A/N: Hello, it's Mandee here, I'm 13 and this is my first fanfiction. I repeat: this is my first fanfiction. So I'm sorry for any grammar mistakes or it's not good. Because my first language isn't English, I'm Indonesian. So why don't you write an Indonesian language fanfiction? Well, because I prefer to read English stories. Kind of not familiar with my own language, hehehe. I guess I've said too much. So, enjoy! :D

It was summer. Well, everyone is excited for it. But not me. At least, I can't.

As usual, I went to the park. The park is nice, at least it isn't full of litters. Because seriously, what do you expect in Lima? Then I sat on the swing, alone. I didn't have many friends and my big sister was no help. I sat quietly, remembering what happened just now. I felt an ache in my heart and I began to cry. Then I heard some little steps, and I knew someone was sitting besides me, on the other swing.

"Hello," she said, sweetly.

I didn't answer.

"I'm Brittany, I just moved from Aussie. Why are you crying?"

I remained silent.

"Well, I guess you need to be alone, so I'll talk to you later. Goodby-"

"Don't," I said, grabbing her hand. And she stayed with me. She waited until I stopped crying. What a patient girl. As soon as I stopped crying, she started to talk.

"What's your name? I'm Brittany, I just move here."

"I-I'm Santana," I said, still didn't believe that there's someone who actually talked to me. I saw her closely, and she has this curly-loose blond hair, a blue sparkly eyes and some freckles in her nearly pale skin. It's nice.

"So, San-ta-na," she nodded. "Why were you crying? Does your mom not allow you to eat sweets?"

"Uh, no… My-my parents… they… they had a fight."

"Ow, it must be pretty bad for you. But why don't you stay at your house?"

"Well if I stay at my house, I probably will get hurt. And my big sister, she just doesn't like me." I shrugged.

"Oh my god, it isn't right! Are you hungry? You can stay at my house, eating my mom's best cookies ever, and watching Disney movies! And we can make bracelets also!" she was very enthusiastic, she smiled so hard, her eyes were so big and unnaturally became more blue. There were sparkles in her eyes like they were smiling also.

Well, okay. I liked, no, I loved Disney. And, oh my god. Cookies and bracelets! It would be a dream come true. Plus, I needed to get out of my house now.

"Okay, Britt, I'll come!"

"Yay! I knew you will say yes!" she grabbed my hand so hard and ran. She's too nice, I thought, with a slight of smile.

XXX

Not far, but not too close from the park, we stopped in front of a small house, with an incredibly large garden. A small, fluffy brown dog ran to the front gate and barking at us.

"Aloha, Coco! This is my new friend San-ta-na, so behave, 'kay?" Brittany said with a smile. "Let's come in."

I giggled because Brittany spelled my name with pauses, San-ta-na. It was so cute.

"Moooom? Where are you? I'm here with my new friend and I want cookies now!"

"I'm here honey," a sweet, soft sound called. "Have a friend already? It's very nice! What's your name, little shy girl?"

I took a look at her. She's basically the adult version of Brittany.

"I'm San-"

"Her name is San-ta-na mom! Isn't that funny?" Brittany interrupted.

"Hush, honey, it's not polite to interrupt people." Brittany giggled. "So, San-ta-na. You mean Santana? A sweet name. How old are you little girl?"

"I'll be six next week ma'am," I smiled and looked at Brittany. She was with Coco and she kissed him on the lips. Pure gross.

"Awe, Britt will be six in 3 months! I'm glad she has a same-aged friend!" she smiled so big (just like Brittany's) to me and turned at her daughter. "Stop smooching with your dog!" she hissed.

"His name's Coco!" Brittany yelled, though her mother ignored him.

"Okay, so both of you do whatever you like. I'll prepare the cookies. But San, honey, I don't mean to kick you out but your parents will be worried if you don't go back home before it's dark outside, you get what I mean?"

Parents.

Parents.

I don't think that my parents really care about me. Yes, they give me foods. Yes, they give me toys, books, and everything but I can't feel their love. It's a whole different thing with my sister. She makes fun of me, she hides some of my toys and she teases me. But, I dunno. She looks at me way different than my parents do. Damn, this thing really tears me away.

"Santana? Are you okay?"

"Oh, what? Ya-yeah ma'am, I'm fine. It's just… you're really nice to me."

