Beautiful Nightmare (4/?)
Title: Beautiful Nightmare
Pairing: Santana/Brittany
Rating: NC-17 (just to be safe)
Summary: Is Santana really worth chasing after? (Eventual Brittany/Santana, a bit of FaBerry on the side.)
Spoilers: Season 1, just to be safe.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, unfortunately.
4
“Brittany!” The blonde girl lifted her head off the pillow, eyes squinting at the intruding light. Her mother's voice called her again so she dragged herself out of bed. She opened her door and came face to face with the older blonde woman, hand raised ready to knock. She smiled brightly at her daughter before handing the phone.
“It's Rachel Berry.” She explained seeing the look of hesitance on Brittany's face. The younger girl frowned as she took the phone and walked back into her room, barely registering her mother's voice telling her to bring the phone down when she's finished.
She closed her door and leant against it, letting out a tired sigh.
“Hey Rachel.”
“Brittany! How are you? I was wondering if you had a few hours spare and wish to hang out or something? I don't want to intrude at all but Quinn explained to me the situation which is currently troubling you, and as Quinn has gone out for a few hours I thought you might want some company, try and take your mind off things? I know that when I have things on my mind, I find it best to-” Brittany grinned widely as she listened to the small brunette ramble on in typical Rachel Berry fashion.
“That sounds great Rachel.”
“Fantastic! Which activities do you wish to partake in then? Shopping, coffee? Maybe go see a movie or something?”
Brittany thought hard for a minute before smiling again.
“Can we go feed the ducks at the park?”
Rachel found it rather odd that Brittany wanted to come to feed the ducks of all things, but as the two girls walked side by side through the park towards the pond she couldn't help but notice the girl already seemed more relaxed than when she'd first dropped round her house to pick her up.
Eventually they made it to the water and sat themselves down on a bench, silently throwing food to the ducks who began moving towards them.
“This is where I like coming sometimes when I just need to think about things.” Rachel turned slightly at the sound of Brittany's voice breaking the comfortable silence between them, but remained quiet.
“I don't know why. I just feel... happy here. That probably sounds really stupid.” She dropped her head slightly to look at a small duckling moving slowly towards a piece of food by the blonde's foot.
“It's not stupid Brittany. Everyone has a place they go to think about things, a place where they feel comfortable and relaxed.”
“Do you have a special place?” She looked up to meet the brunette's gaze. Rachel nodded before throwing another handful of food on the floor in front of them.
“Choir room. Nothing makes me more relaxed than playing the piano. No matter what happens to me during the day, just going in there for a while and practising just relaxes me again.” Brittany giggled softly.
“I should have known that really.” Rachel blushed but smiled, glad to hear the blonde girl laughing again.
“Well, there are limited places to go in our school.” Brittany's smile faltered and she frowned as she thought about something.
“I'm really sorry. About things that happened to you in school.” Rachel smiled softly and reached a hand out to grip the cheerleader's shoulder softly getting her attention.
“Hey, don't worry about it. I quickly learnt about the high school hierarchy and where I stood. It's kill or be killed-” Brittany gave her a horrified look.
“Not literally Brittany! It's a figure of speech, honest.” The blonde girl shot a confused look to Rachel who just smiled and reassured her it didn't matter. Brittany felt happy with this and relaxed again.
“Still Rachel, it was really horrible of us to do all those things to you. Santana kept telling me that it was just the way things worked in school, but I don't get why. It's really mean.” Rachel chuckled softly, not surprised at the mention of Santana's behaviour.
“Yeah it was, but like I said before I kind of get it. You have to protect yourself, keep your reputation up by tarnishing that of others. It may not be right, but who's going to change it?” She shot a sad smile at the blonde who looked annoyed.
“I don't understand why Santana still does it though. She basically rules that school, or at least that's what she keeps telling me.”
“It's because she's scared Britt.” The blonde Cheerio looked at Rachel as if she'd grown two heads. Rachel nodded with a soft smile.
“She can't be, Santana isn't afraid of anything. She could kick anyone's ass in that school, near enough everyone is scared of her.” Rachel placed her hand on Brittany's arm to get her attention again.
