AN: I'm glad everyone is enjoying the story so far. Santana and Brittany finally talk this chapter :)

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Chapter 3: Assumptions and Answers

"Hey." Santana greeted the blonde as she sat next to her.

Brittany was brought out of her thoughts when she saw a beautiful brunette take a seat next to her. She looked at her with a confused look on her face.

"You have no idea who I am, do you?" Santana chuckled.

Brittany concentrated hard, trying to wrack her brain but couldn't come up with anything.

"Allow me to refresh your memory. It was last week, you bought me a coffee after you-"

"After I crashed into you and knocked your drink out of your hand." Brittany finished, finally realizing who the brunette was, "I am so sorry. I would have stayed to make sure you were okay but I was in a hurry and-"

"It's okay Brittany, none of it got on me and you bought me another one so we're good."

"Wait, how'd you know my name?"

"The barista."

Brittany nodded in understanding. An awkward silence settled over them while Santana desperately tried to come up with something else to say. She took out her phone when it vibrated, signaling she had a text.

'Talk 2 her! U guys look awkward just sitting there.' –Q

Santana quickly looked over her shoulder before turning back around. She managed to catch a glimpse of Quinn and Rachel standing by the bonfire staring at them. She quickly texted Quinn back.

'I don't know what to say!' –S

'Just say anything!' –Q

Santana finally looked up from her phone only to notice Brittany staring at her. She cleared her throat before speaking.

"So… why were you sitting over here by yourself and not at the bonfire with everyone else?"

"I just like to sit and stare out into the ocean sometimes. That and my brother ditched me to hang out with his new friend who threw this bonfire."

"That would be Puck."

"You know him?" Brittany asked.

"He's one of my friends. Actually that beach house back there is where we're staying. It's my parent's." Santana explained as she pointed to the house.

"Oh cool, my parent's beach house is down that way." Brittany pointed to the right.

"Yeah, me and my friends were actually at the party your brother Sam threw last week. That's also where I met your sister Skylar."

Another moment of silence passed. Brittany kept glancing at the brunette, she just couldn't stop. She was beyond gorgeous and that was making her nervous.

"Uhm, I just realized you know my name but I never did catch yours." Brittany stated.

Santana mentally slapped herself. She couldn't believe she forgot to give the blonde her name. That was like the number one thing you do when you meet someone new.

"Sorry, I'm Santana." Santana officially introduced herself and stuck out her hand for Brittany to shake.

Brittany took the Latina's hand in hers and shook it. She felt sparks shoot up her arm as soon as her hand came in contact with Santana's.

"Santana… as in Santana Lopez?"

"Yeah…" Santana cautiously answered.

"My sister mentioned she met you. She was right, you are gorgeous." Brittany immediately turned red. She had definitely not meant to say that last part aloud.

Santana smirked at the blonde's slip. It gave her the confidence to say what she had been thinking for the past week.

"Please, have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately. Now you are what I call stunning." Santana told her as she bumped her shoulder with Brittany's.

"Thanks, I'm okay I guess." Brittany shyly said as she looked at the ground.

Santana frowned at the blonde's words. There's no way Brittany could think she was anything less than beautiful. It just didn't make sense. Santana reached out and lifted Brittany's chin, causing her to look straight into Santana's eyes.

"Hey, listen to me. I know we just met but believe me when I say you are absolutely beautiful. Aside from that I can already tell you're a caring and nice person."

Brittany smiled at Santana's words.

"Thank you." Brittany whispered.

They kept on looking into each other's eyes. Santana had a strong urge to lean in and kiss Brittany but she was worried it was too soon or Brittany would reject her. Her mind was made up when she noticed Brittany lean slightly in. It was such a small movement, most people wouldn't have noticed but Santana did. She looked down at Brittany's lips then back up to her eyes. She slowly started leaning in.

"Brittany!"

They quickly parted and Santana stood up, putting space between her and the blonde. She turned to glare at who had interrupted them. A tall, dark haired guy was walking towards them and Santana had to admit that this guy was not bad looking.

