I just want to wish all the Bruneians out there a Happy Belated National Day! Now let's continue with the story. In this chapter, I will be including a lot of Brittany's and Santana's POV simultaneously so there will be indicators to show whose thoughts it is so I won't confuse you. I hope you enjoy

Brittany's and Santana's POV

It has been two weeks since their first glee club appearance and already, the brunette and the blonde have been inseparable. Everyone in the glee club noticed how they always linked their pinkies together, whispered something to each other and giggling or linking their arms together when walking. They find it especially adorable when they saw Santana putting her legs up on Brittany's lap while the blonde was massaging it or that time when the brunette was laying her head on the blonde's shoulder while they listen to Mr. Schue talked. And don't forget the looks. They give each other that a lot. The looks that tells everyone that what they have is more than friendship.

It's lunchtime and Brittany was always getting excited at the thought of eating lunch with the latina again. She loves that her heart fluttered at all the small things that Santana did for her. Like opening the cafeteria door for her, getting the tray for her or even letting Brittany sit first on their lunch table. The blonde loves it even more that the brunette has no idea that what she did, does to her heart.

Santana also always couldn't help her giddiness at the thought of eating lunch with the blonde again. She loves that her heart soared at all the small things that Brittany did without realizing. Like tapping her finger on her chin when she's trying to decide which food to pick, or linking her pinky with Santana's while walking to their table or sitting really close to her which made it a bit difficult for Santana to eat but she's not complaining. Today, however, she will not be able to see all of that and it saddens her a bit.

"Sorry, Britt. Coach Sue wants to meet me so I can't have lunch with you" the latina said with a heavy heart.

"Really?"

"Yeah" Santana said, giving her an apologetic look.

"I'll miss you though" the blonde said with a sad pout.

S: Calm down, heart. Just calm down.

"I'll miss you too, Britt. But don't worry, I'll see you later at your house, right?"

Brittany nodded.

Santana slowly lifted her right hand and cupped Brittany's left cheek while planting a soft kiss on her right cheek.

B: Please do it again. Again and again and again…..

Santana backed away slowly and shyly.

A few feet away, Kurt and Mercedes were intently watching as the scene unfolded. Never in their high school life, have they seen Santana Snix Lopez gets all shy at a girl. They giggled without intending it to be heard but they realized they weren't so quiet when they saw the brunette turned around to look at them.

"Hey Lady Lips, what are you looking at?" the brunette said to Kurt.

"N-n-nothing" he stammered. Kurt and Mercedes immediately walked away clumsily from their lockers. Santana smirked.

S: Don't worry, Lopez. You still got it.

"I'll see you later, okay? Bye Britt." And with that, Santana stepped away from the blonde. She didn't see the smile that the blonde was giving her from behind but she could feel it.

Santana's POV

"Coach Sue?" she said while knocking the door.

"Come in, Boobs McGhee!"

Uh-oh.

"Sit down"

"Soooo…."

"I heard that you joined the glee club" she said sternly.

SHIT! I'M DEAD NOW.

Santana nodded.

"Good"

HUH?

"What?"

"Now you can spy on them for me"

"Why?"

"You see, since glee club opened, the funding for the Cheerios is decreasing. Now I cannot even have coffees during Cheerios practice and it's making me a hella lot cranky."

Santana nodded agreeing.

"So the only way for me is to destroy Spongehair Squarechin and his glee club. I want you to spy on them so I can know their every moves. I will not allow them to win this year's Sectionals!"

"I don't know about that, Coach"

Santana had to admit that the glee club is growing on her. Sure, the people there could annoy the hell out of her but slowly, she began to care for them. She loves that she can sing in front of all of them without having to see judging eyes stare at her. In their eyes, she sees nothing but admiration. She loves that she feels comfortable enough to sing songs that are helping her to express herself emotionally. She loves when they all sing together and they are all having fun without a care. She also loves that all of them accepts her even when she's in her bitchy state. She never felt more belonged than when she is in the glee club. So when Coach Sue asked her to spy on them, she looked as heavy-hearted as she felt.

