Santana was sat in the choir room at McKinley, listening to Rachel obnoxiously sing show tunes whilst they waited for Mr Shuester to arrive and start glee. Just as her song ended, Rachel came to sit back down, a few more members of the glee club coming in to join them.
"San! Hey!" Brittany ran over, holding out her pinky to her closeted girlfriend. The pinky had always been their little code, their silent 'I love you' when their relationship was a secret. Santana quickly took hold of Brittany's pinky, giving it a little squeeze and smiling up at the taller blonde.
"I didn't think you were in school today?" She frowned, wrapping her in a quick but tight hug. "I missed you in math." She sighed as they settled into their seats.
"I forgot to come in." She nodded, still playing at the act of being dumb. Santana knew her better than this, she knew when Brittany wasn't telling the truth, even if she found her ridiculous lies to be adorable.
"So you forgot to come and see me?" Santana raised her eyebrows, feigning sadness when she looked at her girlfriend.
"Get a room, you two!" Finn yelled across the room when he saw the two girls staring at each other.
"Britt... you told him?" Santana whimpered, her eyes instantly flooding with tears. "How does he know?!"
"San, no, no I didn't say anything. I promi-." Brittany replied frantically, trying everything she could to make her girlfriend believe her. Santana cut her off, her sadness turning into instant rage.
"That's why you didn't come in?! You didn't want to be around when everyone outed me?!" She choked on her sobs and that's when Brittany knew it was serious, she knew she had to do something to lighten the mood. Even though she'd seen her cry a million times, she'd never seen her cry at school.
"Santana! Santana stop. Think about what you're saying." She pleaded, realising that Santana was actually the one who just outed herself.
"Damn! Oh my god!" She tried her best not to have a reaction, putting on her brace face and doing what she did best, ignoring everything that had just happened.
"You're dating?!" Rachel gasped, squealing a little.
"I'll take you out!" Santana snapped at Brittany, still blaming her for everything that happened.
"Oh, you'll take me out, will you?" She smirked, raising her eyebrows and reaching back for Santana's hands, trying to prove to her that their relationship was nothing to be embarrassed of.
"I meant that as a threat." She groaned, trying weakly to pull her hands away from Brittany.
"So, you'll pick me up at seven?" She asked Santana, moving a lock of the dark brown hair from her face. She took a minute to look at the beauty that was Santana, her hair, her eyes, her smile, even her frown was the most beautiful thing.
"Brittany I'm not kidding-." She pulled her hands away to wipe her tears.
"And neither am I. I love you Santana, if you're not here to pick me up at seven, I'll come over to yours and I'll bring movies." She nodded, Santana's frown breaking into a smile.
"Deal." She whispered after thinking about the offer. "I'll be there at seven, I expect you to have the movies for when we get back from dinner though." She blushed deeply, trying to hide her flushed cheeks. The couple knew that the whole of glee club was staring at them and Brittany took full advantage of this.
"Let's make them jealous." She giggled, kissing Santana's cheek and then connecting their lips in a soft, but loving, kiss.
"You owe me ten bucks!" Kurt yelled, pointing excitedly at Blaine. "Ladies and gents, my gaydar has now been scientifically proven to be better than Blaine's!" He laughed and started dancing around the room happily.
"Can we get out of here?" Santana whispered, Brittany was well aware of how uncomfortable she was getting with all of the attention.
"Let's go, wanna get a coffee?" She offered and Santana nodded, pecking Brittany's lips and reaching to hold her hand.
Just as they got to the door, Mr Shuester walked in the room, rendering the two girls unable to leave. Santana groaned loudly, everyone, even including Quinn, being wary of what they said to her. As much as a lot of the glee club members disliked Santana, nobody wanted her to be hurting, they knew she was special.
"I actually have something I want to sing!" Brittany blurted out, cutting off Mr Schue when he began speaking.
"Oh, that's great Brittany! Did you set this up with Santana or Rachel?" He asked and Rachel scoffed at the idea.
"No, I decided on it myself." She huffed, standing up and going to the middle of the room as Brad started to play the piano to accompany her. She quietly sang "She", looking Santana in they eyes the whole time. Her voice was full of adoration as she sang at the girl opposite her, Santana getting visibly emotional when she heard her singing.
"I love you, Santana Lopez." She said, pulling Santana up to stand next to her. "Thank you for letting me sing that but we have to go now. Santana has to get ready to pick me up for our date." Brittany stated proudly, wrapping her arm around Santana's waist and pulling her into a tight hug.
"Britt! Santana! You can't just leave-." Mr Shuester tried to settle the room but the girls just shrugged, laughing as they took the time in the moment of confusion to run from the room and spend some time together.
"Don't kill me, but I was thinking maybe we could stay in today? I need to get my cuddle on." Santana asked, bringing the back of Brittany's hand to her lips, brushing softly against it.
"I'd like that a lot. I have scandal ready for us to catch up on." She started her car and took Santana back to her house, in total awe of the woman that she loved.
"Breadstix tomorrow?" She suggested, squeezing Brittany's hand as she drove. "I believe I promised you that I'd take you out." Santana giggled nervously, feeling a complete sense of pride when she saw her girlfriend blush deeply.
"That sounds perfect."
