Alright so the thing is I am not going to be able to update for a while. So as a thank you for reading and a sorry for making you wait in the future here is a long chapter :) let me know what you think. And thank you for the Reviews on the last chapter. Keep them coming. They keep me motivated :D

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Ten years later.

"Valeria wake up. I am about to leave to get Brittany for practice, and you still have to get ready for school." Santana was at the vanity in between their twin beds, putting her hair up in a pony tail nice and neat. She had her cheerios uniform on and grabbed her backpack. Valeria on the other hand was still fast asleep. Santana let out an annoyed breath before kicking the edge of Valeria's bed.

"Get your lazy ass the fuck up, I am leaving and am not going to wait for you!" She yelled while kicking the bed again. Valeria yawned and stretched her body out. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at her sister.

"Can't you ever let me finish one good dream without interrupting?" She turned around and closed her eyes again.

"Fine. Fuck it, I am already running late. Find your own ride to school. I'm leaving." With that Santana stormed out of the room. A smile ran across Valeria's face. " Está bien . Now I can finish my dream." She tried to relax her body and drift off into slumber, but it was too late. Her body was already awake and her mind already going a hundred miles an hour.

"Fuck. Alright might as well get up." She sighed and stretched out once more before heading towards the shower.

'I really don't think I am up for school today. I don't have the energy to be around Brittany right now and pretend. Pretend like everything is okay. Like nothing is wrong. It's becoming too hard.' She thought to herself, letting the scorching hot water hit her back and make her body numb .After half an hour she figured she would be late to class if she didn't hurry, so she turned off the water and headed back towards her room. She never had been a morning person. In fact she hated mornings. One of the reasons she was failing three classes is because she would either sleep through them or just not go. And not going sounded like a good idea to her. She put on something cute for later and started to blow dry her hair. She figured she would just head in during lunch and catch her last five classes. She took a look in the mirror to examine her looks. She was wearing dark blue skinny jeans and a long tight fitted shirt with horizontal black and white stripes that show her natural curve and hugged her torso just right, while stopping just under her butt. She tilted her head to her right before nodding satisfied.

'I'll put on my make up later.'

She headed down stairs towards the kitchen for some food.

"Good morning mi piojo," Her mother cooed when she saw her daughter enter the room and sit at the counter. She walked over to her daughter coffee in hand and kissed Valeria on her forehead.

"Morning," Valeria mumbled not in the mood for conversations. She wanted her mother to leave already so she can relax. She looked up at her mother and instantly regretted her sour mood.

Maribel Lopez was an interior decorator. She was of average height for a woman with long wavy hair and dark brown eyes. Many people say that the twins got their eyes from their mother. She was middle aged and still very attractive. But she had slight bags under her eyes from years of worry and stress. Valeria felt somewhat guilty for not giving her mother a better answer. She knew how hard her mother worked every day to help provide for the family. She knew how much her mother fought to make sure her girls didn't have to worry over things like getting a job and cleaning. She knew how hard it was for her mother to be a single parent. She saw how at nights her mother would come home with a sore back and pain in her eyes but still give her children a warm smile so they wouldn't worry about her. So Valeria found some kind of energy to put on a smile to make up for her last response.

"How did you sleep last night Mami?" She asked with more love in her voice. Her mother smiled back, putting her coffee on the counter and standing behind her daughter.

"Wonderful as always Mija, because I got to dream about my two precious angels."

Maribel wrapped her arms around Valeria and gave her a kiss on top of her head.

"Mami, you act as if I am still a baby." Valeria felt warmth in her when her mother hugged her. She would never admit to it but it was one of her favorite things in the world. To be in her mother's arms always lifted her spirits.

"You are a baby. You're my baby. You and your sister. ¿Te lavaste los dientes?"

"Si mami." Valeria just rolled her eyes. Not because she was annoyed. More like just as a force of habit.

"¿Bañarse?"

"Si Mami."

"Do you have a ride?" Maribel was now gathering her things for work.

"Si Mami." Valeria answered dully.

"Do you have everything you need? Money for lunch? Do you need any for after school?"

Maribel grabbed her purse and began to search for her wallet.

"Ama, I am good. Really. Don't worry about it. Just go to work, have a good day, and stop worrying about me so much." Valeria smiled reassuringly towards her mother.

"Bueno pues, I'll be home around nine tonight okay. Let your sister know."

