The Ways of Badassery (1/?)
Title: The Ways of Badassery (1/?
Pairing: Rachel/Santana
Length: 2,553+
Spoilers: Up to season 3
Summary: Sequel to Bro’s Got Each Other’s Back. When inviting Santana to their bro’s night doesn’t work, Puck decides the one way to help Rachel get Santana is to get her to show her badass side more.
It was Monday, and Rachel was the first one to wake up. She opened her eyes and blushed when she realized she was in Santana’s arms. She looked up and smiled at Santana, seeing the peaceful look on her face. She pulled herself out of Santana’s arms without waking the other girl and got out of bed.
She looked at her clothes, realizing she was still in the clothes she vandalized the school in. Quietly, she grabbed her bag and walked into the bathroom. After showering and changing, she walked out and looked at the time.
It was still early, and Puck and Santana were probably still asleep. She walked into the kitchen, passing Puck passed out on the couch as she did so. She started making breakfast and after a few minutes she heard someone walking in.
“That smells good.” She looked over to see Puck walking in and she grinned.
“Good morning, Noah.” Puck walked over to her and put his arm around her shoulder.
“Morning, and I think yesterday was a success.” Rachel bit her lip and looked down at the pancakes she was making.
“I don’t know, Santana will probably forget everything and it’ll be just like before.” Puck frowned.
“Hey, cheer up.” He said and Rachel smiled sadly. Puck moved his arm off her and stretched.
“Well, I’m gonna get ready and wake up Lopez.” Rachel nodded and Puck left. After another few minutes Rachel was done and she sat at the table, waiting for Santana and Puck.
She sighed and put her head on the table and closed her eyes. In the beginning she hadn’t believed what Puck did, but by the end of the night Rachel was glad Puck brought Santana to their bro’s night. She had hoped the two of them were closer now, and the thought of that made Rachel incredibly happy.
It was the one thing she wanted, to get closer to Santana. Well, technically it was the second only thing she wanted, the first being for Santana to reciprocate her feelings.
“Still tired, Berry?” Rachel jumped and stood up straight, seeing Santana in the doorway looking at Rachel with an amused look. Rachel blushed and looked down.
“No, I was just, um, thinking.” Santana raised an eyebrow but didn’t say anything. She looked over to where the pancakes were and pointed to them.
“That for us?” Rachel looked over and nodded.
“Oh, yes, I made htose for the three of us.” Santana nodded and walked over and served herself. She walked back to the table and as soon as she sat down, she took a bite.
“Hey, these are pretty good.” Rachel smiled.
“Thanks.” Just then, Puck walked in and greedily took some pancakes before joining Rachel and Santana at the table. He grinned as he took a bite and looked at Santana.
“My bro can cook, right?” Santana scoffed and rolled her eyes.
“Whatever.” Rachel sighed and got up to grab the remainder of the pancakes. The rest of the morning they ate until it was time to go to school and Puck drove them there. The ride was pretty much silent and once Puck parked the car, Santana got out and went inside. Rachel and Puck stayed in the car and watched Santana go.
“She probably doesn’t want to be seen with me,” Rachel said softly and looked down. “I don’t blame her, I mean, look at me. Even you don’t want to be seen with me at school.”
“That’s not true,” Puck said quickly. “It’s just-”
“No, it’s fine, I get it,” Rachel said, interrupting him. “I’ll see you after school.” With that, Rachel got out of the car, leaving Puck in it, frowning.
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Santana was at her locker, putting away her books, as she thought about last night with Rachel and Puck. Rachel had definitely surprised her that night, and even though they got along, Santana still didn’t want to be seen with Rachel.
She closed her locker and started walking down the hallway, and saw Rachel against the lockers. She frowned when she realized Rachel was standing there, waiting for something. Rachel looked over and saw Santana staring. She gave her a grin and motioned down the hall with her head.
Santana looked over, realizing that the room not so far down the hall was Sue’s office. Her eyes widened when she remembered what Rachel had done to Sue’s office. She looked farther down the hall, seeing Sue walking with a protein shake.
It was as if time was going slow, and Santana watched as Sue reached her office and walked in. It was only seconds after that she heard an ear-splitting scream and every student stopped in their tracks. She rushed out of the room, angrier than she had ever seen her. A few students that were near her office jumped away in fear.
