Thanks everybody for the reviews! Hope you are all still enjoying the story! 5 more reviews and I'll update again! It means a lot that people are reading and enjoying! I'm thinking of bringing this story to an end soon so I'd like to start writing another 1 so any ideas for a story would be greatly appreciated! Anyways here's chapter 10!

Chapter 10

Brittany smacked the alarm clock that was ringing loudly next to her, causing it to crash to the floor, batteries flying across the room. She opened her eyes slowly and stared sleepily at the ceiling for a few minutes. She suddenly remembered the previous day's events and reached blindly for her phone. She was sure she had brought it to bed with her. Finding it on the other side of the bed, under Lord Tubbington, her cat, she flipped it open and squealed in delight at the screen. It read "1 New Message – San". She opened it and stared at the one word written on the screen. "Outside", was all it said.

Flinging the bedclothes off her, subsequently sending Lord Tubbington flying to the floor, she jumped out of the bed and scrambled over to her closet. She pulled on a pair of shorts and a tank top and bolted out of her bedroom and down the stairs.

Throwing open the front door, she beamed as she saw Santana, leaning against her car. Looking beautiful as ever, but something was off. She smiled widely as the blonde rushed towards her. It swiftly turned to a frown though, as she went to throw herself into the Latina's arms.

"Woah woah Britt!" she laughed, lifting up her broken hand, stopping the blonde abruptly in her tracks. Brittany's face fell and worry clouded her eyes.

"Oh San what happened?" she cried, tears welling in her eyes as she looked at Santana's injured arm. She knew the answer before she had finished the question. Only one thing could have happened to her. It had become all too familiar to both girls.

"My Dad" Santana shrugged, smiling sadly, as if it was the most natural response in the world. "Look Britt, can we just go inside so I can get changed and we can go to school?" Brittany nodded and they re-entered the house, heading into the spare room that had been converted into Santana's bedroom.

Brittany sat on the bed and stared at her best friend as she picked out some clothes and got changed. She had never noticed what great abs the Latina had. She found herself staring at them until the brunette shouted "Brittany! Quit staring and let's get going. We're gonna be late!" Santana laughed as Brittany shook herself out of her daze and got up off the bed. They headed downstairs, grabbed breakfast and left for school.

Brittany pulled up her car in the WMHS car park and turned to her best friend. She looked sadly at the Latina. She had bags under her eyes and light bruises still lingered on her face and arms. She looked worn. She picked up the brunette's hand and squeezed it comfortingly. "Let's go" she said quietly.

xXx

The day went slowly. Each class dragged for Brittany, as she waited desperately to see her best friend again. Finally the last bell rang and she ran to find the brunette, which she eventually did, at her locker.

"Hey San!" Brittany smiled warmly, but stopped abruptly when she saw the look on the other girl's face. "Honey what's wrong?" the blonde asked, rubbing Santana's arm comfortingly. The brunette looked at her friend fearfully.

"The hospital just rang" she began, "I-It's my dad, he's gone. The nurse came to check on him and his bed was empty. He just got up and left without anyone noticing, and now they can't find him". Santana blinked away the tears that had appeared in her eyes, but she couldn't prevent herself from trembling. Brittany pulled her into a soft hug. The brunette was terrified. Her father had gone missing, and was now on the loose hours after threatening to kill her.

Santana rested her head on Brittany's shoulder, not wanting to let her go. "I'll keep you safe" the blonde whispered into her ear, quickly tightening the hug, and then breaking away. She took the brunette's hand, and led her out the door and back to the car.

xXx

The full moon cast an eerie glow on the street as a man stood silently in the darkness. The fresh breeze had relieved his headache and his vision was less blurry now, as he stared at the house across the street from where he was standing. A light glowed from within one of the downstairs windows, illuminating the two figures curled up on the couch together. One blonde, one brunette. His brunette.

Anger surged from within him. He would get her back, and he would teach her a lesson. A proper lesson this time. One she wouldn't forget. A sly smile crept onto the man's face as he disappeared back into the shadows.

xXx

'The Little Mermaid' end credits showed up on screen and Santana turned to her best friend, to find that she was fast asleep. The brunette sat admiring her. She was so brave, sticking by Santana through all of this. But the brunette feared for her best friend. She knew what her father was capable of. He would stop at nothing to hurt her, she was sure of that, and she didn't want to risk Brittany getting hurt too.

At that moment, the blonde stirred and opened her eyes wearily. She spotted Santana and gave her a slight smile before wordlessly getting up and pulling Santana up with her. They reached the top of the stairs and entered Santana's room, Brittany shutting the door behind them. Santana turned to speak, but was suddenly pinned to the wall, Brittany's lips attached to hers. The kiss was passionate and after what seemed like ages, they needed to break apart for air.

"Britt?" Santana began, gasping for air, "What was that?". She had not been expecting that. Her mind was still reeling as the blonde gave a small smile.

"I don't know" she murmured in response, looking down at the floor in embarrassment. "I'm sorry, San. I don't know what came over-" but she never got to finish the sentence because all of a sudden, they were on the bed, lips attached again in a heated kiss.

"It's fine," Santana breathed, breaking away momentarily, "You're a great kisser". She smiled widely before pulling Brittany towards her again.

Sexy times coming up? Maybe ,maybe not! Guess you're just gonna have to wait and see! :-P