As she rolled over Santana could feel the makings of a really bad headache beginning to take hold, the room was spinning and her vision was hazy.
She glanced at the other side of her bed and through the haze she spied a naked body lying next to her she groaned and rolled onto her back…. what the hell was I thinking? she thought angrily to herself.
Slipping out of bed so as not to wake the sleeping woman beside her she made her way to her bathroom. The cold water she splashed on her face was refreshing but painful at the same time, refreshing as it cleared her head a little but in the same time painful as it cleared her head a little and thoughts of the previous night came flooding in with every drop of water that hit her. "How much did I drink, how did I get home and most importantly who the hell is in my bed!" she thought.
Santana knew she had to make her way back into the bedroom to get ready for work but wasn't quite sure what to do with little miss naked, could she get dressed and sneak out….BAD idea it was her own frigging house. She would have to wake her up and get her to leave.
She slowly turned the door handle knob and winced as the door creaked when she pushed it open. Little miss naked stirred and rolled over snuggling back into the white sheets. Santana was pleased to see that even in all her drunken glory she at least still had good taste in women. Little miss naked was tall and athletic with flowing dark hair, Santana's eyes made their way down her body and flashes of the previous night's sex came with every inch she covered.
"You can look and touch you know"
Santana was startled by the sudden voice in her room and wondered just how long little miss naked had been awake and watching her ogle her body. Shit say something she thought
"Hey, ah good morning, how did you sleep?" Lame oh my god her inner conscious was slapping her upside the head.
"I slept well thanks, but a good work out will do that to you" little miss naked grinned as the thoughts of the previous night came back to her as well.
"Look ah" why couldn't she remember the girls name
"I kinda have to go to work this morning, actually in about 10mins"
"That's cool" little miss naked shrugged as she got up out of bed, she stood and stretched and Santana couldn't help but check her out again…..Nice pickings there girl she thought to herself.
"Can I make you a coffee or anything to take with you" Santana asked adding the take with you part as a hint.
"No thanks I'm all good" little miss naked said as she pulled on her jeans and started to look around for her bra and top. Santana walked over to the far side of her room and picked up the lacy red bra that was strewn across the carpet
"looking for this" she smiled as she handed it to the girl.
"great thanks" the girl blushed as she quickly put in on and dragged her top over her head…. The red fox logo on the girls top caught Santana's eye as she was getting dressed herself … Oh how original Santana! Pick up the chick behind the bar.
"Ok I'm all good to go" little miss naked smiled and said as she smoothed out the creases in her jeans.
They walked through the house together in silence and made their way to the front door, Santana grabbed an apple out of the bowl on her way through, eating was the last thought in her head but she knew she had a busy day and had to have something. The sun was bright as they walked outside the apartment building where Santana lived and instantly she was thankful for the sunglasses she had tucked into the neck of her work shirt as she got dressed.
"So I had a great time last night Santana"
"yeah me too…." Dang what was her name….
"Well here's my number if you ever want to hang out again" she slipped a piece of paper into Santana's hand, what!? Does she just carry random pieces of paper in her pocket for when she goes home with people Santana thought and again regretted her actions from the night before.
"thanks, I uh..uh better get going to work" Santana smiled and tucked the girls number into her pocket. She was already late and had a 10 minute walk to get to work.
"Catch ya later beautiful lady" the girl said as she got into her car and drove off.
"Hmmmm so I was drunk but she must have been sober enough to drive us back here" Santana said to herself as she started walking towards work.
Work for Santana was at a high end gym in the centre of the city, she was a personal trainer, the best they had and had a full list of clients. She loved her job it kept her in great shape and she met some great people. All those years of the gruelling fitness regimes coach Sylvester had put them through years ago had actually come into good use. It was a cool morning but the sun was out and it was only going to get hotter , Santana smiled and started to shake away her negative morning and started to mentally plan her day.
1st up would be Mrs boyle - a cougar of a woman who spent most of her session checking out the guys on the equipment, Santana found it hard to keep her focused but at the same time enjoyed the session as Mrs Boyle always made her smile and treated her like a daughter.
2nd was Evan Gray – a young college kid who was trying to bulk up to win the girl of his dreams affections ahhh young love how wrong and naïve could he be! Santana was rather bitter when it came to love she had only been in love once before and that had ended 12 months ago with a whole lot of angry words and tears. Brittany had broken her heart and taken with her any last trace of faith Santana had in the motion of LOVE when she slammed the door of her apartment and went to the arms of the women she had been having an affair with for 3 months previously.