“Whoever did that will pay!” She yelled angrily through the hall and Santana turned to Rachel, who hadn’t cared about Sue’s threat. Instead, she was grinning and trying, and failing, to hold in her laugh. Santana looked back at Sue, who was storming down the hall and every student was jumping out of her way.
Santana looked back to where Rachel was, only to find her gone. She looked around, but didn’t see the short brunette in sight. Sighing, she went back to walking away, like the rest of the students started doing.
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“Did you hear what happened to Coach?” Rachel heard a few cheerleaders behind her talking and she grinned a little. Ever since school started, everyone had been talking about her prank on Sue. It was a shame she couldn’t brag about it, or else everyone would know it was her.
“So, how was her reaction?” Rachel looked to the seat next to her and saw Puck leaning towards her, grinning.
“Priceless,” Rachel said, grinning back at him. “How was Karofsky?”
“He looked so pretty in glitter.” Puck said, laughing and Rachel could only imagine Karofsky freaking out about the glitter. Just then the bell rang and class started. Once class ended they walked out and went their separate ways. For the rest of the day, everyone kept talking about Sue, Karofsky, and the suddenly red pool. When Rachel saw Karofsky in the hall, she saw some of the glitter he missed and she turned her head and tried to hold in her laugh.
Unfortunately, Santana had yet to talk to her again either, even in the classes they shared. Rachel knew she should have expected that, one night wasn’t going to change everything between them, but she still felt a little heartbroken over it. Despite it being one night, Rachel though they made a lot of progress.
During lunch, she was thinking about their night together when she felt someone tap her shoulder. She looked over to see Kurt looking at her worriedly.
“Are you okay?” He asked.
“Yeah, why?” Rachel asked and Kurt shrugged.
“You’re quieter than usual,” Suddenly, Kurt’s eyes widened and he groaned. “This doesn’t have to do with Finn, right?”
“No,” Rachel said quickly. “This has nothing to do with Finn.” She looked over at Santana, who w as talking with the other Cheerios, before looking down at her food again.
“You sure? Because it’s around the time where you two get back together and-”
“It has nothing to do with him,” Rachel snapped loudly, making all the other members of New Direction look at her. “I have to go.” Rachel said, standing up. She walked away from the table, throwing out her food as she did so, suddenly not hungry.
She sighed and decided to spend the rest of her lunch period in the library, away from Kurt and the rest of the Glee Club. She walked in and spotted Puck sitting at the tables, reading a textbook. She walked over to him and looked over his shoulder to see him hiding a comic book in a text book.
“Really, Noah?” Puck looked up and grinned at her.
“Hey there, mastermind.” Rachel laughed and shook her head as she took a seat next to Puck.
“I’m not that much of a mastermind.”
“Hell yeah you are, and the best part? No one knows it,” Puck said, gesturing to Rachel’s clothes she always wore at school. “So, how’s you and Santana?” Rachel frowned and looked down.
“I don’t think the bro’s night we shared with her meant anything to her.” Rachel said softly and Puck frowned.
“What?” He said loudly and a librarian made as shushing noise at him. Once the librarian looked away he spoke to Rachel again. “Why? I totally thought that would work.” Puck said softly and Rachel shrugged.
“It didn’t, and I don’t care anyway so it’s fine.” Rachel mumbled.
“You are so lying,” Puck said. “You have the biggest crush on Santana ever, of course you care,” Rachel blushed and sank lower in her seat. “I’ll have to think of something else.” Rachel sighed.
“Please don’t.” She said and Puck looked at her.
“Hell no, you’re getting your girl.” Rachel rolled her eyes but didn’t say anything. When the bell rang they went to their classes, but nothing eventful happened the rest of the day, and Santana still ignored Rachel. The last bell rang and Rachel was at her locker when Puck walked up to her, grinning.
“I got it.” He said.
“Oh?”
“Why don’t you show your badassness to her?” Puck said and Rachel sighed as she closed her locker.
“I already did, last night.” Puck nodded.
“But I’m talking here, at school?” Puck said and Rachel quickly shook her head.
“No, that won’t work.” Puck frowned.
“Why?”
“Because I’m a loser, no one likes me.” Rachel said and Puck sighed.
“I like you, and that’s just cuz they don’t know how badass you are.” Rachel bit her lip and looked down.
“I don’t know…”
“It’s just an idea,” Puck said. “You don’t have to do it.”
“Thanks for trying, Noah.” Rachel said, looking up at him and Puck.
