and Brittany breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's going on?" Santana said sitting next to Brittany. Rachel only stood centre stage to sing or to attack and from the way she was posturing, she was in full attack mode. It took all of five seconds to have her suspicions confirmed. Rachel pointed a shaking finger at Brittany.

"She has never been slushied!" The finger stayed pointing and beside her, Santana felt Brittany shrivelling.

"First of all," Santana drawled, "drop your finger." Her eyes flashed dangerously, and Rachel saw the intent; she lowered her finger. "Second of all, Brittany can never be slushied." She folded her arms across her chest and gave Rachel a withering stare. "Do you have a problem with that?"

Rachel stammered and looked at the rest of the Glee club. Did no one else have anything to say? She focused on Finn, but he kept his eyes downcast. Tina was too terrified of Santana to contest anything she said, as was most of the other Glee members. She sighed and puffed and flicked her hair and then she smiled her winning smile.

"Don't misunderstand me Santana" she said, allowing her smile to grow even larger. "I don't mind that Brittany has never been slushied…" She paused. She did mind. She minded very much indeed, but she also knew it wasn't the time or place to reveal her true feelings. "I, and all the other Glee members, are just curious to know why… I mean, is there a secret to not getting slushied, because I, for one, have had my fair share."

She went and sat down.

Santana swivelled around in her chair so that she could see everyone, including Brittany who was staring at her with awe.

"Brittany is known as an Untouchable…" Santana shrugged. "I thought you all knew that."

"What exactly does that mean?" Tina asked.

"Your boyfriend knows, ask him." Santana smirked at Tina, then she looked at Rachel. "Your boyfriend knows too."

Rachel looked at Finn horrified. "Finn?" she said. "What does she mean?"

Finn went red and shrugged.

"Mike?" Tina was flashing Mike one of her most serious glares. It was almost violent in its intent.

Santana stood up. "Do any of you boys actually own any balls?" She looked around the room shaking her head. She loved strong women, but she couldn't bear bossy women and their frightened little boyfriends. She had been one of those girls before, scaring boyfriends into doing whatever she wanted because she had the power of her boobs and her tongue. She looked at Brittany, at the innocence on her face and was so grateful for her and the woman she had become because of her.

"There was an embargo on slushying Brittany, decreed by the football team. Every bully in the school had to sign their name in blood."

"But why?" Rachel asked getting more and more annoyed.

"Because of her power…" Santana looked at Brittany and smiled. Brittany smiled back. She never knew the power she had until Santana told her, but she hadn't really been surprised when she found out she was capable of turning people to stone and commanding unicorns at the blink of her eyes. It was just a sad thing that she had not yet seen a real live one.

Santana tilted her head and smiled at the other Glee members. While she was alive, no one would ever lay a finger on Brittany.

"Deal with it" she said. "Brittany is a magical being and the football team know it, right Finn?" She waited until he looked up. He was caught between her and Rachel, but ultimately, he was more scared of Santana.

"Right" he said shrugging.

"Right" Mike said knowing Tina would yell at him later.

Author's note: A bit of Brittana Fun. Leave me a review if you like and I'll write more of the same.