A/N: This story will have Sam/Quinn and Rachel/Puck pairing. Also a language warning.
People are torn between decisions ever day. Whether its as small as choosing what to eat for breakfast or as life changing as deciding on what procedure to perform on a patient only moments from death. In the end, you have to make a choice. If it's the wrong choice you will have to accept the consequences no matter how difficult they can be but if it's the right choice, it could change everything and bring a sense of accomplishment and happiness. Unfortunately even the best decisions don't always avoid bad consequences, but since when was life easy?
This is exactly the type of decision that Brittany and Santana were faced with on Saturday July 25th, bad consequences inevitable. Neither knew what was in store for them, in fact, before that night, Santana and Brittany had never met before. It was the night of their mutual friend's engagement party that made the lives of Santana and Brittany begin to change rapidly.
Saturday Morning July 25th
It was a regular Saturday in New York, the sun was shinning bright, the sound of traffic filled the city and the smell of coffee surrounded Santana's apartment, which slowly stirred the Latina from her sleep. Santana felt the bed dip next to her and she gradually opened her eyes to see a brunette lying next to her with a newspaper in her hands. After Santana observed her girlfriend briefly she turned to look at the time and immediately groaned when she read 8.47am, which earned a snicker from the brunette beside her. As Santana turned around to scowl at her humored girlfriend, the smell of the coffee overtook her senses.
"Jamie can you get me some coffee." Santana mumbled into the pillow as she hugged it tightly.
"You have two legs, get your own coffee." Jamie retorted with a smile playing at her lips.
"And the award for best girlfriend goes to…" Santana said sarcastically as she grudgingly got out of the bed and dragged herself into the kitchen.
Once Santana took a sip from her coffee, a satisfied smile made it's away across her beautifully plump lips and she walked over towards the calendar that hung from the side of her bookcase. When the Latina reached the date, there in big blue writing it read 'Quinn and Sam's engagement party 7pm.' Happy that she would get to see two of her closest friends again after about 2 weeks since she had been on holidays from work, Santana's mood couldn't help but be lifted. Santana turned to make her way back to the bed and paused to look at Jamie, her girlfriend of just over 7months.
Jamie was 22, three years younger than Santana. The couple had met at a local bar, only a few blocks away from Santana's apartment and they hit it off straight away. Although, their relationship was never exactly made official, it was just assumed by both, as their time together got more and more frequent. The younger brunette was beautiful and smart and of course head over heels for the Latina but unfortunately, Santana didn't know if she felt the same. Sure Santana loved Jamie, and she was comfortable with her but the Latina couldn't help but wonder if that's all it was, someone who made her feel safe and less lonely.
Truth was that Santana was never the relationship type. Before Jamie, every weekend the Latina would find someone new to go home with and be gone before they had a chance to wake the next morning. It wasn't until all of her friends started to settle down that she guessed she should do the same, and that's when she met Jamie. So there Santana stood, watching the girl in her bed with a blank expression as she mentally debated with herself if Jamie was whom she was meant to spend her life with.
Jamie looked up from her newspaper with suspicious eyes and looked back at the Latina who was clearly lost in her own thoughts. With a warm smile to beckon Santana towards the bed, Santana shook her mind clean from her thoughts and made her way back to Jamie. With a light peck on the lips, Jamie rested her head on the Latina's shoulder, which sent familiar warmth throughout Santana's body, and she couldn't help but think I could be content if this was my future.
Meanwhile across the city
The summer sun was warm and refreshing against Brittany's beautifully pale skin as she sat outside on the balcony of her and her boyfriend's apartment. Brittany and Artie were high school sweethearts and had been together on and off for about 7 years. They recently moved to New York together when Brittany and her friend Mike Chang decided to open a dance studio together, something the two friends had always dreamed of. You could say Brittany's life from an outsiders opinion was perfect, the perfect boyfriend, the dream job and living in one of the most amazing cities in the world, but to Brittany something always seemed to be missing, she just couldn't get a grasp on what that was exactly.
