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Quinn hit the call button on her phone and waited for it to be answered.

"Quinn? Hi…um why are you calling so early?" Rachel's voice answered with a whisper she had obviously been sleeping and Quinn could hear her bustling about on the other end of line.

"Hey babe I guess I just missed you is all."

"You know I have to sleep a certain amount of hours each night."

Quinn rolled her eyes to no one in particular.

"Yeah of course I do but can't a girlfriend miss her girlfriend and not have to schedule a fucking conversation for once?"

"Quinn I don't care for the tone of your voice."

"Oh you don't do you?"

"Look if you rang me just to argue with me I'm hanging up." Rachel replied sternly.

"How is that so easy for you?"

"How is what so easy for me?"

"We don't see each other, we barely speak in person and yet you will so easily hang up."

"You know this is hard on both of us but it's what we worked towards our whole lives, you have the bar and I have my career."

"They are on opposite sides of the fucking world Rach." Lately Quinn had found herself getting more and more worked up every time they spoke.

"Not for too much longer, look I have to get going but I will call you in a couple of days ok?"

"Yeah ok" Quinn had resigned herself to the fact that this conversation wasn't going to be a long one.

"I love you Quinn."

"I love you too."

The line went dead and Quinn considered flinging her phone at the wall she was stopped however by a knock at the door, glancing at the clock on the wall, seeing it was 8.10pm she knew who it would be.

"Come in"

Santana opened the door and smiled at her boss as she stepped into the office, that smile alone made most of the tension in Quinn's body flush away. Santana glanced around the room it was neat and tidy but also really homely she could now understand why Quinn was here so often it was a place she was obviously very comfortable in.

"Nice office."

"Thanks, you've caught me on a good day when I'm not up to my eyeballs in paperwork."

"Ha ha remind me to come and check out one of those days."

"It's not a pretty site trust me, so I have this for you to sign it's the usual contract covers you and me for most things however if you decide to get carried away and dance on a table or anything and fall off that's all on you, you can get a lawyer to look over it if you want just get it back to me by the end of the week."

Santana flicked through a few of the pages and nodded as Quinn spoke.

"So if I fall on my ass at any other time you'll look after me?"

Santana raised an eyebrow that made Quinn ache, she crossed her legs to try and relieve some of the tension.

"I look after all of my staff yes even if it's just getting them an ice pack."

"Good to know."

"How did you go tonight?

"It was fun, I like talking to people so it's like being paid to have fun."

"That's great you can hear some pretty entertaining things out there, also just be mindful that some people think when a hot woman talks to them it gives them the right to get touchy or inappropriate, I don't tolerate that kind of behavior so if you are having any problems just call Noah and he will remove them."

"Ok cool and thanks for thinking I'm hot."

"That's what you took from that?"

"Ha no I'm just kidding I will speak up if I have any problems."

"Please do, are you sticking around for a while or are you heading home?"

"I was going to head home, I know I will lose badass points but I'm looking forward to a shower and my bed tonight."

"Badass points huh?"

"Yeah don't tell anyone."

"Deal, I will walk out with you if you like? my car is parked out the front, I just need to shut this down." Quinn clicked a few things on her computer, pushed her chair back and stood up.

"After you."

Santana motioned down the stairs once Quinn had locked the office door.

"Really putting those badass points on the line tonight Santana."

Santana felt her cheeks redden.

"I think I'm pretty safe showing you my softer side."

Quinn's heart melted just a little bit, this girl really seemed kind of special.

"I can keep a secret." she winked at her and proceeded to make her way down to the bar.

It took them 15 minutes to get to the bar alone, Quinn made a point of acknowledging all the staff as she passed through finally there was only Steph to go.

"See ya tomorrow Q." Steph called out as she poured an older man a whiskey.

"Come in at 8 tomorrow night hon I appreciate you giving me a few hours today."

"I have Mia on an early tomorrow; I should be here to train her."

"Then you are leaving when she does."

"I can't I have to go over close with Santana."

"It's up to you either you come in late and ill cover Mia with opening or you go early and I'll do closing with Santana, either way you aren't working a full shift."

"Ok I will text you in the morning."

"Excuse me Quinn can I have 2 minutes of your time?" one of the other girls asked quietly.

Quinn looked at Santana with a sorry smile.

"I'm sorry you can go if you like."

"It's ok what's a few more minutes?"

