Paradise: A Brittana Fanfic

Beer Pong

"Rachel guys said that they were gonna be at her house. We can just walk down when we get home." They interlocked fingers as they walked to the truck. "You okay with us going dad? I know it's your first night back."

"It's fine baby girl. I'm pretty tired from the plane ride anyway. You guys can go and have fun. As long as your safe."

The car ride home was a quiet one. Santana fell asleep in Brittany's lap which left her alone with her thoughts. The Army was never one of her main future plans but the more she thought about it, the better the idea sounded. She pulled out her phone and texted Quinn. Within seconds, she got a reply.

We've talked about this Britt. And you know I'd be behind you 100% no matter what you choose to do.

Of course that wasn't the answer she was looking for. Quinn was always that supportive type of best friend. Never the type to tell her exactly what to do. She spent the rest of the car ride home keeping the conversation going with Quinn. When they reached Honoka'a, Brittany gently shook Santana to wake her up.

"We're home already?" Santana sat up straight and stretched.

"Yeah. You ready to go down? I texted Rach. She said they're only on the second game of beer pong."

"Oh yes. Finally. I'm so down to play. You've played before right?" The blank look on Brittany's face made it plainly clear. "You've never played! You'll be my partner. Let's go babe I'm excited now."

They told Santana's parents bye before they walked down the street to Rachel's. Her house was the last one the street. It was big, and beautifully decorated on the inside. Everyone was outside in the garage, talking stories as a game of beer pong was being played.

"Hey San! Hey Britt!" Everyone turned and said hi as they walked down the hill into the garage.

"Who's got the next game? I call it with Britt. She's never played."

"Oh shiiit! Just play now so we can show her how."

Kalei fixed the cups as Wehi handed Britt and San a beer.

"Okay so the basics. All you have to do is take this ping pong ball, and throw it into the cups across the table." Kalei tossed a ball and it landed in the middle cup. "When you make it in, they have to take the cup out and put it on the side. The first team that gets all their cups out wins."

"Alright, that's simple enough." Brittany took a ping pong ball in her hand and threw it across the table but completely missed every single cup. "Or not..."

"It takes practice babe. It's alright."

"There's also the house rules. And since we're at Rachel's house, that list comes from her." Wehi handed the two ping pong balls to Rachel.

"There's only a couple. When you throw, your elbow can't pass the end of the table. No calling ghost cup or island, which you won't have to worry about till it comes up. Then San can explain it to you. And if you don't make in a cup and your team loses you have to sit under the table." Rachel threw a ball but it hit the rim of the cup and bounced back on the table.

"Sit under the table?"

"It's called trolling. So the troll, sits under the bridge." Wehi threw the other ball and missed as well.

"Oh you know all about that don't you, Wehi." She shot Santana a look and everyone started laughing. "Wehi ALWAYS trolls. It's a rare game when she doesn't. You ready to give it a try babe? We're playing against Nalani and Jen."

"I'm ready if you are."

Brittany's FaceTime started ringing and she saw it was Quinn so she answered.

"Hey Britt!" Rachel came running over and looked into the screen. "Oh hey babe! What are you guys doing?"

"About to play beer pong. It's my first game ever." Brittany hit her phone with her beer bottle as if she was cheering with Quinn. "We're so gonna win."

"Don't get to competitive now, it's just a game remember that."

"Since it's Brittany's first game, she has to play with this." Kama handed Brittany a bottle of Jameson. It was about half full, which wasn't too bad.

"Britt. Be careful with that shit." Quinn got closer to the phone. "Please."

"I will. I promise. Here babe, talk to her while I take my turn."

"Hey Quinny!" Santana waved. "How have you been?"

"I've been alright, just tired from softball practice. How have you guys been? Heard you got a couple days off before post season starts." Quinn reached over to her night stand and turned on the lamp.

"Yeah it's been real nice actually. My dad just came home tonight, we went out to dinner with him."

"That's cool! I bet you miss your dad a lot when he's away." Brittany was getting a little worked up, because her and Santana were behind by four cups and Jen was on fire. "She's gonna get all salty if you guys don't start winning."

"Oh I know." She looked up and saw Brittany trying to aim but the liquor was definitely getting to her already. "She's drinking whenever Jen makes it in, so she's already 4 swigs deep in Jameson. And yes she'll be fine Q."

"Thanks San. Oh hey, how's Rachel's shoulder? We got into a argument about it earlier because she refused to take it easy. I was just trying to look out for her."

"I know. And she's looking alright, she's sitting down on one of the beach chairs. She'll be alright. Don't worry so much, it's gonna kill you one of these days."

"Oh it will. But I rather go out worrying about the ones I love the most. But it's getting late here. You better get back to playing beer pong before Britt absolutely loses it. Have a good night. Bye."

"Bye Quinny."

Santana slipped Brittany's phone into her pocket and went back to playing. They had seven cups left while their opponents had two and Brittany was definitely all into it.

"Here babe, let me try." She took a ping pong ball from Brittany's hand and went to take a shot. "Can we have a flower please?"

Jen rearranged the cups to look like a flower. Santana took her shot and made it in.

"Oh shit. Here comes the come back!" Brittany took another sip from her bottle. "I know I'm only supposed to drink for Jen babe but that was a hella nice shot."

By the end of the game, Brittany and Santana had lost by one. And by then the Jameson bottle was about half of what it was before.

The rest of the night was filled with good vibes.

"Did anyone see my phone?" It was already 12:30 and Santana wanted to text her dad to let him know that they were okay. "Anyone?"

"Try call um. Here you like my phone?" Rachel was getting up but before she did Santana stopped her.

"Nah all good I get Britt's phone. Just everyone shut up so I can hear it." She scrolled through contacts and automatically clicked on Babygirl. "Anyone hear um?"

The phone kept ringing and ringing when suddenly, "Hello?"

"Uh, hello? Who's this?"

"Melissa. Isn't this Brittany's phone?" Santana's heart dropped. "Hello?"

She hung up the phone and slid it back in her pocket. The combo of having drank and pain like that was never a good mixture for Santana, and before anyone could stop her she was up the road.