As Brittany gracefully made her way back inside the apartment she spotted Artie still fast asleep in their bed and a warm smile couldn't help but make its way across her face. With the slight temptation to be evil, Brittany walked over to the bed where her warm smile was replaced with an evil grin as she jumped on the bed, shaking Artie into consciousness. Once the blonde heard a loud groan escape her boyfriends lips she grinned widely and leaned down to press a light kiss on his cheek.
"Good morning!" Brittany said happily, as she purposely tried to piss off the man under her hold.
Artie let out a light laugh and turned his body to face the beautiful blonde above him. Once Brittany had successfully woken Artie, she got back up from the bed skillfully and started to get ready to leave for the dance studio. After a huge yawn and the sudden need for a coffee, Artie grabbed his glasses from the bedside table and got in his wheel chair to get some caffeine into his system.
"Where are you going today?" Artie asked curiously as he watched Brittany get dressed.
"Oh, I have to go to the studio for a couple of hours, some people are coming to install new lights and replace the sound system. Mike said he wouldn't be able to make it in time to let them in so I said I would go." Brittany said as she ran into the bathroom to brush her teeth.
"Okay, well don't forget about Quinn and Sam's engagement party tonight!" Artie called out so Brittany could hear him.
"Of course not, I should be back around 1pm, I'm going to walk there and home." Brittany replied cheerfully.
Minutes later Brittany appeared out of the bathroom ready to leave for the dance studio. Artie watched in amazement, for that was most likely the first time he had ever seen Brittany get ready so quickly. With a quick glace at the clock, Brittany grabbed her phone off of the kitchen table and gave Artie a chased kiss before she headed for the door.
"I love you!" Artie called out.
"Love you too." Brittany said back as she closed the door behind her.
It was an hour before Quinn and Sam's engagement party and Santana was standing at her closet with a troubled look on her face as she tried to decide on what to wear. Unsure on whether she should go for something casual or more formal Santana decided on red skintight jeans, a plain white top and black heels. As she assessed herself in the mirror she smirked at how great she looked and walked into the living room where Jamie was watching TV.
When Santana reached Jamie's vision, the younger brunette's mouth dropped slightly before she composed herself and stood up to appreciate her girlfriend at a closer view. Jamie smiled sweetly at the site before her and pulled Santana in for a kiss, which the Latina willingly returned. Jamie pulled back to look at Santana once more and smiled at the white top that showed just the right amount of cleavage.
"How is it that you can make something so simple look so damn sexy?" Jamie said lustfully as she brought her lips to Santana's neck.
"I was born this way baby, deal with it." Santana replied smugly, which caused Jamie to roll her eyes in response.
"Are you sure you can't come tonight." Santana added with a little hope lingering in her voice. Santana hated to turn up to parties alone, sure the Latina liked to be looked at, but that only got her so far, ever since Santana got with Jamie, Jamie had always attended gatherings and such with Santana, so it felt weird for her to go alone.
"I'm sorry babe, I promised my sister I would visit her." Jamie sighed, upset that she couldn't accompany her girlfriend.
"Okay, it was worth a shot." Santana said with a light smile.
"I can try make it to the party a little later." Jamie said as she pressed another soft kiss on Santana's lips.
"Sure, if you want." Santana replied as though it didn't bother her either way.
"I should probably get going now anyway." Jamie said as she walked over to get her bag and keys.
"Alright I will leave now too, I have to stop at the store and get some drinks." Santana replied as she grabbed her phone and purse.
The couple walked hand in hand out of the apartment building and said their quick goodbyes as they parted ways for the evening. Santana hailed down a cab and asked the driver to take her to the closest liquor store from Quinn and Sam's apartment, more than excited to get drunk that night.