"I will I promise." Valeria got off the stool she was sitting on to see her mother off.

"Bye. Te quiero."

Maribel turned at the door to give her daughter one last hug good bye.

"A ti tambien," Valeria called out with a wave as her mother got into her car and backed out of the drive way. She closed the door with a sigh and headed towards the living room. Letting herself drop on the couch, she turned the TV on to Mtv. The only good thing to her about mornings is that some days Mtv actually plays music videos. She stretched out more allowing her mind to wonder off. After some time her stomach began to growl in protest.

"Gah. I don't wanna get up," She grumbled before giving up and finally turning off the TV and getting up to get some food. After some consideration she settled with a bowl of cereal. She sat at the table eating and drifted off again.

'I wonder what Brittany is doing right now. She is probably making out with Santana. Disgusting. I mean seriously how did Santana get Brittany anyway? She isn't that great. It can't be because she is prettier. We look the same. Well sort of I actually have style. I don't get it. We all grew up together. We all did the same things. We were always together as a group. So how the hell did Santana get closer to her than I did? How did she win her over? Is it me? Is there something wrong with me? I just wish Brittany would look at me the way she looks at Santana. Don't I deserve love to?' Valeria was brought back to reality by the sound of hard knocking. She looked at her phone to check the time. It was 9:45 a.m.

"Who the fuck is knocking?" She muttered to herself as she went to the door. She took a look through the peep hole to see a very annoyed looking brunette.

'Fuck. I am screwed,' Valeria thought as she tried to back away from the door without making any noise.

"Valeria Thalia Alaniz Lopez! Open this damn door now! I know you are in there so open up."

Valeria flinched and knew she had been caught. She sighed giving up and opened the door.

"What the hell is up with you?" The girl yelled.

Armina Marcello was not a sight for sore eyes. In fact the exact opposite. And she knew it too. She had been offered so many modeling jobs but she turned them all down. She didn't want to be known for just her looks. She was smart and wanted people to see her that way as well. She also didn't like to waste time. She was half a foot shorter than Valeria but what she lacked in height she made up for in shape. She had the perfect hour glass figure. And just because she was short did not mean she couldn't fight. She was very athletic and knew how to fight as well as any boy. She also knew how to pick her fights. She had long brown hair and brown eyes that could pierce through stone and changed color with her mood. At the moment they were dark; almost black and Valeria knew that wasn't good. She would have hid but it didn't help that Armina lived right across the street.

"Good morning Minny." Valeria smiled trying to lighten the mood.

"Don't try to sweet talk me. Why aren't you in school?" Armina pushed her way passed Valeria and into the house. Valeria shut the door and followed Armina up the stairs.

"Well hello to you too. Don't you have athletics right now?" Valeria asked trying to figure out why the shorter girl was there.

"You weren't in first period so I asked coach if I could miss class today. Now hurry up and get ready. My car is up front and we need to get back by third period," She said heading straight to Valeria's bed and reaching under it to pull out a cute pair of grey suede boots and handed them to Valeria.

"Wait you parked outside? What if your mom sees? Then she'll tell my mom and I would be so screwed." Valeria began to freak out.

"Would you calm down? She isn't going to see because she left. She went to Austin to visit her sisters. And my dad took this as an opportunity to go on a golfing retreat. Seriously who golfs anymore? That is so stupid."

Valeria calmed down with the new information and went back to her usual self.

"Are you going to hurry up? We only have thirty minutes," Armina asked annoyed.

"I can't go. Not yet anyway. I don't think I can handle third period with Brittany? Or glee club for that matter," Valeria said sitting on the edge of her bed. Armina walked over and sat next to her.

"Are you seriously still obsessing over her? She is your sister's girlfriend. You have to get over it and move on. There are plenty of people out there. Trust me on this. Don't give up and have to repeat junior year because of her. Cause then I won't be able to talk to you anymore. I can't be seen with an underclassman. It would ruin my rep." Armina teased with a smile on her face trying to lighten the mood. Valeria smiled back as Armina elbowed her lightly in the side.

"I don't know about that. I just don't understand why it isn't me. Aren't I worth something? Why does it always have to be Santana? Why can't it be me for a change? I just can't seem to grasp the fact I can't have her. I know she is Santana's girlfriend and all but still I don't think I can ever find someone out there to replace her. I just want her." Hearing this Armina looked down at her hands with a frown. After a slight pause she smiled again but not as brightly as before and looked at Valeria.