“No problem,” He said. “I’m going to practice, wanna walk with me?” Rachel nodded and walked to the locker room with him. Once he walked in she decided to walk to the football field, where the Cheerios were already practicing.
“Hurry it up, you lazy excuse of cheerleaders!” Rachel frowned at the harshness of Sue’s tone and watched the way the Cheerios were worked harder than before. She walked to the bleachers and watched. Finally, after a good few hours, Sue let them take a break. Santana walked over and groaned when she saw Rachel. She walked to her bag, where Rachel was sitting by, and grabbed her water.
“Hey,” Rachel said, but Santana ignored her again. She frowned and looked down at her hands. She looked back up at Santana after a few seconds, seeing her standing and trying to even out her breathing. “Coach Sylvester is working you guys really hard.” Rachel said softly and Santana suddenly turned to her.
“And I wonder whose fault that is.” She said angrily and Rachel leaned back a little.
“What do you mean?” Rachel asked, and Santana groaned and glared at her.
“Because of what you did to her desk, she’s making us work to death,” Santana spat. “Good one, RuPaul.” Santana drank some more water and Rachel felt guilty.
“I’m sorry, I just,” Rachel stopped and took a deep breath. “I just thought were had a good time with each other last night.”
“Did we? I forgot about it.” Santana said and the words were like a slap in the face to Rachel. Before she could say anything else, Sue’s voice was heard through the speaker.
“Alright you lazy excuses, back to work>” Slowly, the Cheerios walked back to the field, and Santana scowled.
“What kind of break was that?” She grumbled before throwing her water bottle down and walking to Brittany, who was still catching her breath, and leading the both of them to the field. Rachel watched Santana go, feeling guilty. Making things worse for Santana was the last thing she wanted.
Making up her mind, she stood up and walked to the field, past Santana and to Sue. Sue ignored her while the rest of the Cheerios looked at her with wide eyes, including Santana.
“Coach Sylvester, I need to talk to you.” Rachel said sternly and Sue finally looked at her. They looked at each other silently for a few seconds before Sue turned to her and raised the megaphone to her mouth.
“Out of my field, Streisand.” Her voice boomed and Rachel groaned at the pain in her ears. Sue turned back around and Rachel’s eyebrow twitched in annoyance. Before Sue could say anything, Rachel grabbed the Megaphone out of Sue’s hands, making everyone on the field gasp audibly. Sue’s eyes widened and she looked at Rachel angrily.
“One, this is not your field, it’s the school’s. Two, I will not leave because I have something important to tell you.” Rachel said with her head high.
“You have five seconds before I tear that hand off.” Sue threatened, but Rachel ignored her.
“I’ll tell you who did.” Rachel said and Sue looked at her oddly.
“Did what?”
“They vandalizing of your office. I’ll tell you who did it.” Rachel repeated.
“Spit it out then.” Sue said quickly.
“Only if you stop torturing the Cheerios from your crazy practice.” Sue scowled and walked closer to Rachel.
“You’re in no place to make demands.” Sue said, and suddenly Rachel broke out in a grin. Santana knew that grin, she had seen it the night before, when Rachel was destroying the school property.
“But I am, because only I know who did it and you want to know what I know.” Rachel said and Santana couldn’t believe her ears. Sue looked at her thoughtfully for a moment before turning to face the Cheerios.
“Practice is over,” She yelled out to them and turned back to Rachel. Despite her words, no one moved. What was happening in front of them was too good and terrifying to miss. “Well?” Sue said, ignoring everyone else.
“It was me.” Rachel said and Sue looked at her blankly.
“You? It was you?” Rachel nodded, still grinning.
“Yup, I was the one to put slushy in your drawers, to glitterfy Karofsky and his locker, and I was the one to make the pool red.” Rachel sounded proud of herself and Sue’s face twisted in anger again.
“To Figgins, now.” Sue grabbed onto Rachel’s ear, making the short girl wince in pain.
“Owe!” Rachel whined as Sue dragged her back to the building, and she dropped the megaphone. Rachel saw Santana staring at her wide-eyed and she grinned at her.
Well, it was out now. Now everyone was going to know who had messed with Sue, Karofsky, and the pool. She couldn’t hide behind who she was at school anymore. Now, with nothing to lose, she may as well show her badass side in school.
And who knows, maybe Puck was right. Maybe doing that would get her closer to Santana, and maybe, just maybe, she could get the girl of her dreams.