"Ok I won't be long."

She followed the girl out the back hoping it wouldn't be a major issue.

"Leaving with the boss hmmm?"

"Her car is on the way to the bus apparently."

"You might need this babe it's pretty wet out there." Steph handed her an umbrella

"Are you fucking serious? Shit I'm going to get soaked."

"I guess one benefit is you are at least on your way home…better that than getting wet and having to work in wet clothes all day."

"True I guess but still yuck."

"You can always stick around I can drop you when I'm done."

"It's ok thanks; I have some things I need to do. Can you let Quinn know I will be at the door?"

"Yeah sure I will see you tomorrow night."

"Not if you decide to let Quinn show me the closing procedures." She wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

"Yeah I'm thinking Quinn won't be safe left alone with you so I will probably be doing it."

"She would be perfectly safe with me I will have you know, but its fine either way I will see you then."

Santana made her way towards the door needing some fresh air. Steph was right it was pouring and it seemed to be falling at all angles so an umbrella probably wouldn't do much good. This must be why it was apparently a bit quieter than usual tonight. She stood for a few minutes watching the raindrops before she had to move for a customer to come in, She made her way past the guy at the door and sought shelter about 3 feet away.

"Hey newbie, how was ya first night?"

"Noah right? It was good thanks."

Quinn managed to make her way to the door when she heard the conversation happening outside she decided not to interrupt it straight away. Noah was a well-known ladies man and she figured Santana just may bring him down a peg or two which could be mildly amusing as he didn't get knocked back very often.

"You can call me Puck hot stuff, and what name can I be grunting later tonight?"

"In your dreams buddy, you can call me not impressed."

"Ooohhh ouch don't be hating on the puckasaurus before you have even taken a ride."

"Are you freaking kidding me? Do you really get chicks that way?"

"My bed isn't cold many nights baby, but I can make room for you."

"I wouldn't touch you if my life depended on it."

"Awwww so you are playing hard to get huh is there a man at home I have to out charm first?"

"You couldn't out charm a light bulb if you tried, aren't you the guy we are supposed to turn too if we need help? Not the scum that creeps us out."

Puck didn't have a reply to that, his game wasn't going to work on this one and he didn't want his work ethic coming in to question.

"I'm just playing around I will always keep you and any of the others safe. I'm sorry if I offended you call it a moment of madness and it won't happen again."

"I'm pleased to hear that Noah." Quinn chose that opportunity to step out from her hidden position causing the man to jump with a fright.

"You off reasonably early tonight Q? If you wait 1 sec I will get someone to watch the door and I will walk you to your car."

"I'm fine thanks."

"There are a few jerks hanging around tonight."

"Like the one in front of me." Santana muttered, Quinn flicked her a sympathetic look.

"I think you may have gotten in to Santana's bad books, I suggest you treat her with a bit more respect in future and we will be fine thanks Noah." She stepped towards Santana and linked their arms.

"I'm sorry Santana, be careful ladies it's pretty slippy out there." Puck squared his shoulders he had been put in his place by both the women in front of him and now a bit embarrassed he wanted the night to move on.

"Are running for it?" Santana asked quietly.

Quinn realized just how close they were standing when she caught Santana's minty breath.

"It's only a little rain" She laughed and tugged on Santana's arm to start walking, Santana held the umbrella over the top of them both; it wasn't particularly big so they had to stand rather close. Breathing in deeply she could smell the blondes perfume, it was amazing.

"Your perfume is beautiful, what is it?'

Quinn stopped in her tracks and smelt the collar of her shirt to remind herself what she had sprayed on that morning.

"It's a Ralph Loren one…number 2 or something like that."

"It smells great on you" Santana inwardly cussed herself was it appropriate to smell your boss and tell them?

"Thanks I've worn it for years."

"I'm just up here." Quinn nodded towards a shiny black car about 20mtrs up ahead.

"Great car, I need to get my ass in to gear and buy a new one, my baby died a few months ago and I haven't been able to bring myself to replace her yet. I got her the day I learnt to drive and I have probably poured more money into her than I should have but she was my truck! We have travelled some fair distances together."

She realized she was rambling and sheepishly looked at her boss

"Lame huh."

"It's kind of cute really but on nights like this the bus is not such a great alternative."

"Not really, but like you said it's only a little rain."

"You don't think I'm going to let you get a bus when I have a perfectly warm and dry car right here do you?"