“She's scared about you Britt. I don't think I've ever met anyone as happy as you are, or filled with as much compassion as you. You're literally like a walking rainbow.” She grinned at the blonde who looked at her, confused once again.
“Why a rainbow?” Rachel shakes her head, laughing and continues talking.
“The thing that scares her the most is the thought that something might happen to you. So she keeps her reputation up super high to look after both of you.” Brittany thinks about this and lets out a soft sigh.
“Do you think that's why she sleeps with all those guys?” Rachel nodded sadly and placed her arm around Brittany's shoulders.
“Yeah... but she cares about you so much. That much is obvious to everyone, never doubt that.” Brittany relaxed into Rachel's small embrace and rested her head on the smaller girl's shoulder.
“I wish she'd just stay with me instead of those other guys though. Even if people say or do anything to either of us, it wouldn't matter 'cause we'd have each other. That would make everything bad that happened totally worth it right?”
Rachel smiled as she thought about everything that had happened to Quinn and her after they'd made it obvious they were in a relationship. It was difficult but thinking to how they both are now, it was totally worth it. She let out a contended sigh at the thought and nodded softly.
“This is why you're a rainbow Brittany.” Brittany looked at her again.
“Don't rainbows only come out when it's raining? Rain isn't very good, it makes you all wet and stuff.”
“Yeah, rain sucks but rainbows make pretty colours despite that. It's like making the best of a bad situation, keep on smiling no matter what happens. That's you in a nutshell Britt.” She smiled at the blonde who was now grinning at the thought of being a colourful rainbow.
“So rainbows make rainy days a bit better then, yeah?”
“Much better Brittany, Much better.”
They sat in silence again as they emptied the rest of the food on the ground in front of them. Rachel looked up and towards the blonde who stood up suddenly.
“I'm going to show Santana that it's all worth it, that she doesn't have to be scared because I'll be her rainbow.” She looked at Rachel with determination set on her face. She reached forwards and grabbed Rachel pulling her up off the bench and into a hug.
She lifted her head to whisper something in Rachel's ear.
“Thank you.”
Thanks for reading!
Pairing: Santana/Brittany
Rating: NC-17 (just to be safe)
Summary: Is Santana really worth chasing after? (Eventual Brittany/Santana, a bit of FaBerry on the side.)
Spoilers: Season 1, just to be safe.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, unfortunately.
4
“Brittany!” The blonde girl lifted her head off the pillow, eyes squinting at the intruding light. Her mother's voice called her again so she dragged herself out of bed. She opened her door and came face to face with the older blonde woman, hand raised ready to knock. She smiled brightly at her daughter before handing the phone.
“It's Rachel Berry.” She explained seeing the look of hesitance on Brittany's face. The younger girl frowned as she took the phone and walked back into her room, barely registering her mother's voice telling her to bring the phone down when she's finished.
She closed her door and leant against it, letting out a tired sigh.
“Hey Rachel.”
“Brittany! How are you? I was wondering if you had a few hours spare and wish to hang out or something? I don't want to intrude at all but Quinn explained to me the situation which is currently troubling you, and as Quinn has gone out for a few hours I thought you might want some company, try and take your mind off things? I know that when I have things on my mind, I find it best to-” Brittany grinned widely as she listened to the small brunette ramble on in typical Rachel Berry fashion.
“That sounds great Rachel.”
“Fantastic! Which activities do you wish to partake in then? Shopping, coffee? Maybe go see a movie or something?”
Brittany thought hard for a minute before smiling again.
“Can we go feed the ducks at the park?”
Rachel found it rather odd that Brittany wanted to come to feed the ducks of all things, but as the two girls walked side by side through the park towards the pond she couldn't help but notice the girl already seemed more relaxed than when she'd first dropped round her house to pick her up.
Eventually they made it to the water and sat themselves down on a bench, silently throwing food to the ducks who began moving towards them.
“This is where I like coming sometimes when I just need to think about things.” Rachel turned slightly at the sound of Brittany's voice breaking the comfortable silence between them, but remained quiet.
