HeyaBrittana - yes, I have…I'm a sucker for Faberry. And haha glad, I surprised you. Yeah, she's just so much fun to write for. It's so cute. Thank you! :]
Iamirreplazable - hmm that could work. Thanks for the ideas. Bringing in some ex's or other people always makes for good drama and relationship building.
Val-cb - thank you and enjoy the new one!
LaurenKnight13 - yay, glad you like them. Aw, you will have to see ;] Oh the date with be cute and amazing because I know everyone's been waiting for it. Thank you! Oh Holly will be back soon…because I miss her already haha. And ah, that is definitely going to happen.
BumbaMumbaJumJams - hmmmmm it may be Lauren or may not be Lauren. I don't know :p…..I'm full of surprises. Enjoy the update.
The T.M. - haha yes Faberry prevails. Ummm, I have some ideas. I'm up for suggestions when it comes to them. I'm just trying to make it realistic and not forced.
Momo30 - thank you! And glad you did ;] I'll make Faberry extra cute just for you since Puck and Quinn didn't win out. I'll also include Puck and Quinn moments so no worries.
DarknessRules558 - hahaha it's just in Rachel Berry's nature to be annoying lol.
Drumgirlvaleska - thank you! Ohh you will find out soon enough….and it will most likely be next chapter since I have some things I need to figure out about it.
There. - ohhhh, it's not cruel at all. I'm a sucker for drama so I totally love that idea. Ex's and old friends will appear in the future ;] Thanks and enjoy
Jac Lag - hahaha I know, I am sorry. But you know my plan already so don't worry. ;]
Jay - hmmmmmmmm I don't know. Could be ;]
Mick3y92 - okay, haha glad you are good with the pairing. Ohh yes, she might end up having to. Yeah, it definitely isn't
Daftdaffy88 - thank you :] enjoy the next one. Hm yes, that is a really good idea. Thank you for the suggestion ;]
Sydney - aw thank you! Haha I hear you…some fics and watching the past glee seasons on dvd are keeping me sane. But it's coming up on a month until season 3, so it's soon yay! Aw thank you for the sweet review. Enjoy the update :]
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Santana woke up to the sound of her cell phone ringing. She didn't even look at the ID before she picked it up.
"Hello?" She said peaking her head out from under the covers to look at the time. It was around 10:30.
"I guess this morning it's my turn to wake you up, huh?" Brittany smiled as she heard the girl on the other end groan.
"I guess so."
"Well, I'm sorry. I was just dying to gossip about the date last night."
"Oh, I don't know anything. I did come home last night to see Puck and my cousin on the couch asleep so I'll be drilling him for details now." She said as she got up out of bed and made her way towards the living room. It didn't surprise her when she saw that the two were still in the same positions they had been from the night before. "And they are still here.
"So I'm guessing she's the one that Noah actually has feelings for." Brittany thought out loud and then realized that Santana had no idea what she was talking about.
"Wait, what? What about Quinn?"
"Wait until he wakes up to get the details…Quinn didn't tell me all of them yet. She just kind of gave a summary."
"Ew, Puck has feelings for someone….and you think it's Marissa." Santana said looking over at the couch. She thought for a brief second that they would be cute together but then she mentally gagged and pushed that thought aside.
"I mean it could. I don't know. Find out."
"Don't yell at me." Santana teased as she tried to figure out a way to subtly wake the two bums on her couch up. "Last night coming home to this, it was funny. I even took a picture of it for future reference slash blackmail but now it's just disgusting."
"Well, don't wake them up. That's mean….." Brittany said.
"You woke me up this morning….."
"We are even from yesterday." Brittany said back proudly and she laughed when she heard Santana mumble something in Spanish. After a couple of seconds of silence, she began to wonder what the girl was up to. "San? What are you doing?"
"I'm going to make breakfast." She said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. She positioned the phone in between her cheek and her shoulder as she went to get a frying pan. "Whoopsie." She said completely insincere as Brittany heard the pan hitting the floor.
"What the fuck was that?" Marissa said as she quickly sat up causing Noah to fall off the couch.
Brittany laughed at the other end of the phone as she heard everything going on.
"Sorry, I accidentally dropped the pan on the floor."
"Accident my ass." Brittany muttered through the receiver.
"Wow, I can't believe you would think I'd do something like that. I hanging up on you right now." Santana teased. "But really, I'm hanging up and I'll get the details about yesterday."
"Okay, I'll talk to you."
"Okay. Bye, babe." Santana said as she put the phone down and actually started getting out the things she needed to make breakfast. "What do you two want?"