"Hey look at me. How long have I known you?"

Valeria looked at her friend and thought about it for a second.

"Since you moved here in sixth grade," She answered trying to figure out where her friend was going with this.

"Exactly. You have been my best friend since I was eleven. You. Not Santana. You, Valeria Thalia Alaniz Lopez, are my one and only best friend. You are worth something. And you know what? If Brittany can't see that well that's a real shame for her because she is missing out on a very amazing person." Armina wrapped her arm around Valeria for a side hug and reached up to place her chin on her friends shoulder. Valeria just smiled and leaned her head on the shorter girls. After a moment Armina now filled with new energy got up and picked up Valeria's Back pack from the floor.

"Look it's Friday. You can make one day right? And I will sleep over tonight and we can get ready for Puck's party together. How does that sound?" She asked trying to motivate her friend.

Valeria just nodded in agreement.

"Good now hurry up so we can make it on time for once."

"Fine. You know I really do hate it when people use my full name." Valeria tried looking serious and upset but the sides of her mouth kept tilting up into a slight smile.

"I know. But you love it when I do it," Armina teased with a smirk. Valeria just laughed not being able to pretend much longer.

"Oh get over yourself." She laughed pushing the shorter girl lightly.

And with that Valeria put her boots on and took the bag from Armina before they left the house both with smile on their face.

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Santana opened her locker door to replace her calculus book with her world geography one. She was about to close her door when a picture caught her eye. A smile crossed her face as she stared at the picture of Brittany and her in their cheerios uniforms, snuggled up together. Santana touched the picture lightly thinking back on when she first met Brittany, and when she knew for the first time she was in love. She smiled at the memory of finally having the courage to ask Brittany out on a date.

Santana looked to her sister for support.

"I don't think I can do this anymore," She said to her sister nervously looking back and forth between her sister and Brittany.

Brittany was on the other side of the unfamiliar football field. It was the last week of summer before they were officially freshmen in high school. Everyone had been stretching waiting for final try outs to be on the Cheerios. Santana looked back at her sister to see her staring at Brittany with a sad expression.

"Valeria?"

Valeria shook her head and looked back at her sister. Santana just gave her a worried look. Valeria smiled then but Santana could see something was up.

"Hey look at me. You are Santana Lopez. The badest bitch here. You already got pre-accepted by Sue to be a Cheerio. That has never happened to a freshmen before-"

"But I wasn't the only one. So did Brittany, You, and some girl named Quinn." Santana interupted.

"Hey no stop belittling yourself. Now listen to me. You are gonna be head cheer leader before you know it. You are going to be queen bee of this school. And you know what else. You are going to get the girl." Valeria smiled more sincerely. Santana couldn't help but blush. She knew her sister was right. But she still couldn't help the butterflies she felt when she thought about asking Brittany out.

"You know you can still join us. I am sure Coach Sue will still let you be on the team if you changed your mind."

Valeria just laughed seeing what her sister was trying to do.

"No, really its okay. I was the one who turned her down. This is your thing. Not mine. Besides I don't think I could wake up that early for practice."

Santana laughed knowing how lazy her sister was.

"True. Too bad. There are a lot of cute girls on the team this year. You won't be able to flirt with any of them during routines if you aren't on the team," Santana teased. Valeria just rolled her eyes and smirked.

"Who says I won't be able to get any of them? I mean have you seen me? I look so good I don't need to be a cheerleader to get any girl I want."

They both laughed and Santana felt a little bit at ease. She looked at her sister once more.

"Thank you. For waking up early and being here. For supporting me. And for cheering me up. You really are the best sister ever." Santana hugged her sister then.

"I know."

Valeria laughed as they parted from the hug. They both took one last look at Brittany. She was alone on the ground stretching. Santana took a breath to settle the butterflies still rolling around in her stomach.

"Go get your girl."

Santana jumped in surprise as her sister slapped her on the butt then. She moved forward towards Brittany but looked back at her sister who was smiling at her. Something bugged Santana in the back of her mind as she walked closer to Brittany. She couldn't figure out why she thought her sister's smile looked so sad. She shook the thought out of her head as she began to approach Brittany. Brittany looked up at her a smile on her face. The butterflies in Santana's stomach went crazy. Santana couldn't help but blush and was grateful for her skin tone knowing the blood in her cheeks wouldn't show.

