You hear stories about people that have been best friends since they were babies; well that pretty much what Brittney and Santana were. Best friends from the time their mothers' shared a hospital room the day each of them were born (they were born within days of each other because Santana being Santana refused to make her grand entrance without some theatrics like making her mother sit through 2 days of labor). They went through school together and even when they were small it was clear that Santana was going to be Brittney's protector, whether she liked it or not. When they were six some kid called Brittney stupid which earned him a black eye and Santana two days suspension, but it was worth it, she would do anything to protect Brittney. When they were 13 some jerk broke up with Brittney in front of half the class and that, well, let's just say that the school choir got a new soprano that afternoon. Santana got a week suspension and a black eye herself from that one and Brittney questioned her about it.

"San, why did you do that, he could of hurt you?"

"Britt, listen to me, first off he wasn't going to hurt me that bad, second he hurt you and that is not ok. Second, you're my family and no one fucks with my family and walks away unscathed ok. I will always protect you, no matter what, you my girl and I got your back." And that was it, they were more than best friends, they were family. It wasn't until a few years later that their being best friends became them being girlfriends, but that was something they kept between the two of them

Ever since freshmen year Brittney and Santana had at least one class together. Not that they ever got anything done in those classes as they were too focused on each other. This year was no different; aside from Glee and Cheerios the two shared a Spanish Class and Geometry. When you added it all up the two spent the better part of the day together which was why Santana couldn't figure out why Brittney was late for Glee. Rachel was rambling on about something annoying, but all Santana could do was stare at her phone and wait for the nagging feeling that Brittney needed her help to go away. Just as she was about to call Brittney again the room fell silent and when Santana looked up she saw Ms. Pillsbury standing in the doorway.

Santana's heart dropped into her stomach when she heard Emma ask her to come with her. She knew something was up with Brittney and she flew into protective mode.

"What happened? Where is she? Is she alright? Is she hurt?"

Before Emma could respond Brittney stepped into the doorway; her eye makeup running down her face, her hair resting on her shoulders and the remnants of a purple slushy clinging to her clothes. Santana was frozen, she literally could not move. She was only snapped back into reality when Rachel handed her a towel from her gym bag. Santana took the towel with a sad smile and walked over to Brittney. She draped the towel around the blonds' now shaking shoulders and as she did Brittney lost all composure and she collapsed into Santana's chest, her body continuing to shake from crying and from the frozen drink that was now all over the place. Santana pulled her closer and rubbed her back and simply waited for the sobbing to subside. When she seemed to have calmed down Santana pulled away a little and took Brittney's face in her hands, "What happened B? Who did this to you?"

In between tears she answered, "football players."

"Did they say why B?"

"Something about fixing me, I don't know what they are talking about San."

"I don't know Brittney, but I'm going to find out and I'm going to make it better, ok. Right now I want you to go to the locker room with Quinn and get cleaned up ok." The blonde nodded and walked into the hallway and as Quinn got up to leave Santana grabbed her arm and pulled her aside, "keep her with you and watch out for her. Call me if you need me. There is an extra pair of clothes in my locker that she can change into." Quinn nodded and followed Brittney to the locker rooms.

As soon as Brittney was out of earshot Santana turned around, her face red with anger, "ok my merry band of misfits, what the hell is going on, come on you all live on gossip let's hear it. Berry? Tell me you know something."

"Sorry."

Finn got a weird look on his face and he slowly raised his hand.

"This is not show and tell Finn, do you have something to say that will help us or what?"

"I didn't think they would actually do anything, I thought it was a joke or something."

"Do I look like I'm laughing Fin, what are you talking about?" Finn dug into his backpack and handed Santana a crumbled piece paper that clearly and email. As she scanned the paper her face became red again.

"Finn, you fucking moron, what part of your pee brain said it was a good idea to not tell someone about this. Two people on this list are in this room, you could have warned them."

"I didn't think they were serious."

Mr. Shue stepped in before Santana could start yelling again, "Santana what is on that paper?" As she was about to answer him her phone went off and she quickly read the message and threw the paper into Mr. Shue's hands. Before she ran out of the room she turned to Puck and Mercedes, then pointed to Kurt, "you two are in charge of keeping him safe, got it." Both of them nodded quickly and with that Santana ran out of the room followed by Ms. Pillsbury.

Rachel turned back toward back to Mr. Shue, "what's on the paper Mr. Shue?"

"It's a list of people to harass and bully because of their sexuality. Kurt and Brittney's names are on it." The room was dead silent as no one really knew what to say.

Santana ran into the locker room and found Quinn standing near the showers, "what happened?"