"You don't need to drive me! I will be fine it's not too far really."

"Hey sexy ladies how about you come back to my place and we get a different kind of wet together?" A sleazy guy had appeared from seemingly out of nowhere.

"We'll pass thanks, get in the car Santana." Quinn replied to the man in a tone that suggested he didn't want to mess with her, Santana decided she didn't really want to either or be left alone with this scumbag around so she did as she was told and slid in to the passenger seat. The seats were black leather and super comfy maybe a new car wouldn't be so bad.

"You don't have a parking space in your own building?"

"I do but I tend to park out here as the space is available when I usually come in and it means Steph can use mine. She has a little girl to get home to so if I can save her even a couple of minutes I will."

"You are like boss of the century aren't you?"

"I do that because she is my friend not because I'm her boss."

"Fair enough"

"Ok where am I headed?"

"First left and I will guide you from there"

The first 5 minutes of their journey was rather quiet, the only conversation came from Santana giving directions. She wanted to know more about the blonde sitting next to her but wasn't sure how or what to ask either.

"Steph tells me your girlfriend is in London."

"Yeah she is." The mention of Rachel made Quinn tense her jaw.

"She must be pretty talented to be on the West End."

"She certainly has talent and drive she knew from a young age that she wanted to perform."

"That's cool, must suck for you though."

"We have been together since we were 16. I'm pretty used to it now."

"I'd get lonely."

"I do sometimes."

"I'm probably speaking really out of line here but I figure you kind of stop being my boss once I'm off the clock so I should be able to say what I like…"

"You are rambling again"

"I know I am and it fucks me off I normally have total confidence talking to girls it's never a problem usually….."

"Santana!..."

"Sorry, someone like you should never be lonely Quinn."

"Someone like me?"

"Please don't make me explain it, you can pull in just up here on the left" Santana rolled her eyes she had already said far more than she should.

"Is here ok?"

"Perfect I'm in there." She pointed to the doors of an apartment building.

"Great well I will see you tomorrow."

"You will indeed." Santana went to open the door but was interrupted by Quinn voice.

"By the way you aren't off the clock I'm paying you for a full shift." She laughed trying to lighten the mood.

"Well fuck I guess I really spoke out of turn then, I'm surprised you even want me back tomorrow."

"I'm just a girl Santana no need to start rambling again; of course I want you back tomorrow. I appreciated your intent before so thank you."

Santana got out of the car quickly. Thankfully the rain had eased; she turned as she went to close the door.

"You certainly aren't "just" a girl Quinn, I think my rambling well and truly tells you that." She smiled that killer smile again and closed the door skipping over a puddle to the front of the building. She was dying to look back but managed to control herself if she did she would probably do something stupid.

Quinn made sure Santana was inside safely before she pulled away from the curb, it's not very often she had a smile on her face as she was heading home but tonight thanks to the beautiful Latina she couldn't get rid of it.

"I'm fucked." she muttered as she put her foot down on the accelerator.

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- - - I think I'm going to have to turn down the job.

Santana sent the text to Steph as soon as she had made herself comfortable on the sofa.

- - - WTH why?

- - - Our boss is so freaking gorgeous I just want to grab her and kiss her every time I see her! I'm in deep shit here Steph.

- - - You didn't kiss her though right?

- - - No.

- - - Thank god! Someone has a crush huh?

- - - I have something! This is ridiculous it must have been too long since I got some action.

- - - Maybe… Be careful hon I don't want you to get hurt

- - - Trust me neither do I

- - - Hope you feel better when you wake up x

- - - Thanks babes give Billie a kiss from me xx

Santana threw her phone down in frustration. What the hell was it with this woman! She had never been affected this way by anyone before. Getting off the couch Santana made her way to her bathroom. A shower and a good sleep would knock her head back into line and hopefully her libido would follow suit.

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- - - Hey Q I will come in later if still ok with you?

Quinn glanced down at the message on her phone from Steph, she wasn't sure is she was relieved or disappointed that she wouldn't be closing up with Santana tonight.

- - - That's fine I will see you later.

She hit send and stretched across her bed, it had been a really long time since she had the luxury of waking up next to someone, to share a good morning kiss with someone and make them a coffee.

"Damn it Rachel." Quinn huffed out loud and pulled herself from the warmth of her blankets to make a coffee.

