Julia stared at her simple gold ring around her middle finger, too big to fit on her ring finger. She would've likely been twisting it around and fidgeting with it if she was able to move her left hand at all.
The glee club continued to blandly ramble away about some football and Britney week bullshit she had no interest in.
"Hey, Jules?"
Julia's head whipped over her shoulder, her eyes locking onto Santana's.
"You have your lip gloss on you?"
"Always," Julia slightly smiled as if she hadn't been constantly staring at Santana all day, whenever she got a chance.
Julia fished the tube out of her binder pouch before tossing it over to her best friend, sat beside Puck.
"Thanks."
"Okay guys, listen up!" Mr. Schue shouted right on cue.
"Mr. Schue, if I may-" Kurt raised his hand but was abruptly interrupted by the man.
"Kurt, I overheard what you guys were just talking about, and I know what you're going to say: the answer is no."
The teenagers frowned.
"No, I'm not going to stand in the way anymore. If you guys want to do Britney at this year's homecoming assembly, I'm fine with it," Mr. Schue told the students before they all erupted into cheers.
Julia mustered up a small smile as she glanced over at Brittany on her left per usual, though she wasn't very concerned by the sudden news.
"I know, and oh, more than that, I am going to perform with you!"
The whole room went silent and all the smiles dropped, besides Mr. Schue's awkward laugh.
"We should've known this was taking a turn for the worse."
xxx
Julia applied one lasting coat of cherry lip gloss before glancing down at the reflection of her black vest in the bathroom mirror, not all that thrilled by the choice of clothing.
She couldn't dwell for too long as she knew the glee club must've been waiting for her and a few others to get the assembly up and running.
Julia shuffled out of the bathroom and toward the backstage entrance, but not without noticing an awkward pounding noise from one of the janitor's closet.
Naturally, Julia decelerated her fast walk into a slower one, peaking into the closet on her right. Only to wish she never had.
That "pounding noise" happened to be the sound of Santana getting pushed up against the closet door by Puckerman, their lips repulsively mushing together.
Julia instinctively shut her eyes, though the image behind her eyes was the same one playing out in front of her. So, she reluctantly opened them, picking up the pace yet again though she felt nauseous as she finally reached backstage.
She was only met with further nausea as she not only noticed half the glee club gathered around, but none other than the sophomore football giraffe himself pacing in the corner.
He quickly walked up to Julia upon spotting her push through the doors. Julia took a minute to prepare herself for what was to come, pushing down the sickness inside of her.
"Julia, look, my schedule's been so packed with football and everything, that I never got a chance to try out for glee club, but, I, uh, wanna try things out with you," Layton rambled on, speaking at the speed of a slow cheetah.
"Uh, what?" Julia wasn't really present in the conversation, the disgusting moment between Puck and Santana repeating in her head no matter how hard she tried to shove it away.
Though she had to pretend to at least respect the boy this time around with the majority of the glee club within a few feet.
"I'm asking you out. Like, if you wanna go to Breadstix or something this weekend..."
It took Julia a moment for his request to register in her pacing mind.
"Oh. Umm..." Julia wasn't quite sure how to respond until the sound of the same door she had just walked through was thrust open.
Julia caught a glimpse of Puck entering behind Santana who tied up her messy hair into a bun as if nothing had happened.
Julia knew very well that Santana didn't like Layton.
"Sure," she assertively exclaimed a little louder than she had intended to. "Breadstix. Tomorrow at seven. Don't be late."
"I won't. And I absolutely promise I'll be there for glee club on Monday," he childishly smiled, wrapping his gigantic arms around Julia who actually eased into him for the first time.
She could feel Santana's burning gaze.
Consequently, Julia lightly kissed his cheek for a bit of added effect.
The curly-haired boy pulled away a few moments later.
"Bye," he mumbled, beginning to walk out the door Puck and Santana had just sauntered through.
"Bye," she forced a smile and a wave as she watched the boy jog toward the main entrance of the gym.
Santana passed Julia the look, nearly staging a full-fledged intervention, though Mr. Schue beckoned for his students to find their spots before she ever had the chance.
Mike tossed Julia a black hat, the freckled girl smiling back at the boy in return before she spun around to find her position behind the right side of the curtain. She smugly left Santana in the dust behind her.
Toxic – Glee Club + William Schuester
SANTANA'S ADLIBS ARE SO FUCKING GOOD
wtf marry me
but mr. schue...this is not it
#sendthismantojail
Of course, something went wrong as something does every time. Except Sue didn't have such a unique solution to the "Britney Spears Sex Riot" as she usually does, and simply pulled the fire alarm, resulting in the cheer coach being trampled by hundreds of students.
Nevertheless, the glee club was left alone, posing on the stage dumbfounded at the once amazing reaction to their performance that had quickly turned sour.
Julia, with a single hand resting on the rim of her hat, looking up toward the ceiling, switched her gaze toward Santana. Her best friend was just a few students down the row, already staring at her.
Julia could barely notice Santana's jaw ever so slightly clenched while her eyes remained quite cold.
Julia non-verbally replied with a discreet wink, the green-eyed girl concealing the emotion that threatened to show on her rich features.
xxx
Julia 🔥: heyyy
Ali🖤: hey what's up?
Julia 🔥: have i ever showed you a pic of santana???
Ali🖤: yeah why?
Julia 🔥: she's really hot, right?
Ali🖤: well duh dumbass
im not blind
read
i cant believe you guys are best friends and haven't at least fucked once
Julia 🔥: shut up
Ali🖤: cause i totally would've if i was in your shoes
Julia 🔥: shut up
Ali🖤: but you're kinda a pussy sometimes jules
Julia 🔥: tell me something i don't know
and shut up
Ali🖤: you just copying and pasting now???
Julia 🔥: stfu
Ali🖤: lol
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Freckles ➳ Santana Lopez (re-writing)
Fanfiction"I want to be with you. And not just as friends." *** Julia Mendoza appeared to have the world at her feet. She was your cliche, mean, popular cheerleader with a whole lot of sass, completing the Fearsome Foursome which ruled McKinley High and con...
