A/N: I forgot to give Demi credit for her song from the last chapter. So "You My Only Shorty" is property of Demi Lovato. Don't forget to review! Tell me what you think. Enjoy! :)

Chapter 2

It had been over a week since Santana's run in with Dani Haper in the gym. It all felt like a dream to her. She couldn't believe that she not only met Dani Harper, but also sang and flirted with Dani Harper. Granted the flirting was minimal and she was mostly out of it from the shock of it all, but it happened. At least she was pretty sure it happened. Every night since then she has lied awake going over every detail: every smile, every look, every wink, and every movement of Dani's lips. It had to have been real.

Lying awake every night had left Santana more tired than usual. She was already mostly exhausted from working both morning and night shifts at the diner and the bar. Her sleep schedule was completely messed up and some days she'd end up working at both the diner and the bar and then going to the diner the next morning. While Santana was getting ready for her morning shift at the diner she decided to talk to Gunther and see if she could just work the night shift and get on a normal schedule. Well as normal as it can be with working nights and sleeping during the day. Santana has always been a night person anyways. The mornings were her enemy. Most days she could barely function until she drank her coffee and listened to some upbeat music with the music choice for today being Dani of course. Her music always woke Santana up and put her in a good enough mood to deal with the rude customers of New York.

Santana walked into the diner with her headphones on and humming to the music. When the current song ended she put on her apron and put her phone and headphones along with her purse in the break room. Afterwards she went to find Gunther.

"Hey, Gunther? We got to talk about something."

"Oh, and what's that Lopez?" he asked not looking up from his paper work.

"Working mornings here and nights at the bar on the weekend is killing me. Can I just work the night shift here too so I can get some fucking sleep for once?" Santana asked as the leaned against the doorway of Gunther's office.

"Yeah I don't see why not. I just hired a new girl who prefers mornings so she can just work those and you'll take her nights. If she's okay with it you two can switch shifts the rest of the week."

"Great! Thanks Gunther."

"Yeah whatever Lopez, just get to work. That new girl works the shift after you so you can sort it out then. I don't want you texting on the floor. Not get the hell out of my office and get to work. Those customers wont serve themselves." Gunther said as he waved Santana off.

Santana just rolled her eyes and turned on her heels and headed out to the floor. The other server was already working so Santana just went straight to it. Her shift went on uneventful. She made pretty good money in tips and was relieved to see the new girl walk in at the end of her shift. Hurriedly she went up to the girl before she could get to the back.

"Hey, you're the new girl right?" Santana asked the redhead that just walked in.

"Yeah, I'm Alison. You are?" she asked a little cautious of the Latina.

"Santana. Gunther said you don't like working the night shift right?"

"Yeah…" Alison eyed the taller girl suspiciously and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Great. I can't really work mornings anymore and he said we could switch shifts the rest of the week and then from next week on I'll be night shift and you'll be morning shift. Is that cool with you?" the brunette asked all in one breath.

Alison didn't hesitate for a second before replying. "That's totally cool with me. It works out perfectly. I work tomorrow and Thursday night."

"Awesome! Thank you so much. I work Wednesday and Thursday. You're a life saver Alison."

"It's no problem." Alison said smiling. "Now if you'll excuse me I need to clock in and get to work before Gunther gets pissed."

"Don't worry too much about him. So if he gives you any trouble just tell me and I can take care of him for you. Sometimes he needs to just be brought down a peg or two." Santana offered with a smirk.

"I'll keep that mind. See you Santana." with that Alison walked away towards the back with a little smirk of her own and no longer suspicious of the Latina.

Santana then grabbed her stuff and headed home. She needed to get home as quickly as possible so she could get ready to go to Rachel and Kurt's for dinner. She finally made plans with them at their insistence. When she got home she quickly stripped and got into the shower leaving her clothes scattered on the floor. Living alone had its perks. She could be as messy as she wanted and no one would care. Though she always ended up cleaning everything up as soon as she was done with her task. Despite her hectic schedule her apartment was clean at all times.

Done with her shower Santana grabbed her clothes off the floor still wrapped in her towel and threw them in the hamper in her room. With the dirty clothes away Santana dropped her towel to the floor revealing her naked body. The sudden cold air made her shiver slightly, but it didn't really faze her. She just went through he drawers until she found something suitable to wear. Even though it was just Rachel and Kurt's Santana decided to dress up a little bit. She found a cute tight dress that was red with a neckline just above her cleavage in a curve, which lead to three-quarter sleeves and bare shoulders. The hem went down mid thigh and made her ass look great. The dress hugged in all the right places and wasn't to revealing for just a dinner with friends at the loft.