“I don't know why. I just feel... happy here. That probably sounds really stupid.” She dropped her head slightly to look at a small duckling moving slowly towards a piece of food by the blonde's foot.
“It's not stupid Brittany. Everyone has a place they go to think about things, a place where they feel comfortable and relaxed.”
“Do you have a special place?” She looked up to meet the brunette's gaze. Rachel nodded before throwing another handful of food on the floor in front of them.
“Choir room. Nothing makes me more relaxed than playing the piano. No matter what happens to me during the day, just going in there for a while and practising just relaxes me again.” Brittany giggled softly.
“I should have known that really.” Rachel blushed but smiled, glad to hear the blonde girl laughing again.
“Well, there are limited places to go in our school.” Brittany's smile faltered and she frowned as she thought about something.
“I'm really sorry. About things that happened to you in school.” Rachel smiled softly and reached a hand out to grip the cheerleader's shoulder softly getting her attention.
“Hey, don't worry about it. I quickly learnt about the high school hierarchy and where I stood. It's kill or be killed-” Brittany gave her a horrified look.
“Not literally Brittany! It's a figure of speech, honest.” The blonde girl shot a confused look to Rachel who just smiled and reassured her it didn't matter. Brittany felt happy with this and relaxed again.
“Still Rachel, it was really horrible of us to do all those things to you. Santana kept telling me that it was just the way things worked in school, but I don't get why. It's really mean.” Rachel chuckled softly, not surprised at the mention of Santana's behaviour.
“Yeah it was, but like I said before I kind of get it. You have to protect yourself, keep your reputation up by tarnishing that of others. It may not be right, but who's going to change it?” She shot a sad smile at the blonde who looked annoyed.
“I don't understand why Santana still does it though. She basically rules that school, or at least that's what she keeps telling me.”
“It's because she's scared Britt.” The blonde Cheerio looked at Rachel as if she'd grown two heads. Rachel nodded with a soft smile.
“She can't be, Santana isn't afraid of anything. She could kick anyone's ass in that school, near enough everyone is scared of her.” Rachel placed her hand on Brittany's arm to get her attention again.
“She's scared about you Britt. I don't think I've ever met anyone as happy as you are, or filled with as much compassion as you. You're literally like a walking rainbow.” She grinned at the blonde who looked at her, confused once again.
“Why a rainbow?” Rachel shakes her head, laughing and continues talking.
“The thing that scares her the most is the thought that something might happen to you. So she keeps her reputation up super high to look after both of you.” Brittany thinks about this and lets out a soft sigh.
“Do you think that's why she sleeps with all those guys?” Rachel nodded sadly and placed her arm around Brittany's shoulders.
“Yeah... but she cares about you so much. That much is obvious to everyone, never doubt that.” Brittany relaxed into Rachel's small embrace and rested her head on the smaller girl's shoulder.
“I wish she'd just stay with me instead of those other guys though. Even if people say or do anything to either of us, it wouldn't matter 'cause we'd have each other. That would make everything bad that happened totally worth it right?”
Rachel smiled as she thought about everything that had happened to Quinn and her after they'd made it obvious they were in a relationship. It was difficult but thinking to how they both are now, it was totally worth it. She let out a contended sigh at the thought and nodded softly.
“This is why you're a rainbow Brittany.” Brittany looked at her again.
“Don't rainbows only come out when it's raining? Rain isn't very good, it makes you all wet and stuff.”
“Yeah, rain sucks but rainbows make pretty colours despite that. It's like making the best of a bad situation, keep on smiling no matter what happens. That's you in a nutshell Britt.” She smiled at the blonde who was now grinning at the thought of being a colourful rainbow.
“So rainbows make rainy days a bit better then, yeah?”
“Much better Brittany, Much better.”
They sat in silence again as they emptied the rest of the food on the ground in front of them. Rachel looked up and towards the blonde who stood up suddenly.
“I'm going to show Santana that it's all worth it, that she doesn't have to be scared because I'll be her rainbow.” She looked at Rachel with determination set on her face. She reached forwards and grabbed Rachel pulling her up off the bench and into a hug.
She lifted her head to whisper something in Rachel's ear.
“Thank you.”
Thanks for reading!