"There you are, I've been looking everywhere for you." The guy said as he finally reached them.

He gave Santana a quick glance before leaning down and giving Brittany a quick peck on the lips.

"Where have you been?"

"Jason, what are you-" Brittany started before being cut off by Santana.

"I think I should go."

Brittany looked at the hurt look on Santana's face.

"Santana…"

"I'll see you later Brittany." Santana said before walking away.

Brittany watched Santana walk away before turning back to the guy that was looking expectantly at her.

Santana walked into the kitchen where she found Quinn and Rachel talking. They immediately stopped when they saw her.

"So, how did it go?" Quinn asked.

"It was going good, you know we were talking… and then we weren't… and then we almost kissed."

"What?!" Quinn and Rachel yelled out.

"Wait, what do you mean almost? What stopped you?" Quinn asked.

"It wasn't a what it was a who. We were leaning in and then her fuckin boyfriend walked up." Santana explained angrily.

"What do you mean her boyfriend? I met Brittany's sister and she said Sam was their brother. Which frankly I do not understand because they don't even have the same last name and-"

"Berry can you stop your rambling please." Santana gave Rachel an annoyed look.

"Sorry." Rachel apologized.

"Not Sam, it was some guy named Jason."

"Well are you 100% sure it was her boyfriend because you thought that about Sam and he ended up being her brother." Quinn said.

"Well seeing as he kissed her, yeah I'm pretty sure." Santana huffed before going into the living room and sitting on the couch.

Quinn and Rachel looked at each other before going to sit on either side of Santana.

"Maybe it's for the best that she has a boyfriend." Rachel said.

Santana sent her a glare.

"Just hear me out, you live in L.A. We're only staying here for the summer, what if you got too attached to her? Sure you can try the whole long distance thing but your career is just taking off. You're going to be extremely busy with your album, interviews, all that stuff."

Santana sighed knowing Rachel was right. Quinn and Rachel stood up.

"We're going to go watch a movie in the home theater, you want to watch with us?" Quinn asked her friend.

"No, it's okay. I'll just watch whatever is on TV."

After Rachel and Quinn disappeared into the home theater, Santana turned on the TV but before she could choose a channel, the doorbell rang. She stood up and headed for the front door. She opened it to find Sam standing there.

"Hey Santana, Puck said it was okay to use the bathroom here."

Santana stepped aside to let him in.

"Go right ahead, it's down the hall, first door on the left."

She went back to the living room where she proceeded to stare blankly at the TV. She was brought out of her thoughts by someone clearing their throat. When she turned around, she saw Sam standing by the entrance.

"Why aren't you at the bonfire?" He asked.

"I was earlier… I guess I'm not in the party mood anymore."

Sam went to sit down next to her.

"Did something happen with Brittany?" He asked with a concerned look on his face.

Santana looked at him in disbelief.

"How did you-"

"Skylar pretty much tells me everything."

'Great, everyone knows about my stupid crush.'

"Nothing happened, that's the problem. Her stupid boyfriend Jason showed up. I wish Skylar would have just let me know she was straight." Santana muttered.

Sam's face immediately hardened.

"You know Santana, there's not just gay or straight. Maybe you shouldn't jump to conclusions."

Santana stared at Sam in shock. She had not expected Sam to get so mad. Noticing the shock on her face, Sam softened his gaze.

"I'm sorry, it's just that Brittany is bisexual and she had to deal with a lot of biphobic people in high school. You know the usual stereotypes that people put on bisexual people. I just get really protective of her." Sam explained.

"It's okay really. Trust me I have no problem with her. I should know better than to just assume especially since everyone always assumes I'm straight."

"Of course. I'm just going to head back to the party." Sam said but stopped just as he reached the front door, "Oh and Santana, Jason is definitely not Brittany's boyfriend. He's just a guy that can't take a hint. It's been over between them for months..."

Santana smiled at this new information.

'Looks like I do have a chance. Man I should really stop assuming things.'