She then blow dried her hair and let it set naturally with some waves. When her hair was done she put on some black high heels, grabbed her purse and headed out the door towards the elevator after locking the door behind her. Santana got into the elevator and was glad to be the only one in it. She took the moment alone to breath and relax before stepping out into the hustle and bustle of New York City. When the elevator doors opened Santana was met with an unexpected surprise.

"Hey….wow." exclaimed the blonde superstar standing in front of Santana at the elevator door. Dani unconsciously looked Santana up and down completely mesmerized by the beautiful girl. Santana blushed at Dani looking her up and down and clearly being impressed.

"Thanks." Santana responded shyly. Normally she's cocky and would have some sort of snippy remark but when around Dani that Santana is replaced with a more shy and nervous Santana.

Hearing Santana's voice Dani came out of her trance and actually managed to look her in the eye. She could see the faint remnants of a blush and Dani couldn't help but feel a little bit of pride at being able to bring the Latina to blush. "You're Tana right?"

"Santana actually. My nieces just call me Tana. I'm surprised you remembered." Santana answered as she stepped out of the elevator before the doors closed on her.

"You don't forget a voice like yours. I didn't get the chance to tell you, but you do have an amazing voice." Dani told her sincerely.

"Thanks. That means a lot coming from someone of your caliber and talent."

"Ah I'm nothing special." Dani responded humbly with a wave of her hand.

"Yeah right! You have one of the best voices I've ever heard. You're better than most of the artists on the radio. You deserve any recognition you get." Santana knew she sounded like a fan girl, but she couldn't help it. She needed to tell Dani how amazingly talented she thought she was.

"Well thanks, that's very sweet of you." Dani accepted the complement graciously and even blushed a little herself. She found herself suddenly becoming very interested in the floor as a somewhat awkward silence overtook them. Finally not being able to take it after what felt like eternity, but in reality only being thirty seconds, Dani broke the ice once again. "So you got a hot date you need to get to?" She asked curiously before pursing her lips just a little bit and raising an eyebrow slightly.

"Oh no. I'm just going to a friend's for dinner. I haven't seen them in a while so we decided to do dinner and I wanted to dress up a little for the occasion." Santana answered, grateful for the question and the end of the silence.

Dani inwardly cheered over the fact that Santana wasn't going on a date. She wasn't really sure why since she barely knew the girl, but she was happy to know she wasn't seeing anyone or at least not at the moment.

"Cool, cool. If this is just a little dressed up I can only imagine what you'd dress like on an actual date." Dani imagined Santana in a skintight dress that showed her cleavage that was either strapless or spaghetti strapped. As her imagination took over Dani bit her bottom lip and her eyes began to glaze over, but before she could get lost in her mind Santana quickly snapped back with a retort that almost left Dani speechless.

"Wouldn't you like to know," Santana answered with her normal cockiness that she was glad to finally show. She hated being nervous and shy. That does not suit Santana Lopez one bit. It only happened around Dani. Any other girl and she was her normal confident snarky self.

Dani quirked up an eyebrow at that line, but quickly recovered. "Maybe I would." Dani retaliated with a smirk and wink as she pushed the elevator button. When the door opened a second later Dani walked around Santana and went in making sure to sway her hips with a little more emphasis. She could feel Santana's eyes on her before she turned around. When she did she still had that smirk and so did Santana. They both eyed each other as Dani pushed the button for her floor and the door started to close. "Later Santana." Dani said as the doors started to close.

"Later Dani." This time Santana got the last wink in as the door completely closed taking Dani away to whatever floor she lived on.

Santana chuckled slightly as she turned towards the front doors of the complex and headed out the door to hail a cab. About twenty minutes later Santana arrived at Rachel and Kurt's. She couldn't wait to tell them what had happened between her and Dani. They hadn't really talked much in the past week so Santana hadn't even told them about meeting Dani. Now she had two stories to tell.

