Chapter 9 is up... There's a lil trouble in paradise...bit of angst in this one.

Thanks again for reading :)

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Sitting back down on the couch Santana flicked through her contacts, she found the number she was after and hit call. The phone was picked up after two rings.

"Hello"

"Hi Ang"

"Santana oh my god is everything ok?"

"Yeah, I miss you little bro"

"I miss you too"

"I was talking about you earlier and it made me realise how slack I have been"

"It's ok Tana; I know you have had a lot going on"

"Yeah still no excuse tho' I'm sorry"

"So what's new?"

"Well the same old really, been busy at work etc had a good catch up Kurt, Blaine and Rach on Saturday so that was nice"

"Oh cool how are they all doing?"

"They are all good much the same as usual" she laughed

"Ha ha is Rachel still hot?"

"Eww come on Ang"

"What! I think she is hot"

"Rachel is still Rachel"

"I'll take that as a yes then"

"If you say so, so have you got a girlfriend?"

"I did but we broke up a few weeks ago actually, she moved overseas"

"Aww I'm sorry how long were you together"

"Just a couple of months, it was hard but hey I'm sure there are plenty more women for me" Santana could imagine his smile as he said that

"Always the heartbreaker Ang"

"Hey I don't like to break hearts…. So what about you?"

"What about me?"

"Duh are you seeing anyone"

"Well kind of it's still really new like the past week but she is incredible"

"Nice one sis, glad to hear, what's her name what does she do give me all the deets?"

"Her name is Quinn, she is my age, and she is a dance teacher"

"Oh god not another one"

"She is nothing like Britt Angelo"

"Ah ok so she is short, brunette, ugly and grumpy then"

"Smart ass…. She is a little bit taller than me, blonde, gorgeous and very very sweet"

"So more like Brittany than not"

"I was meaning personality wise you little shit"

"ha ha I know… I love winding you up so when can I meet her?"

"When do you want to come up?"

"Are you serious? I can actually come?"

"Yep how about next weekend?"

"Oh my god YES"

"Ok clear it with Mum and Dad and flick me a text, I will book the train once you do"

"Wow that will be awesome I can't wait to see you"

"You too Ang, Love you"

"Love you too Tana"

They said their goodbyes and Santana hung up she smiled to herself she couldn't wait to see him, he was the 16 year old male version of her pretty much and she adored him. She looked at her watch 10.30pm is it too late to call Rach….too bad

Rachel answered her phone after a few rings

"San what's up is everything ok?"

"Yeah why does everyone keep asking that?"

"Well you haven't actually called me for a really long time"

"Ok I'm a slack ass so sue me"

"Charming!"

"Are we still on for lunch tomorrow?"

"Yes absolutely will Quinn be joining us?"

"Um she is working tomorrow so probably not…but I could ask I guess"

"Yeah do that, I like her"

"Funny that….I'm rather fond of her myself"

"Did you see her today?"

"Yeah she cooked me dinner, she is in bed"

"What so she is staying another night? That's like 3 in a row right? I assume she stayed last night too"

"Yeah she did and yes it is 3 nights in a row"

Rachel squealed "I'm so proud of you San"

Santana rolled her eyes "Thanks Rach"

Her friend giggled

"So Angelo is coming up next weekend and seeing as he thinks you are hot I thought I'd book you in to hang with us"

"Ha ha he is a cutey pie, I would love that I have the weekend free so just let me know what the plans are etc."

"Great ok well I will see you tomorrow then"

"Absolutely… you go and get into bed with your incredibly hot girlfriend"

Santana laughed

"Will do Rach, sleep well"

"You too San see you tomorrow"

Santana stretched back on to the couch and switched the TV on as she flicked carelessly through the channels her mind wondered back to the gorgeous woman asleep in her bed….. What the fuck am I doing out here she thought shaking her head; she turned off all the lights and headed to the bedroom. She quietly entered the room and took in Quinn's sleeping state; seriously this woman is gorgeous ALL the time. She sat down beside Quinn and brushed a couple of loose strands of hair aside and kissed her cheek lightly, she flicked the bed side light off and stood up

"I could totally fall in love with you" she muttered as she headed to the bathroom.

As the door shut Quinn opened her eyes "I'm already a step ahead then" she whispered.

The next day at lunch

"Do you and Quinn want to come and have dinner at mine on Friday?" Rachel queried.

"I'm going to ask Kurt and Blaine too"

"I'm in, I'll text Quinn and ask" Santana replied pulling out her phone.

- Hey Q, Do you have plans on Friday? Rach asked if we wanted to have dinner at her place, Kurt and Blaine will be coming too xx"

"So are you guys seeing each other again tonight?"

"No Quinn has something she has to do for work"

"Oh really…..That's a shame"

"Yeah but what can you do right" Santana sighed

"Oh my god you are totally in love with her"

"Shut up, no I'm not"

"Yes you are…Oh My God" Rachel's voice was getting louder and people were starting to glance in their direction

"Jesus Berry keep your fucking voice down, I am not in love with Quinn" even as she said it she knew she was lying to herself she was totally falling for Quinn… but no she wasn't there yet so therefore not lying she reasoned.

"Ok whatever you say San" Rachel laughed

"Quit it ok, I have known her what! A week!"

"Yep and crammed about 2 months of emotions into a few days"

Santana rolled her eyes and the chuckling girl in front of her.

Beep Beep

-Sounds good, may have to meet you there tho' I have a few things to do on Friday, Is that ok? Q xx

"Ok she is coming but may be late"

"Great we can have a nice little dinner party shall we say 8?"

