Brittany shoves her chair back and stands up, causing everyone to look up at her. She gulps. "If you'll excuse me," she says. "I am going to the ladies' room."

She turns around and starts walking to the bathroom. She can hear some mumbling behind her, and then a chair being pushed back.

"I'll go check on her," she can hear Santana say, and Brittany speeds up her pace. She opens the door to the bathroom and makes her way across the room, before leaning against one of the stalls. She squeeks when she accidentally pushes the door open and then stands up straight again, just as Santana walks in.

"Well, well ..." Santana says with a smirk. "So you are finally giving in?"

"N-no" Brittany says, shaking her head. The other woman keeps coming closer. "No." The blonde says, a bit more determined. Santana just raises an eyebrow at her.

"No?"

"No .."

Brittany looks down, but she can still feel Santana's eyes watching her closely. "This. This has to stop. I-I mean it."

Santana grins. "You don't sound that convincing ..."

The blonde swallows and frowns, trying to keep a straight face. She can't deny anymore that she is attracted to Santana, even if she doesn't really know what it means. There's just one thing she can say for sure, and that is that her employee can play her whenever and however she wants, and there's nothing Brittany can do about it.

"I'm serious, San .."

"Are you?"

"Yes" Brittany says, nodding her head.

"Hm" Santana hums. "Because it doesn't really seem like you want me to stop."

Brittany doesn't answer, she looks down at her feet. Damn that woman. Get control of yourself, Britty.

"Is it because you're my boss?" She asks. She's now standing right in front of Brittany. When the blonde doesn't answer right away, she smirks.

"Because look at the time, Britt. It's after hours .."

"I know" Brittany whispers.

"So, it must be something else then .. The boyfriend, perhaps. Where is he anyway?" Santana looks around. "I don't see him anywhere"

"Um, work" Brittany mumbles "He had to work"

"Oh" Santana nods, a small smile playing on her lips. "Are you bummed he's not here?"

The blonde shrugs before she really thinks about it. Of course she minds. Of course she didn't like it that he cancelled last moment. Of course it's kinda weird doing this dinner without him.

But is she sad about it?

Is she bummed about the fact that she is currently in a closed room, alone, with Santana less than two feet away from her?

No.

It would make some things easier if he were here, but some things would get even more complicated. Like, how the fuck does she feel about Santana? She likes her, duh, and she is really hot, that's undeniable. But is there a possibility that there's something else?

And how does Santana feel about her? She's obviously attracted to Brittany, but that morning in her room she was so .. Different. Sweet, and caring, and she even seemed hurt. Rejected maybe. Brittany has to know.

"How do you feel about me?" she suddenly asks. Both women are surprised she just said that out loud. A small wrinkle appears on Santana's face.

"What do you mean?"

Brittany sighs softly. "I mean .. Why do you keep doing this? I never told you that I was attracted to you so how could you even know?"

Santana frowns, but suddenly her lips curl into a wide grin. And that's when it hits Brittany. She practically just confessed she's attracted to her. To her employee. Who probably already knew it before she did, but anyway. Just .. shit.

"So you are attracted to me?"

Brittany gulps 'I-I meant ..- "

"- I know what you meant, Britt.." Santana says. She suddenly sounds serious, her expression has changed. "And I know that .. You told me to stop flirting with you, and .. Being inappropriate, as you called it.." She takes a few steps away from Brittany and leans against a wall. "And then I didn't stop, and started acting weird, I know .. I probably owe you an explanation, right?"

She lets out a deep breath and looks down. "It's just .. That first time, in your office .. I know I probably made a horrible first impression. And any other person would've just kicked me out, and you didn't. You decided to give me a chance."

Brittany smiles softly and shrugs. "I don't regret it .."

"I know" Santana nods. "Gosh .. You're probably thinking where the hell does this all come from .."

Brittany laughs at her. "Who are you and what have you done to Santana?!"

The brunette chuckles, but her smile doesn't reach her eyes.

They both look up as the bathroom door squeeks open. Tina's head appears around the corner. "Uh .. Hi. Is everything okay?"

Brittany quickly glances to the woman next to her, and then turns back to Tina, faking a smile. "We're great." She says.

Tina nods, slightly frowning. She doesn't look entirely convinced. "Are you sure?"

"Of course we're sure, Chopsticks. Now get out, we're trying to have a conversation in here."

Brittany faces Santana and raises an eyebrow at her. The woman looks back. "What? We are!"

The blonde rolls her eyes. "We're fine, Tina. We'll be out soon" she smiles.

As soon as Tina disappears, silence fill the room again. Santana is leaning with her back against a wall, face looking up to the ceiling. She looks like she's trying hard not to break the silence, so they wouldn't have to talk about this subject again. Brittany knows this, but she also just can't let it go.