When she reached the loft Santana didn't even bother knocking. She just opened the loft door and walked right in. She immediately noticed how the curtained off areas were bigger now that only two bedrooms were needed. She felt a little sad at seeing her corner of the loft gone, but she'd rather have an entire apartment to herself than that tiny little area. As she took it in her senses were overtaken with the smell of delicious food and the sound of Barbra Streisand belting throughout the apartment. She turned her head towards the smell of lemon chicken baking in the oven becoming more and more hungry. Santana took her purse and set it on the coffee table. Surprisingly she hadn't heard or seen Rachel or Kurt. Usually they're singing or yelling or something involving music.

"Rachel. Kurt." Santana called into the loft.

"Santana you're here!" Rachel came out of her curtained area as soon as she heard Santana call for her. Kurt came out of his area soon after.

"Hey Berry, Lady Hummel." She said lovingly.

"Satan." Kurt responded with just as much love and a hug.

"Dinner will be ready in ten minutes. Make yourself at home and I'll bring us some wine." Rachel told Santana as she fixed her earring.

"Sounds good." Santana went and sat on the couch while she waited for dinner to be ready. Rachel went and got the wine and Kurt checked on dinner in the kitchen. A minute later the three of them were on the couch sipping wine and catching up.

She learned Kurt and Blaine were doing great. Their wedding had been postponed some because of school, work, and family stuff. Kurt didn't mind waiting though. He knew Blaine was always there if he needed him and that Blaine loved him. Not seeing each other as often as they hoped sucked, but they both got through it.

Rachel did well with Funny Girl and soon booked other gigs when it was over. She was slowly making a name for herself on Broadway. She had been on a few dates since Finn died, but nothing serious. She just wasn't ready to commit to someone and her career was more important to her at the moment. Finn would want her to keep following her dream no matter what.

After they finished catching up on the couch they moved to the table to eat dinner. Both Kurt and Rachel were anxious to know what Santana had been up to lately.

First Santana caught them up on the diner and changing shifts so she can get some sleep, but still make the money she needed to pay rent.

"Is that all that's going on? There's got to be more than that Santana." Kurt asked a little bored.

"I did meet Dani Harper in the gym last week." Santana said nonchalantly while she stabbed her chicken with a fork before putting it in her mouth. She looked up at her friends and couldn't help the laugh that escaped when she saw their shocked faces.

"And why have you not told us this already?" asked Rachel a little upset not hearing about it sooner.

"Because I've been busy. I don't know."

"Well what happened?! You can't just leave it at that." Kurt asked excitedly.

Santana spent the next ten minutes telling her friends about Dani coming up behind her and singing the second part of her own song to Santana's nieces. About their flirty comments before Dani left the gym and how her nieces tried playing matchmaker. Kurt and Rachel just took everything in and didn't even bother touching their food.

"I can't believe you sang with Dani Harper all sweaty in work out clothes and probably looking horrid." Kurt said in disbelief.

"Watch it lady lips. We were both sweaty and I didn't even care what I looked like. I was too lost in the moment. That's not even all of it. I had another run in with her before I got here." Santana added smiling.

"Are you serious?! You better not being lying to me Satan."

Santana glared at Kurt for a second before continuing. "She was standing outside the elevator when I got to the ground floor. She started to say something, but after she saw me in this dress words kind of failed her. She complemented me on the dress and my music before she started undressing me with her eyes. It ended with her basically saying she wouldn't mind going on a date with me." Santana took a sip of her glass of wine as she remembered the look in Dani's eyes before she got on the elevator. The one thing that kept running through Santana's mind however, was wondering whether or not Dani wanted to go on more than one date or just one that ended up in the bedroom. Not that Santana would be against the latter, but she had dreamed about dating Dani since she developed her little crush back in high school.

"Wow. You have to figure out what apartment she lives in and ask her out," suggested Rachel as soon as Santana was done.

"What?! No! I can't do that!" Santana practically yelled defensively.

"Why not?! You two obviously have something going on between you two."

"Because I've never done anything more than a one nigh stand with a girl. The closest relationship I've had with a girl was with Brittany and we never actually dated. I don't know if I'm ready for anything more than that."

"So are you saying you wouldn't have a one-night stand with Dani Harper if the opportunity rose?" asked Kurt slightly confused. Santana was normally all for one-night stands. She slept with someone at nearly every party they went to. It was just what she did, ever since things ended badly with Brittany before she moved to New York.