"Sure"

"Ok my smitten kitten friend I need to head off but I shall see you on Friday" Rachel got up and kissed Santana's cheek

"See ya Rach" Santana rolled her eyes again she picked up her phone to reply to Quinn

- That's ok it's not like we are attached at the hip or anything

Santana regretted sending the text as soon as she had, why did she always put her defences up and it wasn't even Quinn that instigated it.

Beep Beep

-? Well that was nice"

- I'm sorry I've been having "us" rammed down my throat by Rachel and I got a bit tetchy

- "Us"?

- Rach is going on and on about you and I and our "relationship" and she got on my nerves a little

- Oh I see. I'm sure she is just happy for you that you have found someone you may like to be in a relationship with?

- I'm sure she is but it has only been a week how serious does she actually think we could be? We haven't defined us yet and she already is.

Santana groaned that so didn't sound good

- You are right too soon for any of that ridiculous lingo, have a good afternoon San

Shit Santana knew she had hurt Quinn's feelings, why does she do this.

She didn't have time to dwell on things she had to get back to work she would have to call Quinn later and apologise.

Later that night

Santana threw her phone on the couch, she had tried to call Quinn 5 times and each time there was no answer. She had been having an inner confrontation with her mind all afternoon…..but at the end of the day she just felt guilty that she may have hurt Quinn's feelings and wanted to make it right. She picked up her phone again

-Are you not taking my calls deliberately or are you just busy?

She went to the kitchen and poured a glass of wine, it didn't help the tightness in her chest… for god's sake this is why she didn't do feelings and relationships anymore.

Beep Beep

- Little bit of both I guess childish huh

- I'm sorry Q; my text earlier was out of line

- I'm sorry too, I know you have had relationship issues and you haven't promised me anything or led me on I just…well I just saw us as something more you know. But its ok I came into this knowingly…. it's been good.

Santana stomach churned and her heart started racing was Quinn breaking up with her, wait moron how can she break up with you when you told her you weren't officially anything anyway….. I'm a stupid bitch she cussed inwardly. Santana slipped on her shoes and grabbed her keys she knew Quinn was at work she had to sort this face to face.

Quinn checked her phone again, no reply from Santana she had managed to freak the girl out and push her into a corner she wasn't ready to be in and now her heart was going to break…. she really thought Santana could have been the one. She finished up her class and waited as the students were collected by their parents when the last student left Quinn started to tidy up the studio she glanced at herself in the mirrors her face was perfectly made up but her eyes told the full story she felt tears prick behind her eyes, she grasped the metal bar in front of her tightly her hands ached but she needed the pain to distract her from the pain in her heart. She heard the studio door open and swung around to see which student had forgotten something. She froze when she saw Santana.

Santana could see Quinn was upset, she opened her mouth to say something but closed it again she hadn't expected to be so affected by the other girls' tears….tears she had caused. She cleared her throat.

"Hey, I hope you don't mind me coming here…I just….I needed to talk to you"

"That's ok, you didn't have to come…I know what you are going to say anyway so you can save your breath"

"Ouch….Quinn….look I told myself I wasn't going to do relationships after Brittany"

"Save it San, please spare me the nice brush off conversation you have not once said you actually want a relationship with me so you have no reason to feel badly, I'm angry at myself… I let myself fall in love with someone after a few days who never promised me anything"

"You did what?" Santana started walking towards Quinn

"I have done this to myself; please don't pity me I get it"

"You said you fell in love with me"

"Jesus I know how fucking pathetic am I right" Tears were rolling down Quinn's cheeks she hated looking weak but she couldn't stop them.

"You aren't pathetic Quinn"

"Stop ok… don't patronise me"

"You stole my thunder"

"What? What does that even mean" by this time Santana was standing only centimetres away Quinn could smell her amazing scent it was uniquely Santana….she wanted to curl up and die.

"I mean I wanted to come here and give you this" she pulled a single red rose from behind her back

"and I wanted to ask you to be my girlfriend….and you hit it out the ball park and tell me that you are in love with me way to steal my thunder Q"

Quinn opened her mouth to say something but closed it again….hang on what just happened.

"I'm sorry if I made you feel like I wasn't in this 100%, I'm sorry if you doubted my feelings…I want to be with you Quinn…. I am falling head over heels for you and yes it freaks me out a bit but I don't want to run"

"You don't" Quinn's head was swimming she still wasn't quite sure what to say.

Santana closed the distance between them and reached for Quinn's hand she placed the rose gently in the girls grasp and looked into her eyes.

"Quinn"

"Yes"

"Please be my girlfriend… I don't always say the right thing and I can't promise I won't freak out again but I do know I want you to be the person I freak out over"

"San"

"Yeah"

"There were so many better ways you could have said that" Quinn smiled, Santana could see the spark in her eyes again and her body relaxed.

"I know…. I suck at this stuff… just please say you will be mine"

"I'm yours" with that Quinn pressed her lips against Santana's and pulled her in tightly against her body, she loved the feeling of their bodies together they just seemed to fit.

"I'm sorry for acting like an idiot"

"You Q" Santana said softly and kissed the end of Quinn's nose "Are certainly no idiot"

Quinn pulled her in as tight as she could

"Can we stay like this forever" as soon as she said forever she tensed, which didn't go unnoticed by Santana…way to go Quinn freak out the commitment shy girl by mentioning that word.

Santana smiled she could almost hear the conversation going on in Quinn's mind, she went to pull away and felt Quinn's grip tighten

"Easy tiger I need to breathe" she whispered and pulled back slightly, she put her hand under Quinn's chin and lifted it up so they were looking eye to eye

"If we had to stay in one position forever I can think of so many more enjoyable ones than fully clothed in a dance studio babe" Quinn laughed.

Santana took a step back "Shall we go?" she held out her hand which was quickly accepted.