Eye of the Tiger

Part 12

Dani POV

"Dani, come on get up!" I groan as I felt Rachel shaking me. I glance at the clock and see it's 20 minutes before I usually get up to get ready. How Rachel was this chipper first thing in the morning is something I'll never understand.

"Fuck off." I mumble into the mattress and finding a pillow to throw over my head. I'm eternally grateful for Rachel and her dads taking me in last night with no questions asked. Well, they knew the gist of it, they knew the basic reason for why I got kicked out and took pity on me. But as much self control Rachel had last night with her curiosity I knew the questions would burst out of her this morning and I wasn't remotely ready for it.

"It's time to get ready for school!" She sang out as she ripped the covers off of me. Why is she like this. She laughed when I managed to flip her off. I'm glad she finds this amusing. "Are you always this grumpy in the mornings?"

"Only when SOMEBODY wakes me up early." I give up and sit up on the bed attempting to rub the sleep out of my eyes.

"Okay good you're awake, now spill." She plopped down on the bed next to me.

"You don't waste any time do you?" I chuckle, picking up my pillow and hitting her with it.

"Hey to be fair, you haven't talk to me much in weeks." She pouted. She was right, my time has been so occupied with Santana. But I was scared I would blurt out who I was dating to Rachel because Rachel was annoyingly convincing.

"I'm sorry Rach." I tell her honestly and she gives me a forgiving smile. "What do you want to know?"

"Well..." She paused in her thoughts, trying to find the right words to say. "What happened with your dad Dani? I know you came out to him weeks ago on accident, you told me about that but what happened specifically last night?"

I chewed on my bottom lip as I tried to figure out where to start. The last Rachel knew was about my date. She had no idea I actually have a girlfriend. Well if she still was my girlfriend. I don't know where I stand with her. I'm still pretty fucking angry that she left me like that.

"Um well, he caught me making out in the basement...with my girlfriend." I whisper out the last part so quietly I wish she didn't hear it.

"EXCUSE ME!? GIRLFRIEND?" This time the pillow flung at me and I definitely deserved it.

"Um yeah..." I throw my hands up to shield the pillow from hitting me again.

"Okay we'll get back to that but what happened after that?" I let out a deep breathe as it flashed back into my mind. I really didn't want to relive it.

"H-he didn't want me." I felt the tears I didn't even know we're there roll down my cheeks and Rachel immediately wrapped her arms around me.

"I'm sorry Dani. He'll come around." I would have thought I had no more tears after last night but here I am sobbing into my friend's shoulder. Half of my heart shatter at losing my dad and the other half shattered at Santana leaving me.

"But why did she leave? I needed her." Rachel still wasn't sure who I was talking about but she asked no more questions as she rubbed my shoulder to try and comfort me.

"It'll be okay." She whispered. I wish it was true but at the moment I wasn't so sure it was.

Santana POV

"Hey..." She never called me last night. I tried calling her but she kept declining my calls. I was so so relieved to see her at her locker today at school but I was also left confused to why she never answered my calls.

"Hey." She breathed out, not even bothering to look at me. She just pushed her books into her locker.

"Are you okay?" I frown seeing the tired look on her face. Her eyes were a little puffy and I can only guess it was from crying.