AUTHOR'S NOTES: Hey! Sorry again for the late update, I promise, more reviews the sooner I update. So please review review and review.

I have something to say, I can't say this on my facebook account coz "I'm still in the closet" although I really wanted this to be my status message. That's why I told to myself that I will just share this to all of you, my readers…

Well, last night, I was inserting an IV cannula to a baby, (I'm a nurse and I worked in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit), the veins of the baby was very difficult to find, and then blah blah, I found one, so, shoot, the IV site was good but then, my iphone rang, and I heard Naya Rivera's voice singing SANTA BABY, my ringtone of course, I got distracted really, I wasn't exaggerating or something, I was just mesmerized by her voice. (Every time there's someone calling me, it took me few seconds to answer my phone coz I want to hear Santana's voice longer.) and so, I got distracted and then, voila! The IV cannula was out, and I had to look again for another vein. (lol, i really just want to share this moment to all of you. I am officially 110% addicted to Naya "Santana" Rivera..

Anyway, tnx for bearing with me, now enjoy,, please leave comments, and suggestions. I appreciate them. =)

CHAPTER 10

BRITTANY was cooking in the kitchen when she heard the familiar voice from the door asking for her.

"Hi! Is Brittany home?"

She washed her hands before she went to the front door. "Hey Quinn! I'm so glad to see you!" she exclaimed. Just like Santana, it's been a while since she last saw her cousin. She became busy moving in her new apartment with Rachel. Speaking of Rachel, she noticed that her bestfriend was speechless in front of her cousin, which she immediately recognized based on her expression that Rachel was literally and boldly staring at her cousin. Uh oh. Trouble. She thought to herself as she placed her hands to Rachel's waist and slightly pinching her on the side. "Quinn, Meet my girlfriend, Rachel."

Rachel gave her a look; she smiled back and subtly pinched her again to remind her of their pretence.

"So you're my cousin's girlfriend that Santana was talking about. Nice to meet you, Rachel." Quinn offered her hand to Rachel which she immediately accepted.

"Uhm… yeah. I am. Brittany's girlfriend."

Brittany noticed that her friend is attracted to her cousin; she can't let that happen for the meantime, they were to act as lovers infront of Santana and Quinn, right? Brittany broke off the eye-duel between the two, "So Quinn, what brings you here?"

Then Quinn shifted her eyes from Rachel to her, "Yeah. About that, I just wanted to see you, to see the person you were moving in with?" then she eyed Rachel again. "I thought you're moving in with your bestfriend from London?"

"Yeah. Rachel is my bestfriend slash girlfriend. We broke up and now we're together again." She said as she held Rachel's hand.

"Oh. Good for you Brit." Then Quinn looked around, "wow! Your apartment is nice." Quinn admiringly stares at their apartment which was designed by Rachel.

While her cousin was looking around their apartment, she gave Rachel a warning stare and whispered in a very very low voice, "What do you think you're doing? You're ruining our pretence. I thought you're going to help me with this?"

"But you didn't tell me that you have a very beautiful cousin!" Rachel whispered back. "Is she gay?"

Brittany was hesitant to answer, then took a deep breath. "Yeah she is. But she's inlove with Santana okay? Well, she said she WAS inlove with her. Santana is her bestfriend. And Santana is straight, as I have told you."

Then they stopped whispering to each other when Quinn came closer to them.

"This is really nice, and you have an underground basement. So nice."

Rachel answered, "Yeah. Brittany made it her own paint room."

"Can I see it?" Quinn asked, but instead of asking permission to her, she's asking permission to Rachel.

It feels like she's the third person in this conversation as Rachel agreed and offered to accompany Quinn down the basement. But before that, Rachel whispered again to Brittany away from Quinn's ears, "Santana is definitely straight if she's not falling even a little bit for your gorgeous cousin." She said smirking at her which made Brittany frown.

They were having dinner when Brittany noticed the eye-sex between Rachel and Quinn. It was awkward for her part knowing they were on pretence infront of her cousin. She reached out under the table to pinch the thigh of Rachel who was sitting next to her.

Rachel gave her an innocent look. She gave her a glare instead. Then she froze when Quinn started laughing heartily. Rachel seems to enjoy hearing her cousin burst into laughter although they both don't know why the hell her cousin is laughing like that.

"Oh. God! I'm sorry, I just can't stop laughing." Quinn said in between laughter. "Cut it out already!"

"What are you talking about?" Brittany asked, her brows furrowed.

"You both sucks in acting, you know that?" Quinn said as she stopped laughing. "I know that you both are not in a relationship." Brittany's jaw dropped. "I just want to see for myself how far you're gonna get going on your little act, Brit."

Rachel interrupted her as she was about to speak, "Hey, it was her idea."

She glared at her bestfriend then turn to face Quinn, "How did you know? I'm sure were good at acting like lovers, Santana believed it, right?"

"Oh yeah, she believes it alright. But I don't."

Brittany became nervous, her eyes mirrored her emotions.

Quinn continued as if sensing her emotions, "Don't worry, Brit. I haven't told Santana. And I will keep it a secret if you just answer my questions."

Brittany gulped nervously, "Okay."

"Why pretend?"

Rachel answered for her, "To save her pride."

"Why would you do that, Brit?" Quinn asked, not taking her eyes away from her.

She swallowed hard before answering, "Well, uhm.. Santana came here and apologized to me for what happened that night, she said she hadn't forgotten everything that happened, the kiss and everything, and then she apologized for leading me on."

"She what? Apologized for what happened? How stupid of her." Quinn mumbled.

"Yeah, she only made things worse for me, it's better if she did not apologized about it, you know." Then she continued, "Then I had this stupid idea to drag Rachel into this. Just to show that I wasn't interested in her."

"But the truth is, SHE really likes her, head over heels." Rachel interrupted then received a death glare from Brittany. Rachel and Quinn laughed in unison at her reaction.

"You are really inlove with my bestfriend, Brit." Quinn stated.

"I am not! I just like her. A crush maybe but not love. Love is a strong word, you know." She said defensively.

But then her iphone rang, the picture of Santana popped out on the screen. Santana is calling. Suddenly, her heart beats faster, Santana is calling her. She looked over at Quinn as if asking permission for her to answer the call. Then Quinn nodded and smiled. She picked up her phone on the dining table and answered it.

"Hey."

It's so nice to hear Santana's voice again, "Hey," she answered back.

"We're… I mean, tomorrow, Saturday. We still have the same plans, right?"

Her eyes brighten instantly. She had to stand up and leave the kitchen just so she can hide her smile from Quinn and Rachel. "Yeah. My place. 8:00 P.M."

"Okay." Then a brief silence on the other line. "uhm, Brit, I never done this before. I'm kindda nervous and excited, to be honest."

She blinked before answering, erasing her thoughts of Santana naked infront of her. "Don't be. I'm a professional. Just for the sake of art.."

"Yeah. Can't wait for tomorrow. This should turn out good, you know. Or else. " Santana said laughing as she cut her sentence purposely.

"Or else what?" she asked, smiling too.

"It will be the other way around."

"What?" she asked but then she heard Santana laugh again and she can't help but admire her hearty laughter.

"See you tomorrow night Brit."

"Hey! You haven't answered my question, what do you mean by that?"

Santana laughed again, "Tomorrow, Brittany. Bye." Then Santana ended the call.

Brittany couldn't help the smile that was plastered on her face as she got back in the dining room.