Artie waited impatiently by the door of his and Brittany's apartment as the blonde danced around the bedroom in multiple different outfits, as she wasn't able to decide what to wear. The party started in 40 minutes and Artie wanted to go to the liquor store before they got there so he started to get impatient as Brittany refused to make a decision. Moments later, Brittany appeared in front of Artie in a beautiful spaghetti strapped, knee high black dress with red heels and a look of accomplishment on her face.
"I look amazing." Brittany stated which caused Artie to smile and give a small laugh.
"Yeah you do." Artie said warmly and grabbed the keys to the apartment.
"Ready to go?" Artie asked.
"Yep." Brittany chirped.
With that, Brittany and Artie left the apartment and gradually headed to the liquor store. The couple chose to walk to Sam and Quinn's as they only lived two blocks away from each other and because they were drinking that night, they decided that taking a car was too much of a hassle and a cab was pointless. So in comfortable silence, the couple took in the nightlife of the beautiful city.
When the couple reached the liquor store, Brittany decided to go to the next store over and get some ice cream that she had been craving all day, while Artie went in to buy their alcohol. Artie wheeled himself to the back of the store to where all of the vodka was kept and grabbed a bottle for Brittany, he knew vodka probably wasn't the best idea, it usually ended up causing Brittany to strip off all of her clothes, but the blonde insisted that was all she wanted. With the vodka in hand, Artie made his way towards the beer, which was until he ran into something, or someone.
"OW! What the –
"Watch where you wheel that thing!" The incredibly attractive Latina woman snapped at Artie.
To begin with, her beauty shocked Artie but that soon changed into irritation when she scowled at him and continued to curse under her breath as she did her best to clean the now smashed bottle on the ground. Santana looked back up at Artie with a pissed off expression and waited for an apology but she didn't get one.
"What you just fucking run into people and don't apologies?" Santana said even more aggravated than before.
Artie didn't know what came over him, normally in a situation like that he would apologies immediately but something about the beautiful woman in front of him made him feel edgy and he had no intention of being pleasant towards her.
"Why should I apologies? Maybe YOU should watch where you walk." Artie retorted.
Santana's eyes narrowed at the words that came from the mans mouth, and she couldn't help but smile evilly as she bent down next to his ear. Artie swallowed the lump that formed in his throat as he grew terrified of the approaching Latina and sat frozen when she whispered into his ear.
"Watch yourself wheels, I have razorblades in my hair." Santana whispered and stood back up straight.
"Now get out of my way afores I ends you." Santana added and smirked when Artie wheeled himself towards the side to let her pass.
After he mentally kicked himself for letting the woman get to him, Artie continued on his way towards the beer, grabbed two 6 packs and hoped that the Latina woman had already left. Artie approached the counter with caution and checked his surroundings to make sure she was gone, but to his displeasure, there she was at the counter. Santana caught his eye when she saw him approach and rolled her eyes when he had a hard look covering his features as though he was on a mission.
"Calm down Wheels, you look like you're about to go battle." Santana mocked his expression, which immediately turned sour.
"Sir, I thought I would let you know that this woman here smashed one of her beer bottles, someone might want to clean it up before someone gets hurt." Artie said politely to the older male behind the counter as he ignored Santana, who glared at his comment.
"Thank you, and Miss, I am sorry, but you will have to pay for that beer." The man said apologetically.
"Are you fucking kidding me? Urgh I don't have time for this, just keep the change." Santana said in rage and walked outside to the taxi as she cursed in Spanish.
Once Brittany got out of the store with her ice cream, she heard a woman yell something in Spanish, the blonde turned her head to get a look but she had disappeared into a cab before Brittany could see. She shrugged it away and waited outside the liquor store for Artie who appeared by her side seconds later. Brittany looked down and saw a look of irritation on her boyfriends face and frowned.
"What's wrong?" Brittany asked with concern.
"I accidentally hit some girl with my wheel chair and she was a total bitch about it." Artie mumbled like a child.
The blonde's frown deepened and wondered if that woman who yelled in Spanish was the same one that Artie was talking about.
