"I saw her" Santana said she was leaning back relaxed in her usual chair at Abigail's office
"It was like we were both in-between life and death"
Abigail noted things down while Santana spoke.
"I haven't seen her since then, I'm scared I never will"
Abigail studied Santana's face
"Am I crazy?" Santana asked
Abigail shook her head immediately "No, you're not, you're fascinating"
"Is that a good thing?"
"I think so" she smiled "You know Santana, you're doing a lot better these past few weeks, aside from your hospital drama if you wanted to stop coming to see me I actually think you'd be completely fine"
Santana sat forward and looked at her with wide eyes "really?"
"yes, really"
Sinking back into her chair Santana shook her head
"I don't feel ready, there is so much I can't handle and you help, a lot"
"I'm not saying you have to go Santana, only if you wanted too"
"I'm staying" Santana said the words came from her mouth before she even thought
Abigail smiled "I'll see you in a week then"
Santana nodded "I'll be here"
"I heard you've got a friend in town" Abigail said
"Yeah Quinn, she came when she found out I was in hospital and she decided to stay for Thanksgiving"
"I'd love to meet her sometime" Abigail said with her usual warm smile
"I'll be sure to bring her by" Santana said
When Santana got home the blinds were half drawn and a soft dim light filled the room, the smell of coffee and toast circulated and the soft hum of music played from the laptop on the coffee table. Quinn lay asleep on the couch, her honey blonde hair had fallen across her face and her chest rose and fell silently.
Wandering over to the couch Santana picked up a piece of Quinn's jam toast, it was still warm so she must have just fallen asleep, taking a bite out of it the crunch filled the room.
"Don't eat my toast San" Quinn mumbled from the couch
Lifting an eyebrow she placed the toast back down on the plate.
"You better wake up and eat it then sleepyhead" Santana sat down on the couch pushing Quinns legs out of the way. She mumbled and stretched out, opening her sleepy golden green eyes, she ran a hand through her tousled blonde hair.
"I didn't mean to fall asleep" she said sitting up and looking at Santana like a child that had just woken up
"I was waiting for you to get home"
"It's like two in the afternoon you grandma" Santana said giving her a playful push
"Shuddup" Quinn said taking a bite out of her toast "do you want some more?" she held the toast in front of Santana's mouth and she took a bite
"Good news" Santana said when she had finished her mouth full "i'm not crazy"
Quinn gasped
"You're sane?" she pretended to be shocked "that's groundbreaking news"
Santana rolled her eyes and smiled "Abigail said if i wanted to stop going to see her I could"
"Are you going to?" Quinn licked the jam off her fingers and took a sip of her coffee
Santana shook her head "I like talking to her, it helps"
Quinn smiled "I'm really glad that you're starting to feel better"
Santana bit her lip "I'm really glad that you're here"
She watched Quinn flush a light shade of pink and look down at the mug in her hands with a cheesy smile
"Don't do that" Quinn said quietly
"Don't do what?" Santana asked poking Quinn's leg lightly
"Be so cute" Quinn said shaking her head taking another sip from her coffee then placing it down on the table
"It's frustrating" she went to stand up but Santana quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her back down
"What is?" she asked Quinn, there legs were tangled together and Santana's hand remained half holding on to Quinn's.
Quinn could feel the Santana's warmth on her arm, the gentle blow of her breath, a shiver ran down her spine as their eyes met. Santana swore she could almost feel Quinn's heart beating. The first loud healthy heart beat she had heard since Brittany's.
Quinn shook her head again "Don't" she said looking at Santana with a unreadable look in her eyes. They sat there entwined in each other for another moment before Quinn quickly pulled herself up off the couch and disappeared into the kitchen.
Santana remained sitting on the couch. What just happened she asked herself. What the hell was that. Why did she feel like she actually wanted to kiss Quinn.
She shook it off her mind and decided it was probably best not to mention it again.
That night Quinn decided she was on dinner, while Santana was in the shower she ordered pizza, cleared the and set table which had obviously not have been used as a place of eating in a very long time, and poured two glasses of wine. As she took one for herself she looked around Santana's apartment, a few boxes still remained stacked against the wall with the Brittany's name printed across them in black ink. There were only two photos out, which Quinn found slightly surprising, she always thought Santana would have her walls plastered with photos of Brittany, one photo sat on the coffee table of Brittany and Santana the day they moved in together. Quinn had taken that photo, she had spent hours helping the two of the girls move endless amounts of boxes into their own place. She had never seen any two people more happy together than they were. The other photo hung on the wall, it was of all three of them in their McKinley High Cheerios uniform. Quinn smiled as she looked at the photo, everything was so simple back then. She never would have expected that she would have lost one of her friends so early, her heart ached for Brittany, the three girls in the photo with bright eyes and big smiles looked backed at her. Quinn took a sip of her wine and turned around to see Santana behind her. Startled, she took a step back banging into the wall.