"Well I wouldn't mind it, but I'm usually the one using someone for sex. I don't want to be on the other end of that, especially when she lives in the same complex." Santana took another long sip of her wine while her thoughts started to get jumbled in her head.

"I see. Maybe a couple of more interactions will help you figure out what she wants. You should try and get her number. I think you just need to get to know the real Dani. Not the one in your head."

Santana nodded at Kurt in understanding. She wanted to see Dani again and get to know her, but she didn't know how to do that. She wouldn't know what to say. Being around her brought out a shyer side that Santana didn't care for.

"Well I think it's time for some more wine and desert," said Rachel as she got up from her chair. A silence had descended upon the room and Santana got lost in thought. Santana looked up at her and nodded her head in agreement. Wine and cake was exactly what she needed.

"I'll get a movie to pop in. I think we could all use something funny to watch." added Kurt. He and Santana moved into the living room. Santana sat on the couch and Kurt popped in one of Santana's favorites, Bridesmaids. Rachel came in a few minutes later with a bottle of wine, her wine glass, and three plates with cake on them. Working at the diner for a year gave her some serious serving skills. She balanced the three plates on her arms and carried the bottle and glass in her hands.

Santana and Kurt took their plates and Santana sat one down on the table for Rachel while she Rachel poured the wine. Once the three of them were settled on the couch with Santana in the middle Kurt started the movie. About twenty minutes into the movie Santana leaned her head on Kurt's shoulder since he was closer to her height than Rachel was. Kurt patted her left knee gently and Rachel rubbed her right shoulder slightly showing their support and love for their friend. Santana would talk to them about what was going on in her head whenever she was ready. They knew how she processed things and pushing her wasn't going to help. They gave their suggestions so now it was time to just leave it alone. They both hoped she would find a way to get Dani's number. They just wanted her to be happy for once.

With how much they drank Santana stayed the night and shared Rachel's bed. Rachel gave her some clothes to wear and in the morning Santana took a shower before changing back into her dress. About two hours after they all woke up Santana headed home. She was grateful her hangover wasn't that bad and that Kurt made breakfast. It made her trek home more bearable. When she was looking through her mail at her mailbox in the lobby of the complex Santana felt someone nudge her shoulder when they walked past. Looking over she saw Dani dressed in leather pants, high heels, a band t-shirt, and a leather jacket over it. She looked stunning. Now it was Santana's turn to stare.

"I see you're still in the same dress from last night. Enjoying your walk of shame?" Dani asked playfully.

"Santana Lopez has never done and never will do a walk of shame." Santana responded quickly with a head swerve and her left pointer figure moving with it.

"So what then, a walk of pride?" the blonde asked intrigued. She had never heard anyone respond that way.

"I guess you could say that. Why should I be ashamed about having sex anyways? That phrase was probably invented by a virgin too scared to make a move on anyone so he or she decided to slam anyone who got lucky."

"In that case are you enjoying your walk of pride?" Dani chuckled slightly and made a mental note of what Santana's mailbox number was. Now she knew which apartment was hers. Something she's wanted to know since that day in the gym.

"Now I never said I was doing a walk of pride."

"So are you saying you didn't have sex and you just stayed at your friends house, slept, and came home in that dress when you could've easily borrowed clothes to wear?" Dani asked trying to get as much information out of her as she could. She needed to know if Santana was seeing anyone male or female, but she didn't want to just come right out and ask. Dani wasn't really sure where all of this boldness was coming from, but she couldn't help it when it came to the Latina. Maybe it was the Latin blood running through her veins or the new medication she was taking, but whatever it was it brought out a sassier side that Dani kind of liked.

"That's for me to know and you to find out, Harper." Santana answered a little huskily as she leaned a little closer to Dani to emphasize her point.

"Who said I want to?" asked Dani stepping a little closer to the taller girl. The pair looked into each other's eyes. Instinctively Dani looked down to Santana's lips and then back up to her eyes. She caught Santana doing the same thing. If they just kept standing there Dani knew she would end up kissing the gorgeous Latina. Before she could even really consider that option she lost her chance.

"Oh I know you do." Santana smirked seductively and wiggled her eyebrows before walking off towards the elevator. She didn't even give Dani the chance to respond. During her ride home Santana decided to just think of Dani as a normal girl living in her building. Not the superstar she saw on TV and listened to. With that mindset the normal Santana showed through and she couldn't be more relieved.