As I walked home, I felt my phone buzzing in my pocket.

Why aren't you responding to my texts? -Brittany

''Oh fuck,'' I said to myself. ''I totally forgot about her.''

What am I going to do now? I promised Brittany that we'll be at my place when my parents go on that stupid vacation, and I promised Quinn that we'll go with them.

I've known Quinn way longer than Brittany and she is my best friend, and she really needs to get away from her parents for a while, but if I spend 10 days with Brittany, alone, we could maybe even end up in a relationship or something...

I'm SO sorry. I had a BF emergency. I'm free to text now. x

BF? You have a boyfriend?

No silly, best friend.

Oh, it's Quinn, right?

Yeah. Hey, are you home?

I am, why?

I just don't feel like going home now, wanna meet somewhere?

Playground, 10 minutes. xo

''What took you so long?'' Brittany asked as I approached her.

She was sitting on one of the swings, holding her phone in her hands. I sat on the swing next to her.

''Walking,'' I replied and looked up at her. She was looking at me ever since she first saw me walking down the playground.

''Oh, right. I'm so stupid,'' she said and looked away from me.

''Hey, you're not stupid.'' I didn't even notice how soft and quiet my voice sounded.

She looked back at me and her lips turned into the cutest smile I've ever seen. Also, I liked the fact that I made her smile like that.

''So, what happened with Quinn?'' she asked, still smiling.

''She,'' I started, trying to find a way to tell Brittany that I will be going on a vacation after all, ''she has some trouble with her parents.''

''Is it anything serious? Like, are they beating her up or something?''

''What? No! God, no. I'd beat the crap out of them if they even raised a hand on her!''

''Oh… That was a stupid thing to ask. Even if they did beat her, it would be none of my business. I'm so sorry that I made you upset. I'm so stupid!''

''No, I'm sorry for snapping out like that,'' I said as I moved closer to her and put my hand in hers, ''and stop saying you're stupid.''

''But I am stupid,'' she replied quietly and it sounded like she was about to cry.

I linked our fingers together and used my free hand to gently grab her chin and turn her face towards me. Her gaze moved from our linked hands to my face and her eyes met mine. ''No you're not,'' was all I managed to say, and it kind of turned into a whisper.

I started to feel a little uncomfortable because I didn't know how comfortable she was with us holding hands like that, so I took my hand away from hers and moved back where I was before. The swing I sat at started swinging a little but I stopped it.

Brittany looked back at the ground, not saying anything.

''What was wrong with Quinn is,'' as soon as I started speaking, she looked at me again, ''well, she's just having a lot of misunderstandings with her parents.''

She nodded lightly.

''And I promised her that she can go on a vacation with me,'' I said as carefully as I could, not knowing what Brittany's reaction will be. She didn't say anything and she moved her look away from me. ''She really needs to get away from them,'' I continued.

''So you're gonna go after all?'' she asked, sounding a little hurt, but she still didn't look at me.

''Yeah,'' I whispered and looked away from her too. ''I'm sorry, I totally forgot we had plans for when they leave.'' I looked back at her, waiting for her reaction.

''It's okay,'' she said and finally looked at me. She gave me a weak smile. ''You're a good friend, Santana.''

''I'm not,'' I said as I moved my look from her ''if I was I wouldn't forget that you were supposed to come over.''

I stared at my hands and played with my fingers anxiously, when all of a sudden I saw her hand reach for mine. She held my left hand with her right one, and the fingers of my other hand gently touched the one she held in my lap. I was still staring at my hands, better say it, at our hands, when she took her free hand and put it on right one, so that all of our hands were together. The fact that she wasn't uncomfortable with us holding hands made my heart pound really fast.

'It's okay, Santana,'' she said in the cutest voice ever, ''we can hang out when you come back.'' She took her left hand and put it on my knee, and I felt like my body froze. ''Okay?'' she said, waiting for me to respond.

I nodded.

''I should go home,'' I said as I slowly stood up. She didn't let go of my hand, and soon she was standing too.

''Okay,'' she said and took a step towards me. She smiled, pulled me closer to her and put her lips on mine. I waited for her to deepen the kiss, and I felt my body freeze even more. She deepened the kiss. She sucked on my upper lip for a while, and as soon as out tongues got involved, my hands found their way to her neck. Britt was taller than me so I had to stand on my toes, which made me lose my balance a little, but she wrapped her arms around my waist, holding me close to her.

She pulled away a little and we were no longer kissing.

''Good night,'' she whispered and gave me a small peck on the lips before she completely pulled away from me.