April 27th 6:42 AM
"It's 6:42 AM, Dani's apartment in Midtown. And it's already a good day."
On more rare occasions, Santana was the first one to wake up in the morning. She managed to bear the city itself that was starting to wake up. Holding a camcorder in her hand, Santana tiptoed through the apartment shortly after waking up with the cheesiest smile on her face looking out a huge window to the bleak awaking view of dawn in New York City outside coming to life one small second at a time.
Scanning through Dani's photos on her shelves as she walked back towards the bedroom, Santana quietly let herself back into Dani's bedroom with her free hand where Dani herself was passed out from the night before. They were the best of friends ever since meeting each other in college. And back in college is when Santana fell in love with Dani. Last night, Santana was given the opportunity to prove to Dani just how much she did, and she didn't waste one moment of it.
Dani, on the other hand, always held back her lingering feelings for Santana as much as she could. Other that the fact that her family took more time than she had anticipated for them to accept her coming out to them, Dani never wanted to anchor so fast with anybody. Santana Lopez wasn't just anybody to her.
Santana was in the marketing business for schooling meanwhile Dani stuck around college to get an associate's degree. She really wanted to be a singer and was booking gigs here and there searching for a new life waiting for her on a single contract signing. Santana worked for a company named Jagged Ice, an international frozen drink company that she first became familiar with in her high school days, being on both ends of giving someone a slushee facial while receiving them back. She was promoted to take on higher marketing overseas and would be leaving, giving Dani the chance to tell Santana how she really felt about the two of them.
Friends that love each other don't just stay friends. The task was next to impossible for the both of them.
Santana smirked behind the camera finding Dani peacefully sleeping under the avalanche-like sheets and blankets on her bed, her bare back on display for Santana from the previous night's activities. It was a miracle that she was still asleep.
"Dani." Santana sang out with a whisper, laying on the bed next to her and zooming the camera in on her face. Dani awoke to the sound of Santana's soft voice, releasing a tiny moan stirring around. Her eyes barely opened to meet Santana's, and moaning again seeing the camcorder pointed at her. "Aw, she's shy."
"Ugh, Santana...what are you doing?"
"Nothing." Santana teased with an innocent voice.
"Sure, nothing." The blonde singer pulled the covers over her body more trying to attain comfort and a PG rating for the camera. "God, I can just see this ending up on the internet."
"Oh fine, cover up. See if I care. I'm interested in other things."
"Like what?"
There was a small pause while the two friends stole a long glance to each other. Their eyes formed in the shape of hearts to one another. Only Santana would really admit she was the one expressing her feelings surprisingly enough to most people.
"Like you." The words brought a blush upon Dani's cheeks along with a smile. Pushing the camera to the side for the moment, Santana leaned down to capture Dani's lips with hers for a soft good morning kiss. Neither knew what they were at this moment. Friends, more than friends, a one night stand. Once Santana took the job, it didn't matter. That's what she was silently afraid of.
"I'll make us breakfast?" Dani offered biting her lip.
"Nope, stay in bed. I'll grab something for us." Santana could sense slight hesitation between her and Dani and that was the last thing she wanted. "And I'll take this as well." She grabbed the camera and filmed a few seconds more of Dani and herself, then took off to the kitchen to fetch them a healthy breakfast with a bowl of fruit and orange juice for drinks.
With the camera still on her thanks to Santana's filming skills, Dani sat up against her bed wall and kept the sheets covering her body, still not really wearing anything underneath to both their pleasure. She flashed her smiles while eating an array of freshly washed strawberries, grapes, and raspberries. She was going to cut up pineapple had Dani not been so impatient and hungry for something on the spot.
"Ready?" Santana asked during their fruit feast and held a grape in her hand to toss to Dani. The singer smirked and nodded her head preparing to catch it. The grape was tossed perfectly by Santana only for it to hit Dani on the nose as she went to catch it, sparking up giggles from both women. "Almost had it! That was close."
"Alright, again!" Dani challenged her. "Do it really slow this time."
Santana tossed up another grape at a slower speed this time only for it to hit Dani's chin as it fell just short of her mouth. "Damn it. It's like I'm scared of it." She grabbed a strawberry instead to to eat from while Santana tossed a grape in the air for herself to catch perfectly in her mouth, and winking to Dani with confidence.
"It's all in the precision, Dani. And don't blame my throws either. I've had plenty of practice at the carnivals in Coney Island. Ring toss queen, right here." The many stuffed prizes proved her story back at her own apartment. "And cotton candy devour queen, and tilt-a-whirl survivor. Many amazing qualities about me."
"Really? Huh. I guess I haven't been there. It's been a long time since I went to a carnival." Dani's confession brought wide eyes upon Santana and brought the camera back up to her face. "What?"
"You totally can't 'what?' me right now. You have never been there? It's only like thirty minutes outside of here!"
"Shush, Santana. I've never been."
"I can't believe you've never been to Coney Island! How is that even possible?"
Dani shrugged her shoulders chuckling at how amped up Santana seemed over something small. "I don't know. It's just...I've never been. Don't know what to tell you."
"Oh, that's..." Santana faked a disappointed sigh to brighten the lightbulb in her mind and smile on her lips. "It's so much fun, D. I'm taking you. We're going."
"Oh my god, you're so excited about this." Dani popped a few grapes in her mouth and raised an eyebrow to an idea of her own. "Give me this."
"Yeah, I am. I can't wait to...hey, what are you doing?" Santana chuckled as Dani took the camcorder from Santana's hand and turned the lens around so it was pointing to Santana now, filming shots of her. "Oh, I see your game now. Just the neck up. That's what I'll consent to right now." She pulled the sheets up over her body to keep the camera from catching anything she didn't want anyone else but Dani to see.
"Pfft, no one is going to pay for that online, Santana."
"You've never been to Luscious Latinas dot com before, have you?" Santana teased and lowered the sheet down just at her cleavage to get back at Dani.
"Should I? Okay honestly though, Santana. What else?"
"What else what?"
"Other than eating cotton candy and riding tilt-a-whirls. What do you want to do today?" Dani slowly moved herself under the covers more towards Santana to zoom in on her rather than actually zooming from the camera. Their legs grazed each other underneath the sheets, making Dani blush again.
"If I answer that, we may have to turn the camera off."
"You have no complaints on this end about that." Dani chuckled and set the camera on the bed to get both of them in the shot. She handed Santana a glass of orange juice and held hers up to make a toast. "To Coney Island for the day?"
"Yes. To Coney Island." Their glasses tapped together and Santana quickly stole a kiss from Dani's lips before she could even take a sip of her juice. Santana really kept herself together after their kiss, nearly admitting to Dani that she loved her and hoped their trip to Coney Island could help her see that. They gazed into each other's eyes for a few more seconds longer, letting the camera catch one of those moments everyone wishes they could save. And this time they could.
Her hand reached over to find the button, and the camera screen went dark.