It was their senior year at McKinley High, their time to do whatever they wanted to, and time to live everything up to the fullest and enjoy their final year together. Santana and Brittany had always dreamt of what it was going to be like when they were finally the leaders of the school. Truth is they kind of always were with being leaders on the Cheerios, and even being in Glee proved to be something to smile at eventually.

It was around the middle of the year now and only a couple of days before the official start of spring break. This year, however, Mr. Schu had signed the Glee club up for a little tournament in Florida. On one side was exciting, seeing as the group was going away for spring break, but on the other side they weren't technically on vacation. But they all enjoyed being in Glee so it was really a win win regardless of whether they got to go out and get drunk like the rest of their class was bound to do during their break.

A buzzing goes off in Santana's hand and she immediately flips open her cell phone to read the text. A sly smile dancing on her lips as Brittany, sitting across from her, waits in anticipation to hear what the text says. The brunette snaps her phone shut and flips her head up towards the blonde who's staring at her.

"Party tonight." Her grin causes the other girl to do the same.

They get up from their respective seats when the bell rings to end the last school day before vacation and they lock pinkies heading towards their lockers.

"What kind of party is it?" Brittany wonders aloud and the brunette shoots her a strange glance that goes unnoticed. "Am I invited San? Because I didn't get a text." She turns to her friend who sends her a warm smile nodding her head.

"Of course Britt. You probably did get a text, did you forget to turn your phone on again?" She asks her reaching into the Brittany's pocket of her jacket retrieving the device. "See there you go, turned on and a text in your inbox." The blonde smiles and reads it mouthing the words to herself.

"Are we going?" Her blue eyes looking over to Santana who is putting her books into her locker.

"Of course we are going. It's at Pucks house." Santana explains to her vaguely figuring the less she says the more Brittany will understand.

The blonde does understand. For the past four years of high school whenever there was a party, especially at a jock's house, the two were there. Santana used to tell her that it was their social obligation to be there because it's what 'cool' and 'popular' kids did. They went to party's even if they didn't like the people there and got drunk even if they didn't want to drink.

Deep down, Brittany didn't want to go to the party because it was always the same thing. They get there, fashionably late of course, because 'only losers like Rachel Berry get to house parties early to like prepare a cheese tray or something equally lame', which Britt wouldn't mind because she likes cheese. But by the time they got there all of the guys were drunk and horny and wanted to touch the girls constantly and she didn't want them to touch her. True, she had been known to sleep with anyone and everyone for the sake of being able to say that she did. It was as though it was a hobby for her, because face it, this is Lima, Ohio and there isn't much to do.

So over the years she and Santana would play games over who could get the most guys in one month, then a week and then a day. At first it was fun because they always would compare guys and laugh about it, and none of it ever really meant anything. They never stayed the night with a guy into the morning, and they never went for seconds.

The only people that either of them went for seconds with were each other, which confused Brittany because she couldn't understand why they were the exception to the rules. According to Santana it was because they got each other and guys didn't understand girls in general, let alone the two of them. Brittany always knew when Santana was in a bad mood, sad or needed to be alone, and Santana could read Brittany like a book. To which Brittany wondered if there was actually a book out there about her.

When they first kissed it was for practice because neither one had ever kissed anyone before and after watching a movie they were curious. Santana's parents had caught them and her mother explained to her that girls don't do that with their friends. The brunette just figured her mom was overreacting and didn't give a second thought to kissing Brittany again. She liked the way she felt when she kissed Brittany, but more so how she felt when Brittany kissed her. And she assumed the same went for the blonde because she never put up a fight.

As Santana got older she realized that her mother's reaction to that moment always made her weary of ever letting anyone else know about her little trysts with her best friend. If doing that wasn't normal, then that meant that Santana wasn't normal, so it was to be kept a secret forever. The two were never kissing or anything like that in front of people, unless it was in front of guys because it was 'hot' for them to watch. Santana liked attention, just not bad attention. All she wants to be is a normal teenager and dating your best friend who happens to be a girl is not under the 'normal' column.

Brittany on the other hand didn't care about being normal, just as long as she was happy. She knew that people made fun of her for some things that she says and how she thinks about things. But it didn't matter to her because she was happy saying the things she does, being who she is and most importantly she's happy kissing her best friend even if it isn't normal like Santana had tried to explain to her once. That was when Santana came up with the whole 'sex isn't dating', this way Brittany would understand that their relationship couldn't go anywhere past friends with benefits.

It isn't that Santana doesn't care about Brittany, because she does, but she knows if anything happens in the end her best friend will get hurt, or she'll get hurt, or both. And she doesn't want that to happen. So in the meantime this is the situation that they set up. Best friends out in public who are rather affectionate, it's easy to ward off accusations with a simple 'we're best friends', especially being girls, and in private they couldn't get enough of each other. It was a win win for Santana who got the best of both worlds, popularity and sex and never being asked questions. For Brittany it was a lose win, be popular for 4 years not being able to kiss her best friend in public, but then in private get to be with the one person who has ever truly understood her. It was something that was going to have to just be, because there was nothing that she could do about it. She'd rather have Santana in her life as her secret lover behind closed doors than not having her at all.