I'll Save You (a Brittana story)

Sleepover

Brittany's POV
Artie just stares at me, a frown beginning to appear on his face. Santana looks from him to me and quietly says "I'll leave you two alone"
I walk over to Artie and start to apologise
"Artie I'm so sorry I didn't mean for this to-"
He cuts me off by holding up his hand
"When was this?"
"Two days ago" I reply in shame.
He shakes his head "I don't believe that you would let her do this to you. She's always pushed the boundaries just a little, and now she's kissing you and posting it all over the school."
"Santana didn-"
"Of course you would defend her. Can't you see that she is manipulating you into this."
"No, she isn't. You always assume the worst in her, but she's not a bad person"
"God Brittany, why are you so stupid."
The words echo in my head.
Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid.
That's all I'll ever be.
I take one last look at Artie before running into the nearest bathroom. The tears run down my face as I sob into my hands. The door opens and Tina walks in. She takes one look at me and takes out her phone "I'm calling Santana" she tells Santana where we are then sits on the floor beside me. I shift away "just go to class, you won't be able to help"
Tina frowns and stands up. "If you want"

Santana's POV
I run through the doors to the bathrooms. After getting Tina's call that only said "Brittany. East bathrooms" I knew I had to get to her. When I finally  got to Brittany I can barely breathe. She's not much better. Her hair has fallen over her face and I can just make out little whimpers and sobs coming from her.
"Britt I'm here. I'm here now. It's okay" I whisper. She shakes her head "stupid stupid stupid" she mumbles to herself. I take her face in my hands "Who called you stupid? Was it Artie? I'm gonna kill him"
Only I know why Brittany hates the word stupid so much. Her stepdad used to call her it all the time, before her mom got rid of him.

Flashback- Brittany's POV
I walk home the long way, wanting to spend as much time as I can away from him. My step dad had never liked me, but he was getting worse. If I forgot to do the dishes, or make dinner, or fail a test, he would get really mad at me. My mom was out at work all the time, on business trips.
He only hit me twice. He would threaten to do it all the time, even going so far as to swinging his hand up but stopping it an inch in front of my face. And then every time he would laugh as I flinched back and held my hands up. But he called me names all the time.
"You stupid bitch" was his favourite insult. I heard it every day, but it never stopped making me cry. I had never told Santana, she would just go crazy and I couldn't risk her getting hurt. I didn't need to tell her though. She found out herself.
We were both upstairs when he stormed in, shouting at me and calling me names. He didn't notice Santana sitting beside me on the bed. She grabbed my hand and our school bags and we ran over to her house, not coming back until my mom got home. I told my mom and she divorced him almost immediately.

Present Day
It never stopped hurting though, being called stupid. Artie was the only person at this school who never called me it, and that's why I love him. Well, loved him. I feel so bad about what happened, but it wasn't Santana.

She strokes the tears off my cheeks and kisses them away. I smile at how sweet she is, and hug her tight "I love you Tana" I whisper in her ear, calling her the old nickname we had for each other. "I love you too Britt-Britt" she replies.

"If Artie even looks at you I can't promise I won't kill him. And if Quinn finds out she will be even worse."
I laugh and start to walk out the bathroom "come on let's get to class"

Artie doesn't speak to me for the rest of the day. Not that I want to speak to him, but it still hurts a little. Santana keeps shooting him death stares so that probably has something to do with it.

Santana's POV
Lunch is possibly one of the most awkward experiences of my life. Me and Brittany sit with the Glee club, and so does Artie. I make sure we sit as far away from him as possible but it doesn't stop me glaring at him every chance I get.