"Santana? Brittany starts, carefully. She doesn't want to say anything to give a wrong impression, or to make the other woman unconformable. "You .. Is there, um .. Is there something else going on? Like .. I - I don't know" she mumbles the last part, and Santana looks up.

"Like what?"

Like are you in love with me?

"Like ..I don't know .." Brittany mumbles again. "I just don't get why you keep flirting with me .."

Santana stares at her for a second, and then the corners of her mouth slowly curl into a wide smile. She tries to bite back a laugh as Brittany starts to frown at her.

"Why are you laughing at me?"

Santana shakes her head. "You really don't know?"

Brittany frowns and shrugs slowly, a bit confused.

"Oh god you don't know." Santana says. She looks slightly shocked by this fact.

Now the blonde is really becoming confused. Is this going where she thinks it's going? What should she know?

"Oh my god ..." Santana groans, bowing her head down. She takes a deep breath and looks up at the woman in front of her.

"Okay. So, um .. You .. You're just so .. You. You know? And you are like, ridiculously hot, which makes it extremely hard for me to properly function around you. So I start hitting on you 'cause like, why wouldn't I. And also because it's .. Well, I can't think straight when you're around."

A giggle escapes Brittany's lips before she can stop herself. Santana frowns, before realising that saying she can't think straight is just a little ironic. She chuckles lightly and looks down.

"Yeah ... Anyway ... It's just ... I can't help it, you know and then you can also be so sweet and adorable and encouraging and funny and it's just pretty darn hard not to like you okay so if you could just stop being so fricking perfect that'd be great."

There's a moment of silence.

Santana looks up, opens her mouth and closes it again, turns her head a bit and then faces the blonde again. "I mean .. Do you know what I mean?"

Brittany inhales sharply and looks at her. Of course she knows what Santana means. She's been thinking about it ever since that first night at the bar.

Is she your girlfriend?

I wish ...

Brittany knew it was meant as a joke, but there had been something in the way that she said it. Some kind of truth. So yeah, she knows. Yeah, she understands. No, she has no clue what to do right now.

She swallows and nods slowly. "I guess .. kinda.."

"Okay .." She replies quietly.

The room is silent again. Santana fiddles with her hands while Brittany just kind of stares at the floor. They hear the staff talking outside of the doors.

"So, this is awkward."

Brittany can't help but to smile "It's not awkward .. I just .. Don't really know what to say."

"So it's awkward"

"No, I .." She rolls her eyes. "Okay, maybe a little.. But I mean .. What do you want to say ..?"

Santana frowns "Oh, I don't know .. Something like oh my gosh Santana I like you too let's dump the douchebag and live our happily ever after somewhere on a lesbian island?"

Brittany gives her a strange look and they stare at each other for a second, before they both burst out laughing.

"I can't believe you just said that. Do lesbian islands even exist?"

Santana shrugs "They should"

Brittany chuckles. "Probably .. I'm sure you'd have fun there"

The blonde can see the other woman biting her lip. She looks up, and Brittany raises her eyebrows at her.

"Go out with me."

Brittany looks down. "Santana .."

"One date."

At the word date, Brittany looks at her. She shows a small smile. "You want to take me on a date?"

"Yes" Santana nods. "Give me one night. "

The blonde doesn't look entirely convinced. It's not that she doesn't want to go on a date with Santana, but if she does, she would admit to herself that Santana is more than just an employee to her. And, most importantly, that Artie isn't the only person in her life anymore. And that scares her, having to admit that.

"Look, San .. It's not that I .. That I don't like you. Because I do. But .. I just don't know if I should."

"Oh c'mon Britt ... In the name of love" Santana chuckles. She walks over to the blonde and drapes herself over her while singing "One niiight in the name of loooove"

Brittany can't help but to laugh at her. "You're such a fool" she says, giggling.

"Pleeease?" Santana asks her.

Brittany sighs, still with a smile on her face. "Okay fine .. I'll go on a date with you .."

"Fantastic choice, ms. Pierce." Santana winks, and the blonde rolls her eyes.

"It's amazing how fast you seem to change of personality" she chuckles.

Santana just smirks at her. "I am pretty amazing, aren't I?"

Soo ... the truth has finally come out! This took me a long while to write, I kept changing and adding and deleting because I had so many ideas how to let Santana actually clear up why she's been acting like this, and how Brittany would react. I hope you like it anyways, and I thank you all for following, reviewing, favouriting and enjoying this story!

I hope you'll continue reading because now it's going to start being interesting ;)

Anyway, thank you, you awesome people, and have a good week!