The air was cold and the night was only just lit up by the bright lights of the various clubs and bars along the street. Brittany sat in her hotel room, occasionally bringing her gaze outside the window towards the buzzing city.

Brittany had arrived in Chicago a few hours before and settled into her room comfortably. She wasn't sure what her next move was going to be but the girl knew she couldn't waste any more time.

The year seperating graduation to this day was draining and depressing, especially for Brittany. While most of the glee club kids wondered for a few days about where Santana could be, none of them were as hurt as Brittany. They continued on with their plans and Brittany gave hers up and wallowed at home for a year, trying to find answers.

The blonde found it difficult to sleep and hard to open up to anyone. That's when Quinn somehow convinced her friend to start talking and continuing with her life as normal as possible.

Brittany took out a telephone book and scanned through looking for Santana's number. She finally found the name, well 4 name's to be exact. All belonging to Santana Lopez. The girl was hesitant in picking up her phone, but she knew that she travelled all the way to Chicago for a reason. The blonde dialled in the numbers belonging to the first Santana Lopez in the book and swallowed hard before pressing the call button.

"Hello?" The voice answered. Brittany froze hearing her friends voice after a whole year. "Hello?" Santana repeated until Brittany hung up without replying. The blonde placed her phone beside her and ran her hands through her unwashed hair. Realizing that she hadn't showered since arriving in Chicago, Brittany grabbed her towel and headed for the bathroom.


Brittany fell fast asleep after her shower that night, before waking up the next morning to a knock on her door. The knock soon turned to frantic banging causing Brittany to hurry towards the door.

There stood Tina Cohen-Chang with a wide smile. She lunged towards Brittany, hugging the girl tightly before speaking. "Brittany! I heard you were in town." Tina skipped into the room and planted herself onto the blonde's bed.

"Tina? You live here? Wait how did you know I was here?" Brittany approached her old friend looking quizzicle but happy to see her again. "Well I called your home but no one answered, then I called Quinn and she told me you were here looking for Santana." Brittany nodded and hugged her friend once again.

"It's good to see you again Tina." Tina smiled into Brittany's shoulder before letting go. "You too Brittany."

Later that day Brittany had accepted Tina's idea to order in room service and catch up so that's exactly what the girls did. "So you've seen her around?" Brittany asked her friend while drinking a glass of wine.

"Yeah a few times," Tina took a bite of her chicken sandwhich before continuing. "We haven't spoken but I catch her glancing at me sometimes before looking away in a hurry."

They both continued eating their sandwhiches before opening a large bag of chips and munching on them for the rest of the night. Tina had mentioned the night of graduation she saw Santana rush outside the school with all of her belongings, but the girl only thought that Santana was putting them away before the ceremony started. She also mentioned that she had seen Quinn jolting from the boys bathroom looking distraught.

"Why was Quinn in the boys bathroom?" Brittany asked, sitting upright. "I have no idea, she just looked like she had done something either to herself or to someone." Tina replied, her voice breaking at the memory.

Things became suspicious as Santana didn't returned to school and Tina became worried when Santana didn't answer to Principle Figgins calling out her name.

"Why didn't you try and stop her?" Brittany asked trying not to get upset. Tina looked down to the floor feeling guilty then took a deep breath. "Well, I didn't suspect anything of it. If I knew she had been crying in your arms previously I would've stopped her but..." Tina trailed off noticing Brittany's bland expression as if she was thinking deeply about something else.

"She never told you why she was crying?" Brittany looked up at her friend and fell out of her daze. "No, she didn't. I need to find her, get answers, and just tell her things I never got too." Brittany bit her lip and looked down, trying to stop herself from revealing more than she should.

Hours passed and Tina had decided to return to her side of town, home. Brittany hugged her friend and said goodbye before shutting the door tightly. The night was exhausting and Brittany had a million things running through her mind. As her head hit the pillow she instantly fell into a deep sleep.

The blonde felt her phone buzzing and as she reached for it she noticed the time on her clock. It read 4:50am.

Brittany rubbed her eyes and pressed answer on her phone before tiredly pulling it up to her ear. "Hello?" "Brittany!" Quinn's voice peirced her friends ear as it was so early in the morning. "I'm sorry to call you at this time but I just wanted to see how you were doing."

Brittany sat up trying to open her eyes fully and part her chapped lips before speaking. "Hey Q, yeah I'm fine. I'm sorry for not calling when I arrived but I've just been tired." Brittany yawned and waited for her friend to reply. "That's okay, I'm glad you're alright. Have you found her yet?"

The conversation became quiet for a few seconds and Brittany took a deep breath. As she exhaled she felt like her past, her anger, her depression had all left her body and she felt calm. "No I haven't, but I called her." Quinn didn't reply, she just eagerly edged the phone deeper towards her ear waiting for her friend to continue.

"I heard her voice, but I couldn't talk." Brittany felt her voice break as she talked about her best friend. She could somehow feel Quinn presenting a sympathetic smile against her phone before speaking.

"That's okay Britt, I understand. But it'll get better. I promise." Brittany then smiled against the phone at her friends kind words and finally said goodbye before hanging up. The blonde noticed a half eaten twix and grabbed it. She pulled it towards her mouth, slowly chewing on the contents.

She lay in bed for the rest of the night, not being able to sleep with the thought of Santana being in the same town as her. Brittany rolled over after staring at the ceiling for a while, noticing a small piece of scrunched up paper next to her pillow.

She unravelled the mysterious note and then began reading what had been written inside. It had Santana's address and a love heart at the bottom followed by Tina's signature. Brittany smiled at the note, looking right towards the window at the sun which soon began rising infront of her eyes.