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The brunette cheerleader raced through the halls of William McKinley High School after receiving a slightly disturbing text from her blonde companion. Santana Lopez pushed open the doors to the choir room and scanned frantically for her friend, finally spotting her sitting alone at the top of the risers. Quickly moving to her side she took note of her friend’s sad demeanor and vowed to pulverize whoever is responsible for it.
“Hey B, what’s wrong?” She asked gently hoping to coax the girl into talking.
“Hey S, you got here really fast!” Brittany exclaimed, a bright smile creasing her formerly solemn face.
“Well, you said you needed me right away.” Santana explains. “What’s wrong, B? Who made you sad?”
“Oh, it’s not anyone S, it’s everyone.” The blonde resumed her sad demeanor as she continued to explain. “I’ve just been thinking a lot lately.”
Taking the blondes hand Santana asked softly. “Thinking about what or who?”
“About all the things I know… like I know that Quinn doesn’t know who she is anymore. I know she woke up one day believing in God and his rules about sex and then she woke up the next day and everything changed. I know her parents kicked her out and she’s scared and alone and slipping off the ladder – whatever that means, but she needs to be more careful because of the baby.”
“I know she didn’t mean to hurt Finn, but she did. I know Finn is hurt and he’s mad, and Finn is never mad. I know that Puck is only stepping up because of what his father did and not because he loves Quinn or wants to be a father.”
“I know that Rachel wants to help her because Rachel is nice even though nobody is nice to her. I know that Rachel is a really great singer but I think she is an even better actress because no one ever knows how sad she really is. I know that the bigger she smiles the sadder she is feeling.”
“I know that you aren’t the mean girl you pretend to be and I know that you don’t like to pretend. I know that you really love glee club and I know that you really love me. I know that I really love glee club and I really love you. And I know that people aren’t allowed to know about either of those things, but also I know that I don’t know why.
“Wow, B, I had no idea…” Santana said as she looked at the blonde with astonishment.
Brittany looked up at the brunette, a sad smile on her face, and simply said, “I know.”
Fin