"If you don't do this, I'll kick you off the Cheerios!"

In that moment, Santana had to make a difficult decision. It's either Cheerios, the squad that she has been with for three years, in which she had to work her ass off to become the head cheerleader and it can also help her get a cheerleading scholarship for university later or Glee club, a club that she joined two weeks ago but she had already considered it as her second family.

"Okay…."

"You can go now"

And with that, Santana stood up and walked out of the room and without realizing it, tears were running down her cheeks.

Brittany's and Santana's POV

The brunette and the blonde decided that it was probably the best for them to have a sleepover at the Pierce's house so that they would have more time to spend on their Biology project. Secretly, they also both decided that it was probably a good reason to have their sleepover, just to mask the fact that they only wanted to spend more time together.

Santana never had seen so much pink in her life until the moment she walked into Brittany's room. Pink wallpaper, pink bed sheet, pink dolls. She chuckled inwardly at how the room matches the blonde's warm and fuzzy personality. She walked around the room, looking at pictures of Brittany making funny faces, a unicorn sticker at the corner of the mirror and a small stack of books by Emma Donoghue at the night stand beside her bed. She thought that it was not possible to even love the blonde more in that moment than she already has.

S: Love? No, that's not possible. It's too early for the L word. I think.

Brittany walked into the room, interrupting the latina's thoughts. She was about to speak when she noticed that something was different with Santana's expression. She looked confused.

B: Why is she looking at me like that?

Brittany's POV

An hour had passed by and the two of them have been busy discussing and doing their project.

"Ugh! My bladder is killin' me! I have to go to the bathroom." Santana said annoyed.

"Why do you always go to the bathroom? Seriously, you have the bladder of an 80 year old." The blonde said giggling.

The brunette responded by playfully throwing a pillow at Brittany which made the blonde giggled more. Santana walked out of the room and she left her phone at the bed next to Brittany. The blonde stared at the phone for a minute.

B: Hmmm…. I wonder what is my ringtone?

So Brittany reached for her own phone and dialed the latina's number.

Cherish is the word I use to describe…..

All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside…..

You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you…..

You don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you…..

There was a huge smile plastered on Brittany's face when she heard the ringtone that Santana had set for her. However, she quickly ended the call when she heard the sound of the bathroom door closing. She reached for Santana's phone and deleted the notification that showed the missed call. She settled down on her bed but forgot to wipe off the huge smile from her face.

"Britt, why are you smiling at me like that?" the brunette chuckled.

"San, sometimes, you're so cute, you know that?"

"Oh God Britt, stop being so obsess with me!" the latina teased.

"Can you blame me?" Brittany winked playfully and turned around to face the screen of her laptop. If only she could see how red Santana's face was at that moment.

Brittany's and Santana's POV

The both of them were occupied with doing their own tasks for the project. Brittany was at her computer, researching about the subject that they were given for the project while Santana was writing on her notebook, trying to organize the information and facts regarding the subject. Music was playing at the background while they were doing their work. They weren't really listening to the music until one song captured their attention.

When I said 'I can see me in your eyes'

You said 'I can see you in my bed'

That's not just friendship, that's romance too

You like music we can dance to

Suddenly, an unspoken tension started to fill the air.

B: OH GOD, SAY SOMETHING.

"Umm… can I have a look at your notes? I just want to make sure that I have everything noted down" the blonde asked.

S: THANK GOD.

"Sure."

Santana offered the notebook to the blonde and Brittany was flipping through the pages when she stumbled upon a page that seems to be out of place. Slowly, she read the words in her mind.

I look at you with every intention of falling in love,

Though not long enough to show my hidden desire that you would too.

I stare at you with every longing I have deep inside,

Though not intense enough to wonder if you can sense my desperation.