Santana shuddered the thoughts out of her mind and quickened her pace she was late and Mrs Boyle could get up to all sorts of trouble if she wasn't kept in line. Santana pulled her phone out of her pocket and sent a quick text to Dana Boyle instructing her to start warming up she would be there in a couple of minutes. As she put the phone back in her pocket she felt the paper which had little miss naked' number on it. Her name… surely she put her name on the paper. Santana unfolded the paper and there was just a number and a small blue heart drawn in the corner, oh well I tried she thought and said a quiet
"opps" as she screwed up the number and threw it into the rubbish bin she was passing.
Santana walked into the gym and was immediately thankful for the air conditioning; she longingly looked towards the pool but knew her session in the pool wasn't till after lunch with Mrs Fabray. She liked her sessions with Mrs Fabray also, she was a sweet lady who had just come out of a bad marriage and was working out to build her self-esteem and help her move forward. Santana would always do a pool session with her on a Monday as she knew she would have likely had a stressful weekend dealing with her ex-husband and needed some low impact training. Today she herself couldn't wait to get into the water.
Her morning sessions passed by relatively quickly and soon it was lunch time. Santana picked up the apple she had grabbed on her way out the door and instantly craved a BLT, fries and milkshake hit from the café across the street, so much for the healthy personal trainer she portrayed to the world!
She knew it was a scorching outside so she stripped off her work shirt and headed to lunch in her singlet and shorts hoping that option would be cooler, the sun seared her olive skin as she left the comfortable confines of the gym
"Fuck me it's hot" she said out loud to no-one in particular as she waited at the crossing
"I know what you mean, at least you look like you should be in the sun"
Santana swung around, lifting her sunglasses and was floored by the stunning girl with an insanely beautiful smile who had decided to respond to her statement, gaining her composure Santana nodded and said
"ah yes we Latina goddesses are made for the heat" she winked at the blonde and was convinced she saw her cheeks pinken just a little.
"I was meaning more by the choice of your outfit "
she said and laughed to herself, now it was Santana's turn to blush. She turned to the blonde and flashed her an 'I am totally not embarrassed' smile as best she could. The crossing buzzed and she made her way across the street to her favourite café 'Ella's'. Santana threw herself into the last available booth heavily and didn't even bother looking at the menu.
"Same as usual then San?"Ella called out across from the counter
"Please Els" she replied and smiled at the small English lady. The food here was to die for and if Santana didn't work out as much as she did she would be the size of a building and it would all be Ella's fault. Santana buried her head in a magazine that was lying on the table not really reading the celeb goss just keeping her mind busy.
"Hey – um excuse me, could I sit with you?"
Santana looked up and her eyes were met again by the hazel eyed beauty she had spoken to at the crossing
"It's just all the other tables are taken and I can't be late for a meeting I have after lunch"
"sure take a load off" Santana urged and removed her feet from the other seat so the girl could sit down
"Thanks, I'm Quinn" she said as she sat down and extended a perfectly manicured hand out to Santana
"Nice to meet you Quinn, I'm Santana, San or Tana for short" she slowly died inside why does this girl need to know my nicknames her inner voice groaned.
"So what's good here to eat?" Quinn asked
"Pretty much every single thing on the menu will make you think you have died and gone to food heaven so I recommend the lot"
Santana grinned back thinking to herself I don't think this girl even knows how to eat by the look of her.
"What can I get you love?"
Ella asks as she plonks Santana's sandwich and fries down in front of her,
"um… ok well I will have what Santana here is having" she replies
"coming right up love"
Ella calls as she whisks herself back to the kitchen. Santana grinned at the blonde
"do you really think you can eat all this?" she playfully asks
"Oh trust me San I can eat like a horse"
Santana's stomach flipped a bit, she used my nickname….. what stop it what do you care if she uses your nickname…her internal voice was working overtime today.
Minutes later
"mmm oh my god I see what you mean this bacon is superb"
Quinn moaned …oh to hear that moan in my bed… Santana's cheeks flushed what the hell was wrong with her. She looked out the window so the blonde beauty couldn't see her flushed cheeks and nearly passed out, walking outside was none other than Brittany and her whore, they were coming into the café….