"She will not stop crying and she is just sitting in the corner of the shower with her clothes still on." Ms. Pillsbury stepped forward, but Santana stopped her, "I've got this one Ms. P." And with that she pulled back the curtain of the shower and saw poor Brittney sitting in the corner of the stall. With her clothes still on Santana stepped into the path of the water, not really caring that she was getting wet. She pulled Brittney to her feet and took off her uniform top and skirt, followed by her underwear. Instead of this looking like a sexual encounter it looked more like a parent caring for a hurting child. After Brittney had actually washed the slushy off her she leaned on Santana's shoulder and started to cry again. They stood there for a few moments before Santana spoke up, "listen Brit, I'm going to get a towel and some clothes and then we're going to go home ok."

"Ok." With that Santana grabbed a towel that Quinn was holding out for her and handed it to Brittney. Santana climbed out of the shower and gave Brittney some privacy to dry off and change into her tank top and sweats. She walked over to Quinn and Ms. Pillsbury, "when she is ready, bring to the choir room and I'll take her home ok."

Ms. Pillsbury tried to stop Santana, "Santana your soaking wet."

"I don't care; I care about getting her home and making her feel safe again. I'll worry about me later." And with that she walked out of the locker room leaving two very confused and genuinely touched women in her wake. She eventually made her way back into the choir room and everyone stared at the dripping wet cheerleader.

"Stop staring at me like I'm the new zoo baby, I'll dry eventually, what do have on the email." Rachel handed it back to Santana, "sent from an anonymous server, probably a coffee shop or library, virtually untraceable."

Santana shot a look that could kill at Finn, "well, genius you have any idea who sent it?"

"No idea, no one mentioned anything about it at practice and this morning it was in my inbox and I printed it out to show Rachel, but I forgot about it until now." Santana rolled her eyes, "well congratulations boy wonder thanks to your inaction Brittney is completely broken and more of your friends are at risk." Finn was going to say something in his own defense, but he realized that a good deal of this was on him, "I'm sorry."

"I sorry I snapped at you, it's not all your fault, just most of it." Everyone was shocked, Santana never apologized to anyone for anything, but when Brittney was involved all bets were off. Finn got up and took his hoodie off and offered it to Santana and she took it and wrapped it around her body. She started to shake slightly from being wet, but she refused to complain. While she stared at the paper trying to find some magical answer as to what to do she felt someone tap her on the shoulder, it was Rachel.

"I know you don't really want my help, but I have an extra pair of shorts in my bag, they aren't much, but they are dry and that's better than nothing." Santana looked up at the diva, "you're alright Berry, thanks." She grabbed the shorts and quickly went to change in the bathroom. She returned with her wet hair falling around her shoulders and still was dressed in Finn's hoodie and was now wearing Rachel's shorts. Santana sat in silence waiting for Brittney to walk in; everyone sat silently until Puck really couldn't take it anymore. He got up and went to the front of the class, "look I get that we're all in shock and all that, but we can't just roll over and take this. Look I know I'm not the most stand up guy and that I give people a lot of shit, but as weird as this group is, we're family and you don't fuck with family. So I say we make a decision right now, we protect our family and anyone else on that list that we can, because even though we give each other shit all the time, there is a line and these guys just crossed it. So I for one am not going to let anymore of my friends get hurt. I offer my full support and protection to Kurt and Brittney, now who is with me."

"No one should be treated like this for any reason, I'm in." Tina stood up next to Puck and soon everyone else was standing and voicing their support. Santana was in slight shock at the rallying of her friends. Puck went over to her and knelt in front of her chair, "hey, no one is gonna hurt your girl again ok, I'll kill 'em first ok. You're not alone in keeping her safe, we're gonna tackle this together and kick some serious ass." Santana smiled and gave him a kiss on the forehead, "softie." They all got down to business, talking about going to the principal in the morning and how they were going to stick together and safety in numbers and what not. As they were planning this Quinn finally came back into the room and Santana walked over to her. "She ready to go home?"

"She is still pretty shaken up, but she's better and I think she's tired, but she's ready to go home. She and Ms. P are grabbing stuff from her locker." Just then both women appeared in the room and without saying a word Santana grabbed both of their bags and walked over to Brittney, "ready to go home babe?" Brittney nodded. "You want me to carry you out to the car." Brittney smiled, she always loved it when Santana did that, but she almost never did it in front of other people because it pretty much gave away that they were a couple. Santana handed both bags to Finn and scooped Brittney up into her arms and effortlessly carried her out of the classroom. Both Fin and Puck walked them out to the car and made sure they got settled ok, before going back into the choir room. As they finished their plans for the coming days Rachel grew oddly quiet and Finn finally said something, "Rach, what's up you haven't said anything in like 15 min?"

"I think I have an idea. I'm going to need about 50 rain ponchos, roughly 20 pairs of sunglasses, towels, extra clothes for everyone and a little willingness to get your hands a little dirty." No one knew what Rachel had up her sleeves, but they liked what they heard and everyone was totally in.