I smile at you with sheer bliss in my heart,

Though not joyous enough to display my overwhelming affection for you.

I hold your hands with every tenderness in me,

Though not gentle enough to let you know how fragile you make me.

Now I only can talk about you with every words in my thought,

Though not deep enough to really show that you are my greatest loss.

"San, this is beautiful" the blonde blurted out.

Santana was confused at what the blonde was referring to but her eyes widened when she saw her most private thoughts and words was being read by Brittany. Immediately, she pulled the notebook out of the blonde's hand a bit harshly and Brittany was a little shocked at her reaction.

"I'm sorry…." the blonde said apologetically.

Santana was silent for a while, not knowing what to do or say. She wrote those words a long time ago after Elaine left her. Her face softened upon seeing the blonde's expression.

"It's okay…. it's just….."

Brittany was looking at Santana attentively.

"It's Elaine. She was my first girlfriend. Kinda."

B: I thought she never had a girlfriend. Mike said….

"No one knew about us except for Quinn."

Santana sighed for a bit before continuing her story.

"She was in the Cheerios with me during my freshman year. She's such a sweet and amazing person."

Brittany couldn't help but feel jealous. Then, she felt guilty considering it's not the appropriate time to think about her feeling when the girl in front of her was trying to talk about hers.

"I was head over heels in love with her" she scoffed, shaking her head.

"She was too. She told me. We were in this secret relationship for 5 months. We were so closeted back then. But after 5 months, I was tired. Tired of hiding us. Tired of hiding myself. So I came out but the only person I told about us was Quinn. I thought that Elaine understood why I did all of that. But apparently, she didn't. She was paranoid that people would find out about us since I was already out so she broke up with me. After that, she pretended like we were never even in a relationship at all. At the end of my freshman year, her family moved to Chicago. I never saw her after that."

Santana felt her eyes welling up so she pretended to shrug it off.

"But whatever, that was in the past"

However, Brittany was not easily fooled. She could see the hurt in the latina's eyes. She hugged Santana gracefully and laid her head on the brunette's shoulder. Santana was stiff for a moment but felt herself relaxed in the blonde's embrace. For a minute, the brunette and the blonde would do nothing but held each other in silence.

It was midnight and both of them managed to finish the project in time. Santana was lying on the left side of the bed while Brittany was on the other side and they were facing away from each other.

"Britt, are you awake?"

"Yeah. I can't sleep."

"Me too."

"Can I ask you something?" Santana said while turning her body to face Brittany.

"Sure" the blonde assured while also turning her body to face the brunette.

"Why did you transfer here?"

"Uhhh…." The blonde uttered hesitantly.

"If you don't want to talk about it, it's okay" the brunette said with an assuring smile.

"It's okay, you told me your story, I should tell you mine"

Santana nodded encouragingly.

"So I came out as bi during my sophomore year and my high school wasn't so accepting. People would call me names. Slut, stupid, dumb."

Santana slowly reached her hand out and softly grasped the hand of the blonde.

"And then, somehow, they found out about my mom. My mom was an alcoholic, she is now recovering. When they found out, my life was hell. The bullying and teasing got worst that I cannot even walk through the hallways without feeling scared. By the end of sophomore year, I cannot take it anymore. I told my mom everything and she cried. She wanted me to start fresh again and she wanted me to feel safe again so she decided that moving to a new place would be the best."

By now, tears were running down her cheeks.

"But what hurts the most is that those names, those insults, are still stuck with me."

Brittany was sobbing after the words came crawling out of her mouth. Santana pulled the blonde closer to her chest and let her cried until Brittany felt asleep, snuggling to her. The brunette still could not understand how anyone could be so mean to this angel. Her eyes felt heavy and before she closed her eyes, she smiled when she smelt the familiar scent of vanilla and rose.

Author's note: If you didn't know already, the ringtone was actually the song that Brittana danced to during the Heart episode. Also, it might take me a week to post the next chapter but I think you will like it ;)