As she waited for the water to boil she flicked through her emails and Facebook. There were at least 10 photo's posted from Rachel over night after a cast night out or something. Quinn couldn't help but feel anger when she saw her girlfriend with her arms wrapped around various other girls, she was off having the time of her life only a short time after they had had their disagreement or whatever you could call it.

Glancing at her watch Quinn knew she really didn't have a need to be at work but with a shrug she figured she had nothing better to do so decided to shower and head in anyway.

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It had been awhile since Quinn had done any work behind the bar and she had forgotten how much she enjoyed it, it was also good for employee relations for the girls to see that she was willing to get her hands dirty not that any of them questioned her work ethic. She was pleased that Mia was picking things up relatively quickly, she was sweet and the other girls seemed to like her.

"Hey girlie how about you give me a slippery nipple?" her thoughts were interrupted by a sleazy guy standing in front of her with a stupid grin on his face thinking he was so clever and the first person to come up with a statement like that.

"How about you use some manners?"

"Oh sorry can I please have your opps "A" slippery nipple." His friends beside him laughed out loud.

"Creep." Quinn uttered under her breath as she turned around to make his shot.

"Mmmmm that's a mighty fine ass you have there." He called out earning another laugh from his mates.

"Keep your eyes to yourself fuck wit, you can only dream about an ass like that!"

Santana's voice was low and menacing but her eyes quickly found Quinn's.

"Ooohhh now we have a caramel one! How am I ever going to choose guys?" another eruption of laughter and Quinn quickly recognized the dangerous flash that flickered across the Latina's eyes. There was a chance this might not end well, Santana hadn't had enough training on how to deal with jerks like this and the last thing Quinn needed was a law suit because one of her staff decided to lash out at a customer.

Quinn moved closer to the brunette and her close proximity quickly commanded Santana's attention back to her.

"Don't bite back San. Let me deal with this asshole."

"You aren't a piece of meat Quinn."

The irony was not lost on Santana seeing as her tongue practically fell from her mouth whenever Quinn was nearby.

"If he carries on I will have him removed, now why don't you go and get a drink or something and wait for Steph to get here."

Santana nodded she should have known Quinn was more than capable of looking after herself for god's sake she had owned this place for years.

"Sorry yeah I will." Santana glared at the guys on the other side of the bar as she walked away part of her felt like shoving her fist in their faces.

Quinn went back to the task at hand making sure to charge the guy double for her trouble.

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"Hey Q! It's gross again out there, is Santana here yet?"

"Yeah I told her to get a drink and wait for you."

"Ok cool I will just chuck this stuff in my locker and let you get on with boss stuff."

Quinn chuckled out loud.

"It hasn't been a problem and I still know what I'm doing Steph."

"I have no doubt but this is why you give us minions a pay check after all."

Stephanie winked at her friend and pushed her way through the doors to the kitchen and staff area.

"Hey San!"

There was a mumbled response from the girl whose head was buried in her arms on the table.

"Sorry I don't speak mumble."

"I said hello."

Steph raised her eyebrows she knew it had been more than that, she pulled out the chair next to her friend and sat down.

"Ok cupcake tell me what's wrong."

"Cupcake? Fuck off!"

"Yeah you are right cupcakes are cute and sweet not grouchy and rude like you."

Santana lifted her head and stared at the girl, there was a small stare out competition before Santana gave in.

"Ugh fine I'm sorry."

"What's up hon?"

"I made a dick of myself."

"That's a regular occurrence isn't it?"

One look from the brunette caused Steph to laugh.

"Ok Ok settle down, what happened?"

"There was a right fuck head hassling Quinn when I got in so I told him where to go."

"Not seeing the problem?"

"Quinn basically just sent me back here to wait for you like a school kid, I mean I know she has probably dealt with a lot worse but I was merely trying to stick up for our boss you know."

"You are thinking way too much in to this San."

"I am? Doesn't seem like it."

"It's a standard rule in here that if you get worked up or aggressive you come back here for 5 or 10 minutes to cool off, Quinn probably sensed you were pissed and wanted to protect you and her business."

"Oh….yeah I guess that makes sense."

"I'm sure she appreciated you looking out for her." Steph wiggled her eyebrows at the younger girl.

"Before you start Steph I would have done the same for you or any one of the girls out there."

"I know you would have hot shot, come on let's get to work." Steph pushed her chair back and patted Santana's shoulder before leading them back to the bar.