Another week had passed and Santana hadn't seen Brittany but this time it was on purpose. After the talk she had with Sam, she became embarrassed for having run out on Brittany. She had proceeded to avoid her while she tried to come up with a way to apologize for not giving her a chance to explain.

She was currently headed home. Puck, Quinn, and Rachel were in town hanging out while Santana had opted to work on some songs for her album, much to Quinn's protest. Quinn had tried to convince her to hang out with them stating that Santana was on vacation and shouldn't be working. Santana had countered by telling Quinn she loves to write and sing songs so it wasn't really work for her. In the end, Santana had won.

She had just walked into the house and was about to close the front door when someone stopped it. She turned around to find Brittany with an annoyed look on her face. Without a word, Brittany walked past Santana and went into the living room. Santana closed the door and slowly followed after Brittany. She could tell by the look on the blonde's face that she was in trouble.

"Hey…" Santana started off.

"Hey?! That's all you have to say after you've been avoiding me this past week?!"

"I wasn't-"

"Don't even try. I saw how you backtracked out of the coffee shop after you saw me the other day so don't try to say you haven't been avoiding me. You can't just almost kiss me and then run off before giving me a chance to explain what happened. Jason isn't even-"

"Your boyfriend, I know." Santana cut off Brittany's rant, "Sam talked to me, and I know you and that guy broke up months ago."

"Then why are you avoiding me?" Brittany asked, "Is it because you think you made a mistake trying to kiss me and didn't know how to let me down? Because I can tell you, I'm a big girl Santana. If you're not interested you can just tell me."

Santana furiously shook her head.

"That is not it at all. I was just trying to think of a way to apologize for not letting you explain- wait, I would be letting you down if I told you I wasn't interested." Santana asked with hope in her voice.

"Yeah." Brittany shyly said, "I know we didn't talk that long and we practically no nothing about each other but I just can't get you out of my head."

"Can I confess something? The day of Sam's party, I saw you running on the beach with Skylar, you're pretty much all I've thought about since."

Brittany smiled at Santana's confession.

"So Brittany S. Peirce, will you go on a date with me?"

"Of course." Brittany answered as she leaned in and hugged Santana.

As they pulled apart, some noise from around the corner caught their attention. It had sounded like someone said "finally." They looked at each other before walking around the corner where they found Quinn with her hand over Rachel's mouth and Puck behind them looking at them in amusement.

"Were you guys spying on us?" Brittany asked in amusement.

"No." Quinn responded.

"Yes." Rachel admitted at the same time.

"Rachel! Why'd you say yes?!"

"Oh Quinn, please do not undermine Brittany or Santana's intelligence. They obviously know what we were doing." Rachel responded.

"Ughh, you guys are annoying." Santana grumbled as she dragged Brittany passed them and out of the house, "Come on."

Santana started walking further down the beach.

"Where are we going?" Brittany asked.

"I'm walking you home, anything to get away from my so called friends."

Brittany smiled and walked beside Santana. She was lost in her thoughts when Santana suddenly stopped walking.

"What's wrong?" Brittany asked her.

"I have a serious question." Santana began.

"Okay…" Brittany said, beginning to get nervous.

Santana looked at her with a serious look on her face for a few seconds before she smirked.

"So exactly why does Sam have a different last name as you?"

Brittany exhaled in relief before smiling.

"You're right, that is a very serious question. Well Sam isn't my biological brother, he's my stepbrother. My dad married his mom 8 years ago the summer before I started high school. His dad died when he was 10 so he wanted to keep his last name as a way to remember him."

"Oh… and your mom?" Santana asked.

"She died giving birth to Skylar."

"Britt, I'm sorry."

Brittany smiled slightly when she heard Santana call her Britt.

"It's okay."

A moment of silence passed before Santana decided to change the subject.

"So about our date…"

Brittany instantly cheered up at the mention of their upcoming date. She fell in step next to Santana as they kept walking to her house.

'I have a feeling this is going to be a good summer…'

AN: So next chapter is called First Date, I think you can all guess what it's about. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter :)