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A/N: This story is sort of a re-write of a Lifetime movie called 'The Truth about Jane'. But, also please remember that not everything is going to go exactly like the movie.
Summary: Santana is terrified to start high school—that is until the new girl catches her attention. When they start dating, things take a turn for the worst… and then a turn for the better.
It was the first day of freshman year and Santana Lopez was nervous as hell. She leaned over to the driver's side of the car to give her father a kiss on the cheek. "Love you sweetie!" He called to her as she gave him a small wave from the steps leading up to the school.
Santana let out a shaky breath as she met up with her two best friends, Tina Cohen-Chang and Mercedes Jones. "You nervous?" Mercedes asked them both as she took out a candy bar and started munching away on it. Santana and Tina nodded their heads.
They were all still standing on the steps to McKinley High School, not making an effort of walking in. Santana had no idea where any of her classes were, but she would try to power through it. "What lunch periods do you guys have?" Tina spoke up, which didn't happen very often, so it caught their attentions fast.
"A lunch." Santana and Mercedes said in unison.
"Thank God, me too."
Santana nodded her head at her friends then looked at the school and back at them, asking them if they were ready with her eyes. They took their first steps into the new hell hole that consumed most of their days.
Upper classmen loomed over them and filled up most of the hallway space. "Watch it fresh meat!" One very tall pimply face senior said to Tina, making her whimper. Santana put her hand around her, trying to comfort her.
"We'll get through this. We have first period together, so that's a good thing." Santana cooed into Tina's ear. All they got from Tina was a little head nod and a sniffle of her nose.
The bell rang alerting the students they had five more minutes to make it to class. The three girls set out on their journey to find their first class, Algebra I. After going through a maze of hallways and students Mercedes spotted the class room. The girls sighed in relief and took three seats by each other.
Mercedes and Tina were talking quietly while the whole class was waiting for the teacher, Mrs. Kinsman, to make her way into the room.
A boy with a dark brown Mohawk walked in and looked Santana's way. His eyes grew a few centimeters wider and he gave her a small smile. She felt weird inside because she could still feel his eyes on her moments after he had walked in the room and taken his seat in the back of the room.
What felt like days later was finally when Mrs. Kinsman walked into the room. She was a skinny woman with short blond hair and superb blue eyes. "Hello fresh meat! Are you ready for Algebra?"
Moans and groans filled the room, but Santana nodded her head. Santana had always been a good student in every subject, but she had always excelled in math.
"Okay well first, let's go around the room and tell everyone our names. It'll make things easier for me, I assure you."
Kids started yelling out their names and Mrs. Kinsman told them to quiet down. "Go down the rows, please."
So, they started with Mercedes, then Tina, then a few other kids Santana had never met. Then it was her turn so she said plainly, "I'm Santana." And they went on to the rest of the class. The boy that had been checking Santana out said his name was Puck, short for Noah Puckerman.
A new girl announced her name as Brittany. She had long blonde hair, dazzling blue eyes, the most beautiful smile Santana had ever seen, and the most toned legs ever.
During class, every chance she got, Santana would turn around and stare at the new girl.
Santana was one of the first to finish with their assignments. The bell finally rang, Mercedes groaning because she hadn't finished her assignment and now had it for homework. "C'mon, it's not that big of a deal. You can come over later and I'll help you." Santana told Mercedes as they walked out, Tina walking beside Santana, nodding her head.
"Sounds good, thanks."
They all three had different class periods so they went their separate ways. Santana was trying to find her way to her English Literature class when she got tapped on the shoulder.
"Hi, I'm Brittany."
Santana was stunned. She had never seen a girl so beautiful in all of her life. "S—Santana." She put her hand out for Brittany to shake, but she pulled her in for a big hug instead.
"Oh." Santana let out. Brittany pulled away from the hug laughing.
"Sorry, I'm just a real… friendly person, I guess."
"No, it's fine. We need a person as upbeat as you around here. It'll be a nice change." Santana said, looking Brittany up and down.
She drew in a breath as she realized she had butterflies. "So, um what class do you have next?"
Brittany pulled out her schedule and said, "English Lit."
"Oh, me too!" And with that, they walked to class together.