"I love that photo" Santana said before Quinn could speak "we looked so happy"
Quinn turned around having another look at the photo "do you ever wish that….we could just go back"
"Everyday" Santana said her gaze rested on Quinn before she turned back around and admired the dinner set up
"This is amazing Q" Santana said smiling wandering over to the table and picking up her glass of wine
"well, you do deserve the best" Quinn said following her over
Santana looked at her with her big brown eyes and Quinn watched as the corners of her mouth turned up
"What's that look for?" Quinn asked smiling
"Nothing, just, thank you" Santana said breaking her eyes away from Quinn's and looking at the table
"i think you forgot something" she said looking at the empty plates, she looked back over at Quinn
"food"
"Ahh yes" Quinn said with a cheeky grin "it should be coming right…" she looked at her watchless wrist
"now"
At that exact moment there was a knock on the door, both the girls looked at each other and began to laugh. Quinn walked over to the door and opened it.
"Oh" she said the disappointment that flooded her voice could not be hidden
"Is this a bad time?" Audrey's voice entered the apartment and Santana put down her glass of wine and tilted her head to see around the door
"No, not at all" Santana immediately noticed Quinn's forced smile
"We were just waiting for the pizza to arrive, come in"
Audrey came inside, having not seemed to notice Quinn's standoffish behaviour.
"Sanny" Audrey grinned and threw her arms around Santana "it must be good to be home"
Santana wasn't used to Audrey's overenthusiastic energy, she gave the auburn haired girl a light hug back and smiled.
"Is everything alright?" Santana asked her
"Of course" Audrey smiled "I just wanted to stopover and make sure you were okay"
Santana smiled glancing over at Quinn who still hovered by the door almost as if she was waiting to show Audrey out.
"Well everything's pretty A+ here, not only is my best friend here, but she's ordered food and we're actually going to eat at the table for once" Santana smirked
This time it was Audrey's turn to flash a fake smile, she let out a polite laugh and her eyes shifted around the room awkwardly
"Oh before i forget, are you doing anything for Thanksgiving tomorrow? I don't know if Blaine told you but they're having a little dinner party with a couple of my old friends, feel free to come…if you want" Santana said and Audrey looked back at her with a genuine smile
"I'd love too" she said "I should get going now, I didn't mean to intrude"
"No problem" Quinn interjected opening the door again for Audrey
Santana lifted an eyebrow, she couldn't understand what was going on with these two.
"Have a good evening" Audrey said politely as she left
"Likewise" Quinn said giving a small smile before shutting the door
"What was that about?" Santana asked but before Quinn could answer there was another knock at the door
"Really" Quinn muttered under her breath, but when she opened the door thankfully it was just the pizza guy.
"She really has impeccable timing doesn't she" Quinn said after they'd sat down and started having dinner
"Who?" Santana asked before shoveling a piece of hot cheese pizza into her mouth
"Audrey" Quinn said "she always seems to come at the right time"
"That's what she said" Santana giggled wiggling her eyebrows at Quinn, who couldn't help but roll her eyes
"I can sense the sarcasm coming off that" Santana smirked "but still, wanky"
Quinn laughed "and you would know would you?"
Santana frowned a bit, looking at her friend shocked "I didn't sleep with her Quinn"
"I know, I know I was just teasing" she replied but Santana couldn't help but notice the look of relief behind her hazel eyes.
"What is it that you've been trying to tell me Q?"
Quinn shook her head investigating her piece of pizza with a sudden great interest
"Come on" Santana said dragging out her words slowly
"No" Quinn said "honestly it's nothing"
Santana sighed and watched Quinn pick at the crust on her plate, there was something bothering her, that much was obvious, she just didn't understand why it was so hard to admit it.
"So" Quinn said a smile playing at the corners of her mouth "are you ready for seeing our favorite losers tomorrow night?"
Santana leaned back in her chair and laughed
"I will never be ready to see those people, love them as I do"
"I haven't seen Kurt in so long" Quinn said "Rachel either"
Santana lifted an eyebrow, something in her head clicked. It suddenly made sense to her, this about seeing Rachel again. Quinn had been acting strange since she had told Santana about Rachel's new guy. Oh god Santana suddenly thought poor Quinn.