IC; musical discussion and double date with Kurt, Blaine, and Emily

[burgercraving]

[there are drinks lined up over the bar, but they're all virgin, for the sake of remaining sober during this discussion. Santana is rested up on the end furthest away from Emily with her eyes on Kurt, as she's looking at him with an indication of "get on with it." even though they've only been set up for two minutes, she's already growing impatient. like most times of the day, it's not difficult to find themselves alone in the bar, either. so it goes]

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[burgercraving]

I'm leaving now.

[thegreateststar]

No, don't leave yet. You don't have to come with me later if you don't want to, but—here, sit down with me.

[convenient bench?]

[burgercraving]

... Fine. Make it quick.

[sits down with her arms crossed]

[thegreateststar]

[clearly weighing whether he wants to go through with this, but finally starting slowly and gently, his voice firm otherwise. there's nto a trace of blame in his voice, he's just laying it all out for Santana]

I don't know if that whole posse of popular jocks and cheerleaders ever realized I never had a friend before glee. No one wanted to speak to me. Even Mr. Ryerson disliked me.

[burgercraving]

We've been here before. I hated you.

[thegreateststar]

[bites his lip and closes his eyes for a second]

Let me finish.

Like I said, I had no friends until glee. And then I met Mercedes and Artie and Tina, but . . . there was still something missing. There was someone I desperately wanted to be friends with. And then it happened. Mr. Schue came up with the ballad assignment. You remember that. I was paired up with Finn.

That week, we exchanged phone numbers and hung out after school very day. He'd come to me needing all sorts of advice. Fashion, music, his love life . . . I'd never had that before.

And the week after that? It was like none of that ever happened, like we'd never shared . . . He just went back to Quinn.

I know it's not the same thing, but you should know you're not alone. When it comes to rejection, I have all the scars.

[burgercraving]

Your creepy crush on your future stepbrother is nothing like this. I've known her since I was five.

[thegreateststar]

Okay, if you really want to stop feeling like crap, you're going to have to realize that your feelings aren't the only ones that matter.

[burgercraving]

I'm the one who's here.

[thegreateststar]

My feelings.

So, that's the problem? That she's not in camp?

[burgercraving]

Maybe if you knew what it was like to have friends, you'd understand missing them.

[thegreateststar]

I never would've guessed growing up without friends would someday become an advantage in survival.

[more seriously] You can at least admit this is messing you up and keeping you from gaining a very good friend, can't you?

[burgercraving]

You don't have the story.

[thegreateststar]

Are you going to give it to me?

[burgercraving]

Mistletoe went wrong and Emily's a total prude.

[thegreateststar]

[was expecting the Brittany story, but] . . . Okay. I did get the impression you had a problem with that from the conversation in that hellhole, by which I mean the hellhole where you both live.

[burgercraving]

I'm safe there, and I get as much booze as I want, and since we failed at Nationals, I can do as much as I want.

... Regardless, that's the beginning and end of it.

[thegreateststar]

Well, the important thing is that you're safe. Blaine's new digs make me feel like royalty, but I still wish he were rooming with someone with the power to protect him.

But back to Emily, was that the first time you guys kissed?

[burgercraving]

We kissed after Pride.

[thegreateststar]

[sits back to take the bits and pieces of information in and try to make sense of it all, then gets this really bad feeling]

Look, Santana. We both know you pulled a remarkable move in order to win prom queen, so I need to ask this. Did you plan to get Emily to kiss you again by finding her under the mistletoe?

[burgercraving]

She would've kissed me regardless.

[thegreateststar]

And you think my crush was creepy.

[burgercraving]

Follow this, Hummel. She won't do anything unless strings are attached, and they can't be.

[thegreateststar]

[smiles at that because aww Emily] You really are closing the door on a great person.

[burgercraving]

Brittany's been here, and she's the only thing I want. I'll mess around with Emily, but that's as far as it can go. Will go.