AUTHORS NOTE: I did it! I found someone as bored as me to edit and proofread my story! So give it up for Hannah (Ms Fantastic, the Duchess of Awesome, and Lady of Amazingness.)

Anyways... No lady kisses in this chapter. So sorry :/ I'm just a big meanie and am going to make you wait a little bit longer.

And this chapter's kinda short compared to the last one... But I started the third one right after and it'll make up for this one! Pinky promise!

Anywhoooo... Oh! Right! Disclaimer's note!

Disclaimer: I own Glee and all the pretty little characters contained within. Lol, jk. :)

Enjoyyyyy... and please review!

"And THAT'S where she saved me!"

A couple of days had passed since Brittany had been rescued by the hooded hero, but she could not shake the incident from her mind, so she had returned to the hiking trail during the day, with a tired Quinn in tow. Brittany had retraced her steps, starting at the place where Joel, or "Bull" as his friends referred to him, kissed her. She couldn't help but roll her tongue over the scab that had formed there. Now she stood pointing at a large tree stump, icy blue eyes in a daze as she got lost in her thoughts.

Quinn shook her head and sat on the stump, rolling her eyes. She felt bad about what had happened with the boy, having set them up on the date under the pretense that he was kind-hearted and caring, but she knew her best friend's imagination had a way of running wild.

She chuckled as she dusted herself off and crossed her ankles, hands holding each other on her lap. Quinn looked back at the thoughtful girl, coughing to get her attention, and asked, "Britt? How do you even know it was a girl?" Brittany shook herself from her daze to listen to her friend, her hand falling to her side. Quinn continued, "You said the person was hidden underneath a large hoodie… And didn't talk. So, how do you know?"

After a few seconds, a small smile formed on the taller girls lips. She strode over to Quinn in three large steps and sat down. "You don't need to be able to see or hear someone to know it's a girl, Quinn," she stated as if that was the most obvious thing in the world, and that Quinn was silly for not knowing that. Before Quinn could come up with a retort, Brittany added, "Boys smell bad. But she," Brittany put the emphasis on the word 'she', "smelt kind of amazing. Like something I smelt in a dream once."

Quinn chuckled at the other blonde's endearing answer, remembering why she was friends with her in the first place. The girl was a big kid at heart.

A few moments passed and Britt tensed, her head turning to look behind them towards a large oak tree. "Did you hear that?" She asked. Quinn didn't speak, just shaking her head 'no.' Quinn was pretty sure it was just a deer or rabbit or something, but Brittany wasn't so sure. The leaves behind them were rustling, but as if something heavy was trying to tiptoe onto them. She stood from the tree stump, and very slowly moved toward the culprit. Quinn could only watch her best friend's silly antics, suppressing a small laugh.

Brittany was about ten feet away from where Quinn sat, and snuck to a tree, with her back pressed against it and her head turned towards the sound. She inched her way around, then… "AHA!" She jumped around the tree with her hands in attack position, but nothing was there. Her hands dropped to her side and her lower lip slowly started to pout. "It's not her." She choked out in disappointment.

Quinn shook her head once more and lept off the stump, then walked up to Britt and put her hand on the poor girl's shoulder. "Maybe next time." Quinn gave a half-smile. This was the reason they had come, after all. Brittany wanted to see the girl again, and Quinn wanted to see for herself whether she was real or not.

"Let's go home. We can try again later." Quinn rubbed the girls back in small circles, then turned around toward the trail. Brittany didn't move, eyes scanning the ground where she was POSITIVE the woman was just standing. Her resolve faded fast, but as she turned to follow Quinn, something small and shiny caught her eye. Her eyes widened as she reached for the object which had been laying on top of the small pile of leaves, as if it had just been dropped mere moments ago. She held it in the palm of her hand, examining it, as Quinn came back to see what the holdup was. Quinn couldn't help but let out a small grin when she realized what the girl had just found.

Brittany had seen compasses before, but this one was different. It only marked "North" and the backing was a light green which, if it had been darker, Brittany knew would have glowed. She gave a toothy grin as she turned it over, seeing a small engraving on the back:

"To S. Lopez,

My Little Shadow.

Love, Papi."

As the two girls finally reached the parking lot, a dark figure watched them from the treetops, her smirk hidden underneath her ebony hood.