"Shit"
Santana groaned, slipping her sunglasses down and sinking lower in the seat. Quinn looked at her with a concerned look on her face
"Are you ok? is your food bad"
"No my ex just walked in with the skank she cheated on me with"
Quinn swung around and eyed the two women as they entered through the doors, they were holding hands. She looked back at Santana who had picked up the magazine again to try and shield her face somewhat and felt so bad for her. Quinn pushed her plate to the other side of the table and quickly stood up. Santana looked up, shit she must be homophobic she thought but she was desperate
"What are you doing? Please can you just sit down for a bit longer before you bail, you can be lesbian free in a few minutes pleeaasee"
Quinn smirked and stood by Santana's side of the table
"scooch over"
"wait. what?" Santana replied confused
"move your ass over San"
Quinn said more forcefully and Santana did as she was told. Quinn sat down beside her and carried on eating her fries. Santana watched as she brought one up to her lips and….. shit now is not the time for her mind to be wondering however it did taker her mind off Brittany for a second, the sick feeling returned though' and just as she looked up to see if the coast was clear her eyes locked with the searing blue eyes of her ex….. Santana gulped as Brittany made her way towards her.
"Hey Tana, how are you?" Brittany asked casually
"Haven't seen you round in a while".
"Hey Brit, I'm ok thanks, yeah I have been really busy"
"Are you going to Rachel's party on Saturday?"
Santana hadn't seen a lot of her friends since the breakup it's not that they weren't supportive but they were all friends and Santana didn't want anyone feeling uncomfortable or having to choose sides so she had been an AWOL friend for quite some time….Rachel had begged her to come this Saturday though and Santana couldn't really let her friend down again.
"Possibly, are you?" Santana's eyed flicked to the skank at the counter which Brittany didn't miss.
"Very likely San, Tessa is away this weekend so I'd be bored otherwise"
"Fair enough well I may see you there then"
"I'd like that Tana"
Brittany said quietly as Tessa approached. Quinn felt Santana stiffen and sit up straighter.
"Here you go buttercup"
Tessa said in a sickly sweet voice as she handed Brittany her smoothie
"Oh hi Santana" Tessa said less sweetly
"Tessa" Santana nodded back.
Quinn noticed Santana clench her fist on the table and it made her knuckles white, without thinking Quinn quickly reached out and grabbed Santana's hand making her release her fist. Santana nearly passed out from the shock and the almost electrical current that was making its way up her arm, Brittany narrowed her eyes a little
"Hi, I don't think I've met you I'm Brittany"
"Hi Brittany I'm Quinn" She smiled at the taller blonde sweetly.
"Santana hasn't mentioned a Brittany did you guys used to go to college together or something?" Santana nearly choked, clearly enjoying the way Quinn was dismissing her heartbreaker.
"Something like that Quinn, It was nice to meet you and see you San"
She made her way back out the front of the café with Tessa following behind. The coast was now clear and Santana allowed herself to relax a little, Quinn felt Santana take a big deep breath out and the muscles in her hand and arm went back to normal. Both girls looked at their hands, fingers entwined. Can she feel that too Santana thought as the electrical like current continued up her arm. But then it stopped Quinn had let her hand go and was getting up off the seat.
"I'm really sorry" she said fumbling for her purse in her bag
"I'm gonna be late for my meeting"
"Lunch is on me Quinn, please let me get this to say thank you for rescuing me there"
"Are you sure? It really wasn't a problem"
"Yeah all good"
"thanks so much San, look i…" Quinn suddenly looked awkward
"don't be late" Santana motioned to the door Quinn looked at her watch nodded smiling one more time before she left.
Santana stood up and went to the counter to pay, Ella looked over at the unfinished plates on the table
"Everything ok Santana?" she asked concerned.
"The food was Epic Ella thanks, just got a little put off it today"
"Ok love"
"but please tell me it was that sweet blonde you were sitting with and not the other blonde that put you off your food"
Ella winked and went to get Santana's bill. Santana's mind went back to Quinn, she was gorgeous and sweet and had the most amazing smile and the sexiest voice….. What's wrong with you Santana Lopez her inner voice yelled at her women play games and women hurt you don't forget that. She paid her bill and strolled back to the gym.