"Just pretend that this is your house," she winked and went to the kitchen.

"Santana, please sit there." Brittany called me, and pointed to a pink Barbie cushion. I sat on it.

"Welcome to Brittany's house tour," she smiled to me. "My name is Brittany, the owner of this precious, small house. And now, we're going to start from the living room. Everybody please stand up," so I stood up and followed her. There was no reason for me to stay shy, wasn't it? So I smiled to her and just followed the flow here.

"This, is the living room. All of us usually watch television or movies here, of course with popcorns and cookies." I heard her whisper 'I love popcorns and cookies' and I giggled.

"Next is my room. I sleep here with Charity, Lord Tubbington and the others." Her room was all combination of orange and white. And there was an unicorn doll on her bed. Incredibly sweet.

"Uh, Britt?" I called.

"Please, call me Ms. Brittany. Can I help you?"

"Who are Charity, Lord Tubblertan and 'the others' ?"

"First, it's Lord Tubbington. They're my cats."

"How many of them?"

"Five."

Oh my god. I don't hate cats, but I couldn't imagine to sleep in one room with FIVE cats.

"Let's continue. This is the bathroom, and I'm the one who attach those Toy Story glow-in-the-dark stickers. Aren't they nice?"

I nodded.

"Everybody, please cover your nose and breathe with your mouth. Because I'm gonna show you…"she paused for effect and continued, "Coco's bathroom! Eeew!"

"What's that brown sticky thing? Is that chocolate? Can I eat it?" I asked playfully.

"It IS chocolate! Let's take it and sell it for 2 bucks!" she laughed happily. "Gross!" she hissed.

Then, she walked to another places in the house. I wasn't really listening. Please, don't judge me bad. It's because I was so happy that I have a very funny and nice friend. Maybe I'm the one in a thousand.

"So, that's the end of the tour, and thank you for your attention. Now, I'm Brittany again!" she exclaimed and gave me a huge smile. I smiled back. "What do you prefer first, San? Watching Disney or making bracelets?"

"Bracelets!"

"'Kay, let's go to my room!"

XXX

"I have an idea," I said. "How if I do one bracelet for you? And you can do one for me."

"Cool! And I will do it for you!"

When we were trying to make the bracelet, there was a comfortable silence.

"San?"

"Uh-huh?" I was too enjoying this moment.

"Can you tell about yourself? I want to know more about you," she asked shyly.

"Okay," I said with a slight of smile, and dropped my work on the mat. "Uh, well I live right besides the park, and my family consists of my mom, dad, and my sister. Her name is Karen, she'll be 11 in two weeks…"

"And why did your parents have a fight? Had it happened before?"

"No, I don't even know!" I was burst out into tears. "And yeah, my parents fought a lot, my sister told me that. Sometimes they yell at each other, saying some inappropriate words and one day I saw my dad slapped my mom… she was so pissed and upset and all those feelings-"

"Britt, honey? What happened? What happened to Santana? Why is she crying?" it's her mom. Her hands were full of homemade cookies.

"Mommy, come here. I guess Santana needs your help." Brittany said.

I couldn't handle it. I was crying and shaking so bad. I hate that maybe other people will think that I'm weak. And then Brittany's mom sat on the mat. "Can you tell me what happened, San?"

"Uh, ma'am, my… my parents had a fight."

She frowned. "Why? Do they fight often?"

"Y-yes, but I don't know exactly why. My sister doesn't tell me the truth."

"It must be bad. Do you feel safe at your house? By the way, where's your house?"

"My house is right besides the park, and no, I don't feel safe. I'm scared, ma'am, I-"

"I know, I know…" she patted me on the back. All of a sudden I felt safe. It's comfortable. "I understand your position, so if you need our help you can call us right away," she smiled softly and gave me a small piece of paper with their telephone number written on it. "So sorry my dear, but I guess you have to go home now," I heard Brittany pouted. "The sky's getting darker." Ms. Pierce hugged me slowly. Then Brittany came to me and her face said 'I need a hug'. So I hugged her tightly.

"We'll continue making the bracelets tomorrow, okay?" she whispered.

"Yeah, and thank you for everything."

I felt a single tear rolled down on my cheek.

XXX

A/N: How was it? The next chapter will be split into two parts, I dunno why but I guess I have to do it. Don't forget to review! :D