Life ay? Well I have returned. This is my offering of an apology, all the others will be updated to, cross my heart and hope to die xx ENJOY
I slept pretty soundly considering what the morning had to bring. Brittany had said that she just wanted to talk, so I took it for what it was. I was never one to get crazy when people announced they needed to talk to me. It was too... lame.
I changed out of my pyjamas and waltzed out into the kitchen to put on some coffee. While I waited for it to be ready I heard so rustling from Brittany's room and her door slowly opened. She trudged out with her hair in a messy bun and a pink dressing gown wrapped around her. She was adorable, her little tired face still managing to glow in the mornings light.
"Well good morning sunshine." I said in her usually cheery voice.
"Morning." She grumbled in reply making her way over to the couch and plopping face first on it.
"Coffee?"
"Yes please." I heard her say, her voice muffled from her being face down into one of the cushions.
I brought over two mugs and nudged her slightly and she lazily sat up. She mouthed a 'thank you' and blew at her steaming coffee. I sat beside her switching on the TV to catch the local news.
"Are you still up for going for breakfast? I mean we could take a rain check and we can just talk here if you'd like." I asked.
A wave of recognition washed over Brittany's face. "No I'll go get changed now and we can head out."
I nodded and she got up placed her half full mug on the coffee table. I sat sipping at mine until her bedroom door reopening revealing an almost new Brittany. Her hair was down and she was wearing some sneakers with skinny jeans and a baby doll t shirt. She looked so cute I could barely stop myself from just going over and kissing her.
"You ready to go?" I asked from beside the elevator.
I got up and threw on a coat before heading over towards the elevator. We got down to the ground floor and Brittany greeted everyone she saw, I gave them all a sort of half nod of recognition. In this relationship Brittany was definitely the friendly one. I took her hand gently and gave her a shy smile.
Brittany led us down the street happily looking over at me every now and again, swinging our hands between us. I looked down, only for a glance, but was mesmerised almost by the pure sight of my tanned hand interlaced with Brittany's pale one. I smiled gently and looked up into the girls blue eyes, smirking a little. I let Brittany almost skip alongside me as she led us to a little breakfast place. I sped up a little too opened the door for her and she grinned a little.
We were seated almost immediately and I looked over the menu, yawning a little. I leaned back in my chair and brought the menu higher. I pulled it down a little, just so the top was at eye level and watched Brittany pore over her own sheet. I grinned slyly as my eyes wandered over the girl, she really was stunning; in every sense of the word. I couldn't help but question why? Why me? What did she see that I didn't? I can offer her nothing, I'm not rich or important, or an overly skilled dancer, so what could have possibly drawn her to me?
"What do you like?" She asked from what seemed out of nowhere, thanks to my daze.
"I... Um... Bagels are good." I said with a hopeful smile.
She nodded and then looked back down to her menu. I breathed an almost silent sigh of relief and took a quick look over the menu, finding a bagel and going for that. The waiter came over and we ordered after his slightly phoney pleasantries. I relaxed into my seat and toyed with the edge of the tablecloth and looked up to see and smiling Brittany.
"So what did you wanna talk to me about?" I asked, albeit a little nervously.
Brittany looked at me and bit her lip a little. Not the sexy way, although it was kind of still sexy anyway, but it was more anxious than anything. That's when I began to panic a little. Of course I'm Santana Lopez, but even I have to sweat sometimes.
"Santana... I haven't really been telling you the whole truth..."
I looked at her oddly. "What do you mean?"
She thought for a moment before smirking to herself, obviously having figured something out in her head.
"Let's start again for a minute..." She said with a pleading smile, holding out her hand. "Hi I'm Brittany S Pierce."
I took her hand with a little chuckle, my nerves slowly floating away. "Hey there, I'm Santana Maria Lopez... So tell me something about you Brittany?" I asked playfully.
Her face dropped a little and I wanted to retract my question but she sighed and started to speak.
"I'm a dancer... I pretty good dancer..." She started off.
I nodded along; playing along to what I thought was some sort of game. She swallowed though, and that made my nerves spike up again, I didn't like this feeling one it. The waiter came over and placed our plate in front of us, we sat still though just staring at each other. Brittany continued when the waiter backed away.
"And I met this girl... Well I found her actually..." Brittany said, looking downward into her own lap.
I was hanging on her every word now, my breakfast completely untouched. I was biting the inside of my cheek; the suspense of what was going on was killing me. I was so confused, why wasn't she just straight with me from the start? What was the big secret?
"I knew her waaay before she knew me... And I had a lot of help to find her..." Brittany said, not able to look up.
"Brittany what do you mean?" I blurted out.
I couldn't help it; I just had to say something. I was at a loss a little from what the girl had said. It was weird to think that Brittany wasn't telling the truth. I was caught off guard and the words just jumped out of my mouth before I had time to process them. I saw a blush creep onto her cheeks, of embarrassment I supposed.
"Sorry..." I said a little quietly, bowing my head into my chest.
"No I am... Santana I haven't told you the full truth and after that date we had... I want too." Brittany said, reaching a hand across the table at me.
Of course I took hold of it almost immediately; touching her was like second nature at this stage. I kept my mouth shut and stayed still, waiting for the girl to continue on.
"Santana I went to a bar once with my PA, she said there would be live music and stuff so I was totally up for it. It was pretty unknown so it was nice to know I probably wouldn't get recognised." She started off with a nod. "Then a girl came on stage, a beautiful girl... She was the live music, and when she sang..." The blonde paused for a beat. "Everything stopped." She finished, squeezing my hand a little.
"You know those times in life where everything just slows down, and everything seems like its right with the world? Well yeah... that was my moment..." Brittany giggled a little. "At the end of her set she said she was always looking for work... her name was Lopez, Santana Lopez." Brittany grinned away to herself.
I looked up and smirked at her. I remembered the exact night in Captain Kirk's bar, a shithole by all accounts but she was there... She listened. I sighed, staring deep into her blue eyes, wondering where all my luck had come from. I then realised her story still didn't quite add up.
"Britt what does all of this mean?" I asked, my lips turning into a smile of their own accord.
"Well I knew I had to find her... You. I had to find you San." Brittany stated sincerely. "Do you remember that audition you had for the show?"
"Yeah of course I do..." I replied, wondering where she was going with it.
"I waited everyday to see if you'd audition..." She said open endedly.
"Brittany I don't understand..." I looked at her, an honest confusion plastered on my face.
"Santana I... I made this show. I made it so I could find you." Brittany said, swallowing a lump in her throat gently.
I could feel my jaw slacken and all the words I had come to know and use just disappear. My eyes couldn't help but stare her, my mind replaying what she had just said in my head to make sure I had it correctly. She made the play just so she could find me; A play all to find little old me.
"Brittany... Are you serious?" I asked her.
She nodded. "Yeah, and I didn't tell you because well it sounds creepy... It's just I didn't know what else to do..."
I think Brittany was about to continue on with her explanation but I didn't let her, I leaned across the table and kissed her full on the lips. I couldn't believe anyone would ever do something so moving for another. Yes I was Santana Lopez, but right now I was so weak at the knee if I had stood up and would have just been headed straight back down to the ground. My heart was completely swollen with love and my lips tried to get that intensity into one kiss. I cupped her cheek softly and hummed joyously into the sweet act of affection.
Breakfast was long forgotten and so were the white lies told, in all honesty I felt like I had just been thrown up by a romance novel.
"Oh and one more thing... You're not a dancer in the show..."
She had said with a slight deadpan so it seemed harsher than probably intended.
"Yeah... you're the lead."
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