The day went by in a flash, Santana actually having a pretty awesome day. During lunch was when things started getting a little creepy.
She had sat down at the table with Mercedes and Tina who were talking up a storm about some drama—already, when the same boy who had been checking her out during Algebra walked up to her. "Hey, Santana. I'm Puck, as you already know." He said, eyeing her up and down, trying to impress her.
It took Santana all of her might not to laugh in the poor kids face. "Um, yeah I do know." She laughed a little as she said the words, eyeing her friends who were eavesdropping.
Puck took that as an invitation to sit next to Santana. She felt uncomfortable at the fact that every time he moved his left hand to eat, his elbow would brush against her forearm. She didn't like the way it made her feel like… throwing up.
"Hey! Puck-o-saur-as, come sit over here!" Some really tall kid said from across the cafeteria. Puck nodded his head, standing up. He started walking across the room when he turned around and gave a wink and a head nod towards Santana.
Santana shook her head in disgust, only to hear Mercedes say to her, "He was kind of cute. He seems to really be into you." She said, putting her head on her hand, looking off into the distance. Tina nodded her head adding, "You two would be super cute together, too!"
"No, no, no. He's not my type… Too cocky." Santana said, taking a bite out of her green apple.
"Oh, whatever. Just give him a chance."
Still shaking her head she said, "No, I don't want too." And with that, the conversation was over.
They started talking about their classes and upper classmen they had met. "I met someone named Mike, he's a sophomore. He is so cute, and super smart, and Asian, like me!" Tina gushed, twirling her hair on her finger.
"Daaaaang girl, you already got it bad. What class do you have with him?"
"Chemistry." She sighed.
"Of course." Mercedes said, obviously jealous.
Santana spoke up after eating her lunch contently, "I think we should audition for Glee club."
The girls agreed and they parted once the bell rang.
"Let's see, let's see, room 1…113. Ah! Right here." Santana mumbled to herself and her Mercedes and Tina searched for the Choir room.
They opened the doors and found some familiar and some unfamiliar faces. They spotted Quinn Fabray, Rachel Berry, Puck, Artie Abrams, and to Tina's delight, Mike.
Once they had all settled into seats—Santana taking an empty seat beside Quinn, Mercedes behind Rachel, and Tina beside Mike-they all started talking in a mess of words.
"It's okay, guys, I've arrived." Kurt Hummel exclaimed as he made his way into the room, taking a seat beside the tall kid from the cafeteria.
After moments of talking amongst each other, Mr. Schue finally sauntered into the room. "Hello, kids! I recognize some of you from last year, but for the newbies, why don't y'all make your way up to the front and introduce yourselves."
Santana, Kurt, Mercedes, Tina, Puck, the tall kid, Artie, Quinn and Rachel made their way up to the front.
"Hello, I'm Rachel Berry. I'm so very excited to be in the Glee club. My talent will be the greatest aspect of the club, and I hope that you all won't get to jealous of how good I am." She gloated to the whole class. Everyone looked at her, flabbergasted. None of them had expected such a conceited attitude from such a tiny, cute girl like her.
"What up, I'm Puck. Ladies, you will love me." He said with full confidence, looking into each and every girl's eyes.
"I'm Mercedes Jones. I will probably be the biggest diva you will ever meet." Mercedes said, putting all of her weight on one leg, giving her best 'diva' pose. Typical Mercedes.
"I'm Quinn."
"I'm Tina." She said, starring directly at Mike.
"I'm Artie." He said, sounding a bit bored.
"I'm Finn…" The tall kid said, sounding as if he was going to add more, but shied away from it.
"I'm Kurt Hummel, and I believe I'm pretty talented too, so I will be a great contribution to this Glee club." Kurt said smiling. Santana liked him. She liked his sassiness.
"I'm Santana." She said, giving a small wave.
They all turned to look at Mr. Schue who told them to sit back down. He started teaching them about some notes and how to read sheet music when Brittany walked in.
She introduced herself and sat down next to Santana.
Santana shifted in her seat, trying to sit closer to her, not wanting to be obvious. Brittany leaned in real close to her ear saying, "Hi, again." Santana closed her eyes, thinking about how good Brittany's hot breath felt on her ear.
