I Will Never Leave You Alone Again

Dani is cleaning the table tops when she sees him. He's standing outside the window watching her, letting the cold snow cover him and making no effort to brush it off. His face is full of anger and purpose. Dani stares back at him for a moment before dropping her cloth and heading into the back room. She pulls her coat from the rail and takes her phone out of her pocket. She dials Santana. She turns and looks behind to make sure he isn't approaching. Santana picks up on the third ring. 'Hey babe.' She answers, but Dani's tone quickly changes Santana's.

'San, you have to come... please... he's here.' Dani says, tears falling down her face.

'Dan, baby, calm down. I'm on my way.' Santana says, getting up from her seat, everyone else following her lead.

'Santana what's wrong?' Rachel asks, but the Latina is too focused to respond.

'Dani stay on the phone with me okay.'

'Okay.' Dani breathes, trying to compose herself as she looks around. She puts her back to the wall for a moment.

'We're all coming.' Santana continues, trying to keep her talking. 'Tell me what happened.'

'He was outside, just standing there watching me.'

'Okay, then what?' Santana asks, the loud traffic quietening her as they make their way down the road.

'Then I came in here to call you, but he moved with me.'

'Where is he now? Can you see him?' Santana asks.

'No, I'm in the back room.'

'Just stay there, we're almost there.' Santana assures her. Just as Dani is beginning to calm, the door to the room is pushed open. Kevin steps through, a smug look on his face.

'Hello Danielle.' He says gently.

'Santana...' She whispers into the phone.

'Dani, what's happening?' Santana asks, running faster to the diner.

'He's here.' She informs her quietly.

'Hang up the phone and come with me, you don't want to make a scene now do you?' Kevin says calmly, taking steps towards her.

'Leave me alone!' She shouts. Kevin sighs as he reaches her.

'We'll have to do this the hard way then wont we.' He says, a grin almost appearing on his face as if it were a game to him.

'Santana! Help me!' She screams into the phone as it is ripped from her hands and thrown across the room.

'Shit!' Santana yells, closing her phone and putting it in her pocket.

'Santana, what is it!?' Kurt calls from behind her, everyone trying to keep up with her pace.

'He's there with her, he's going to hurt her.' Santana doesn't look back at them but she can see the lights of the diner at the end of the street. She breaks into a sprint, Puck the only one able to keep up with her. They burst through the doors and race through to the back room. All they can see is Kevin's back, he's holding Dani by the throat up against a wall. Santana and Puck both see red but Puck gets there first, hauling Kevin away from his daughter by his shoulders. He throws him across the room and they face each other. Dani is leaning against the wall, slowly sliding down it to the floor but Santana grabs her before she hits it, pulling her in close. The rest of the group catch up and form a line across the room, separating Dani from her father. Puck takes a step towards him.

'Give me one reason why I shouldn't knock your teeth out?' He says menacingly, staring into Kevin's eyes, which look frightened for the first time. Kevin says nothing, he looks at Dani once more before backpedalling out of the room. Puck watches to make sure he leaves the diner before turning back into the room. Santana has only just realised that Dani is shaking in her arms.

'Hey, you're okay.' Santana soothes, running her hands through her girlfriend's hands. She notices the blood falling from Dani's lip but Quinn points out further blood on the girl.

'Santana, her hand.' Quinn motions down to Dani's right hand which is covered in blood.

'Dani, what happened?' Santana asks, gently picking up her shaking hand.

'Oh, that's... that's not mine.' She whispers, clenching her hand into a fist.

'Did you do that to his face?' Puck asks, almost smiling as if impressed.

'Do what?' Kurt asks.

'Didn't you see, there were like four giant scratches on his face, bleeding ones.' Puck informs them.

'Yeah, that was me.' Dani admits.

'That's my girl.' Santana says, kissing her on the head. 'Let's get you home.'

'My shift isn't over.' Dani reminds them.

'I'll talk to Gunther and finish for you.' Kurt tells her. 'Just get her home Santana.'

'Thanks Kurt.' Dani whispers. Santana smiles at him and then supports Dani to her feet. She is shaky for a moment but composes herself, wiping the tears from her face with her left hand.

'Can I wash my hand first?' She asks.

'Of course you can, come on.' Santana says, leading her to the back bathroom.

'Man, what a psycho.' Puck sighs, frustrated that he didn't hurt the guy like he should have.

'Hopefully now he know's we're all here, he'll decide to go for good.' Quinn says.

'But what about when you guys leave?' Rachel asks.

'What?' Quinn looks at her.

'You're only here for the weekend. If he sticks around until you leave, he'll know we have no muscle.' Rachel looks at Kurt. 'No offense.'

'Oh, none taken. I agree, we kind of need you here Puck.'

'Then maybe we'll just have to extend our trip.' Puck says, Quinn smiling at him, as Santana and Dani come out of the bathroom.

'Okay, ready to go?' Santana looks at everyone who nod or say they are. 'Thanks again Kurt.'

'No problem, I'll see you just after midnight.' He smiles, turning on his heel and going to get his uniform. Santana turns to Dani.

'Come on babe, he's probably miles away by now.'

'If you say so.' Dani says, trying to smile.

'Hey, look at me.' Santana turns Dani to face her. 'I promise I will never leave you alone again. Okay?'

'Okay.' Dani agrees. Santana leans in and gently kisses her on the side of the mouth that isn't bleeding, before they leave the diner.