"I'm sure she wasn't a total bitch, did you apologies?" Brittany said sweetly as she licked her strawberry ice cream.
Artie hesitated for a second and looked down at his lap before he replied.
"Not exactly, but that's not the point, she was psycho." Artie said as he tried to defend himself. Brittany scoffed and let out a small laugh.
"Obviously she is going to be mad if you run into her and don't apologies." Brittany stated like it was the simplest thing in the world. Artie mumbled under his breath and the couple continued on their way to Quinn and Sam's.
Santana was minutes away from her friends' apartment, and thanks to what happened with Artie at the liquor store, she was in a fowl mood, and even begged the taxi driver if she could have one of her beers in the cab. Finally after little persuasion on her part, Santana cracked open a beer and almost downed the whole thing in one go. Instantly feeling relaxed, Santana left what happened at the liquor store behind her, other than the aching in her leg of course.
When the taxi driver pulled up outside Quinn and Sam's apartment, Santana leaped from the cab, more excited to see her friends again than expected. Just before Santana started to walk in, she got an odd feeling like something was going to happen but shook that from her mind before it could get to her. With the alcohol in one hand and the engagement present in the other, Santana made her way inside with a content sigh and absolutely no idea what the night had planned for her.
About 10 minutes after Santana had arrived at the apartment, Brittany and Artie turned up outside the apartment building. Brittany grinned widely when she looked up and spotted Rachel and Puck on the balcony chatting animatedly to each other and realized just how much she had missed her old friends, Puck looked down and spotted his two friends on the pathway.
"Yo! Artie and Brittany, what are you waiting for? Get your butts up here!" Puck yelled down to the couple.
Artie looked up at Brittany with a smile and the couple made their way into the apartment building. Both had been looking forward to this party for weeks, they hadn't seen some of their friends for a couple of years and both were prepared for one hell of a party. When the couple was in the lift on the way to the floor of Quinn and Sam's apartment, Brittany got an odd feeling but assumed it was just excitement to see her friends, when the lift doors opened Brittany made her way to her friends' apartment with Artie and absolutely no idea what the night had planned for her.
"So Jamie isn't coming?" Quinn asked Santana casually as they walked towards some people Quinn wanted to introduce Santana to.
"She said she might come later, but probably not." Santana said unfazed as she took a sip from her beer.
"Why the hell are you limping by the way?" Quinn asked curiously as Santana walked like she just got beaten.
"Some ass hole ran into me with his wheelchair at the liquor store." Santana huffed out which caused Quinn to laugh loudly at her misfortune. Santana hit her blonde friend in the arm and both stopped in front of two of Quinn's friends.
"Santana this is Finn and Mike, I went to school with Mike, he owns a dance studio with Brittany, my best friend who I can't believe you haven't met yet. By the way where the hell is she?" Quinn asked herself as she looked around the room.
"And I am one of Sam's work friends." Finn finished for Quinn, as she got distracted, looking for her best friend.
"Nice to meet you both." Santana said politely as she shook hands with both men in front of her.
"Oh! There she is!" Quinn exclaimed which caused Santana's head to turn in her direction. The first thing the Latina spotted was Artie and her face immediately turned sour.
"Are you fucking kidding me? Quinn that's the prick from the liquor store." Santana hissed into her friend's ear. Quinn's eyes went wide with realization and suddenly let out a small laugh.
"Well, both of you can get over your issues then." Quinn replied which caused Santana to scoff in disbelief. Quinn took Santana's hand and led her towards the last two guests to arrive, only Artie was in Santana's view until Sam moved out of the way, and that was when Santana saw her.
A/N: So this is pretty much just a taste of a new story I will be working on, I will update when possible, but my other fic 'Like Two Perfect Puzzle Pieces' will be my main focus until it is complete which hopefully wont be too long.
Also sorry for those who hate the whole Brittany/Artie thing, I just didn't want to invite that many new characters so yeah :P haha. Hope you like it.