Memories Made - #004 Fucking priceless
Fic: Memories Made - #004 Fucking Priceless
Rating: K+
Fandom: Glee
Pairing: Rachel/Santana
Summary: He has been in love with her for a long time, but just when he comes back everything has changed. Other character's point of view.
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Author Notes: Short fic, unbeta'ed.
#004 Fucking Priceless
Three years. It has been three years and despite the distance, the time and the fact that he hardly ever had the chance, the courage to talk to her; she was always on his mind.
Going back to Lima for vacation was nothing short of a miracle, and he knew it was a sign. Somehow he had been presented with the chance of finally doing something about his feelings for the girl.
Mike's face as soon as he saw him at the airport was full of happiness and the 'bro hug' was like going back to those times when they would hug after winning some game. They never stopped talking and it was because of his bro that he knew everything that had happened through the last three years. All about the Quinn/Finn/Rachel debacle, Santana taking Finn's V card, Puck and Quinn's kid being adopted by Rachel's biological mother, Kurt's bullying and his new boyfriend; the new big mouthed guy that was part of the Glee club, left and then came back, the same dude going out with Mercedes and their entanglement with Shane, who, by the way, wasn't that good at football; the surprising relationship between Puck and Zizes (What the Fuck?), and obviously the whole Santana/Brittany/Artie triangle. He was still surprised that Figgins hadn't done anything about the apparently source of STDs that the Glee Club has turned out to be.
Finding out that Santana was in love with Brittany wasn't unexpected, after all he had been Santana's first boyfriend. They were 14 and even he realized that Santana paid more attention to her blonde friend than him. Even tough Santana had been his first and he had been her first, both had come to the conclusion that losing your virginity was overrated. Santana had felt empty and he had enjoyed it, but not enough to not feel guilty after seeing her expression afterwards. That was what ended up being the foundation of their friendship. They never tried to be together again, but they respected and liked each other enough to be friends. They got to be the most popular kids around until Hudson had suddenly realized that he wasn't that bad at football and he had an ego boost after suddenly becoming Fabray's favorite accessory.
Puck throwing a party was almost a weekly event, but a party just for the glee club and in his honour was a whole new thing. Matt left Mike's car smiling, it was about time to see all the guys. He had a little paper flower in his pocket for her. He was that kind of guy. He smiled when Puck opened the door with a beer on his hand, he hugged back Tina, Brittany and Mercedes while talking about glee club, he was introduced to the new guys by Finn and talked about life in Seattle with Quinn. He was getting kind of nervous, and even Mike realized that something was wrong. When Mike was asking what was going on, the doorbell rang.
And there she was... Rachel Berry.
She entered the house with her big smile, saying hello to 'Noah' while giving him what appeared to be her homemade sugar cookies. She suddenly saw him and approached him with a huge smile and he couldn't help but smiling back. He was about to ask how she was doing when Santana entered the door with some bottles in a paper bag, she gave them to Puck. Rachel hugged him welcoming him back and he couldn't help trying to make it last a little longer, he moved her a little, making her laugh, and then he raised his eyes and saw something in Santana's eyes. He couldn't decipher it until after he stopped hugging Rachel. He gave her the small paper flower, which made her blush. He smiled and was about to start small talk when Santana slid her arm around Rachel's waist and kissed her soundly. The rest of the glee club was suddenly in silence and he could even hear some gasps.
And he understood...
He didn't need to be with Rachel, but he needed to see her happy. And her laugh after Santana finished their kiss, and the way she looked at her, and finally the way she softly caressed Santana's cheek while Santana smiled back with shining eyes was proof enough for him.
Also... Finn's face was fucking priceless.