"Pancakes and bacon!" They both said in unison and Santana could actually feel herself gagging at the scene.
"God, just kill me." She said as she began to fix everything.
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Brittany hung up the phone and headed into her own kitchen. Seconds later she heard the sounds of footsteps and was met with a pair of arms clutching onto her legs.
"I had so much fun last night, Britty." Brittany smiled at the girl and one of her many nicknames for her.
"I did, too. But someone left me hanging and fell asleep." Brittany teased.
"I was tired." Beth said looking apologetically towards Brittany.
"I know, sweetie. I was, too. I'm just kidding. What do you say you help me make some breakfast and we bring it to your mommy?" Beth nodded excitedly.
"Did mommy have fun last night?" Beth said after a couple of minutes after Brittany showed her how to crack an egg.
"I think so, honey." Brittany said not really knowing what to tell Beth regarding the previous night her mother had. But she figured that she'd at least be honest since Quinn did actually seem like she had a good time.
"Yay! I want my mommy to find a Santana so then she'll be happy and we'll be a big giant family." Beth said as Brittany just smiled at her.
"You know I was just on the phone with Santana." Brittany said causing Beth to stop and look at her with a bright smile. "She misses you and she cannot wait to see you."
"Really?" Beth asked as if Brittany had just told her that Christmas was tomorrow. Brittany just nodded as she flipped a pancake and Beth just gasped with excitement.
A couple of minutes later, Brittany and Beth were headed towards Brittany's room. The bed was empty and Quinn was obviously in the bathroom.
"What's this?" She asked after finally entering the room again.
"Aunty B and I made you breakfast."
"You did?" The girl nodded. "Well, thank you. And thanks, Britt." Brittany just nodded as the three sat down on the bed. "I know what you are doing, by the way. And I told you everything there is last night."
"What? I can't make my best friend breakfast…..besides, I won't push it anymore and I figure Santana will get more details anyways so I'll just hear it from her."
"Well, you're going to hear pretty much exactly the same thing I've already said but knock yourself out."
"Mommy, will we be seeing the dinosaur man more now?" Beth asked and Brittany looked weirdly towards Quinn. Quinn just shook her head before answering her daughter.
"Yes, honey. He's Santana friend and all so I'm sure we'll be seeing him more."
"But is he going to be your special friend?" Brittany laughed and Quinn just rolled her eyes.
"No, baby. I think he and I are just going to be good friends." Quinn said and Beth nodded her head but then looked a little sad.
"Well, to change the subject, guess what I'm doing tomorrow." Brittany said.
"Going on a date?"
"No, that's Monday." Brittany said and Quinn raised her eyebrows but Brittany kind of waved her off as if to let her know that they'd talk later about it. "I'm going down to the studio."
"No way, Britt! Are you sure you're feeling okay enough to go?"
"Yes, totally. I mean I'm not going to be performing or anything….I just miss everyone down there and I spoke to Danielle yesterday before you and Beth came over. So I agreed to just stop by."
"Oh, well that's awesome. I know you must be itching to get back there so I'm happy to hear that."
"Yeah." Brittany said with a smile. She was extremely excited. Sundays were usually a slow day at the studio that she taught at so it was perfect. She'd stop by and see some of her other instructors and some of her students and maybe even be able to gauge when she'd be able to get back there.
"So now do tell about this date?" Quinn said as if it was killing her to keep the question inside any longer.
Brittany smiled and looked over at Beth who was still eating and watching TV.
"I asked her out last night and she said that she'd see if she could get off."
"Wait, you asked?" Quinn said a bit surprised to hear that. Brittany nodded.
"Yeah. Well, we met up a couple of days ago at a bar and then I went back here. After a little while, things got…you know, heated and I just felt like I picked up some random chick at a bar, you know?"
Quinn nodded her head and encouraged Brittany to go on.
"So I told her that she wasn't just some one night stand and then I said I wanted to take her out. You should have seen her face….I could totally tell that she usually is the one to do that."
"Wow, Britt. You've got it bad." Quinn teased in a sing-song kind of voice. "But I totally understand. Any ideas for the date or anything?"
"I have a few….I thought maybe just going to that restaurant. You know the one across from the studio and then maybe just coming back here. Is that bad?"
"No, no. Britt, relax. It's not bad…it's a cute idea. I mean I obviously am not the expert in dating so that sounds perfect actually."
"Okay, good. I'm really nervous about it even though I probably shouldn't be."
"Britt, you have nothing to be nervous about. You and Santana are adorable together and anyone with eyes can see that you are good for each other."