"Hey San, what's up?" Brittany innocently asked as Santana helped her up.

"Um...I. I was wondering... If we could...Talk about something..."

She mentally cursed herself for stuttering. Brittany's just nodded her head.

"Sure. But I have to finish stretching. Can we talk while you help me?"

"Yeah. Yeah of course."

Santana smiled watching Brittany pull on her arms across her body one at a time.

"Would you mind?" Brittany asked pointing at to nearby cheerleaders how were stretching together. Santana looked towards them. One had their leg on the others shoulder and was leaning. Santana looked back at Brittany confused before realization hit her.

"Oh. Right, no. I mean Yes. I mean no I don't mind," Santana stammered. Brittany just laughed. Santana nervously helped Brittany put her left leg up on her shoulder. Brittany leaned in and Santana took a gulp, pushing up to help her out.

"So what did you want to talk about?"

"Oh. Um. I was just thinking. And well I wanted to ask you something." Santana blushed again. She turned her head to see her sister was no longer where she left her. Brittany took her leg off of Santana and leaning from side to side.

"Okay. Ask me." Brittany was still stretching her sides. Santana looked around frantic. She finally calmed down when she saw Valeria sitting in the bleachers eating. She turned back to Brittany who was pulling on her foot waiting.

'Damn it Lopez you can do this. Stop stalling.'

She yelled at herself mentally. She took one last breath and let it all out at once.

"Look we have known each other since forever, and I really really like you, and I thought that you might like me too and I just thought that it would be a cool idea if we maybe went on a… A date sometime?" She slowed down towards the end. Her stomach felt like it was at her throat ready to come out at anytime. She watched for what seemed like years as what she just said hit Brittany. After a few blinks a huge smile swept across Brittany's face. Bigger than Santana had ever seen.

"Do you really want to go on a date with me?" Brittany asked still smiling. Santana couldn't find her voice so she just nodded. Brittany jumped towards Santana and hugged her tightly.

"My answer is yes! Of course!" Santana's eyes went wide as Brittany's answer sunk in. She hugged her back smiling.

"Alright you lazy sluts pay attention!" Brittany and Santana separated then as the sound of Coach Sue's voice boomed through the bull horn she was holding. They both looked at each other and giggled before looking back at Sue. Santana felt so happy in that moment. Her butterflies were going crazy but in a good way. Nothing could take this smile from her face. Or that's what she thought at least. She looked back towards the bleachers but her sister had already left. Santana couldn't help but have a strange gut feeling that something was wrong. She began to feel a bit of guilt and she couldn't understand why. She tried to shake it off and pay attention to what Sue was saying.

"Hey San."

Santana snapped back into reality at the sound of Brittany's voice. She closed her locker and turned to look at her girlfriend.

"Hey Britt-Britt."

She smiled and leaned in to give Brittany a quick kiss. She smiled as she felt her stomach flutter. All these years and she still felt butterflies every time she saw Brittany. Though Santana's smile suddenly dropped as she saw the look in Brittany's eyes. Brittany looked somewhat worried.

"What's wrong babe?" Santana asked ready for anything. She hated seeing Brittany this way. "Did someone hurt you? Tell me who and I will go all Lima heights on their asses. Just wait and see."

Santana was already getting wound up looking around for the reason for Brittany's mood. Brittany grabbed Santana's hand trying to calm her down.

"No one did anything. I promise."

She reassured her. Santana looked confused waiting for Brittany to continue.

"Is Valeria sick?" Brittany finally asked still uneasy. Santana shook her head.

"No, why would you ask that?"

Brittany pursed her lip to the side trying to figure it out.

"Then why wasn't she in first or second period today?"

Santana's eyes went wide.

"Wait what? I am going to kill her! What is going on with her?" Brittany tried to calm the fiery Latina once more.

"No, baby don't get mad at her. I didn't mean to get her in trouble. I was just worried. Please don't yell at her." Brittany pouted and Santana couldn't help but calm down under her beautiful blue eyes.

"Besides, I'm sure she had a reason. Just try talking to her." Brittany smiled and gave Santana a peck on the cheek. All anger that had remained on Santana suddenly vanished. She looked lovingly at the girl in front of her.

"You're right. I shouldn't get mad. Thank you for telling me." Santana grabbed Brittany's hand as they headed towards lunch.