"I really like her, Quinn." Brittany said with a bright smile and Quinn was extremely happy for her friend. "But I guess I'm just nervous because I don't have much experience when it comes to dating girls….hell, when it comes to dating in general. I mean I've kissed you before and Kurt and Blaine so I guess that kind of counts and then there were a few girls in college…"
"Brittany. Britt, just stop. When you are with someone you really like, the first time is always nerve racking whether they are the opposite or the same gender. You aren't the only person who's had this issue and if it really bothers you, tell her before anything happens."
"But I mean won't I look stupid. I made an impulsive decision to leave my boyfriend, who I know was an asshole so that made the decision much more understandable, but still she's going to think that I think of her as some phase or rebound or something."
"She's not. Trust me. She and I have been talking before you two even got together so just trust me on this, okay?"
"Okay, fine. I'll trust you but if things go horribly I'm blaming you."
Quinn just rolled her eyes as the two girls decided to finish eating and join Beth in watching whatever was on TV.
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Santana had to work the afternoon shift on Saturday. She didn't really mind it because Saturdays were usually busy days. She was riding with Karofsky once again. Even though she would never admit it, the guy was starting to grow on her. They were currently parked on the side of one of the back streets waiting for a call.
"Can I ask you a question?" He said finally after a couple of minutes. Santana nodded for him to continue. "Are you….are you gay?"
"Ugh, what has Puckerman been spreading around about me?" She said figuring that Puck had recalled some occasion where Santana hooked up with a girl or something.
"No, nothing. He didn't say anything. I was just kind of wondering because Tina always talks about being with Mike and Lauren about some hot guy and you just kind of never do that….."
"Did it ever occur to you that maybe I'm just single?" Santana pressed enjoying making Dave squirm. She could tell that even though they'd probably end up being good friends that Karofsky feared her and she loved that.
"I mean…I don't know. I was just wondering and I guess…" He rambled on.
"Relax." She finally said with a laugh. "And to answer your question, yes, I am." She said and she could see his demeanor change. It wasn't a negative change. However, it was one of relief.
"Okay." He said opening his mouth a couple of times to continue. "How'd you know?"
"That I was gay?" She asked and he nodded a little bit. "I don't know I just kind of always knew. It's hard to explain. I just never felt anything when I was with a guy. Why?" She asked curiously kind of already knowing the reason why he was asking.
"No, no reason. Just making conversation." He brushed it off as their ambulance radio went off.
"Central to 55: we have a report of a disturbance at Columbus Park. Caller says it's a fist fight among some local teens."
Karofsky grabbed the radio and answered the call as Santana put the car in drive before hitting the sirens.
It took them about 5 minutes to get to the park and they could see a small crowd gathered by the basketball courts.
Santana and Karofsky pushed their way through the teenagers and they could see that 2 boys were involved in some kind of fight. Santana went towards a blonde haired boy who had a girl pleading to him as he just simply kept shaking his head. The kid had blood on his face and he was holding his hand. The other boy was laying on the floor holding his chest and was also covered in a bit of blood.
"What happened?" Santana asked. She looked over to where their ambulance was parked and she could see Finn and his partner approaching.
"He messed with the wrong guy." The kid just simply said and Santana rolled her eyes.
"Okay, tough guy but I need more specifics. Well, actually I don't, but they do." She said pointing towards the two cops and the boy's face dropped. Suddenly, the group that had surrounded the two boys scattered and the girl who was at this kid's side was pleading with him to just tell the truth.
"What's your name?" Santana asked trying the more personable route to getting information.
"Justin." He said as Santana wiped the blood from his face.
"Okay, Justin. It doesn't look like this needs stitches so I'll just clean it up for you. But as for your hand, by the looks of it it's probably broken."
"Shit." Justin muttered.
"That's what you get for being an asshole. He wasn't even doing anything and you just had to mess with him." The girl said. "Is he going to be okay?" She said referring to the boy that Karofsky was looking at.
"Dave? What do you have?" She called out to her partner.
"A cut to the face, definitely will need stitches and most likely some bruised ribs. Nothing serious but might want a CAT scan just to be sure." He said as he began to place the kid on a stretcher with the help of one of the kid's friends.
"Hey, San." Finn said as he finally reached the scene. "What's going on?"
"Seems like just a fight, isn't that right, Justin?" Santana said addressing the boy as she continued cleaning up his cut.
"Um, yes. Um officer, I uh…was here with some friends and Bobby came a couple of minutes later and I heard rumors that he was flirting with my girl." Justin said motioning to the girl who was at his side. "And we just sort of went at it."
"Okay." Finn said before he whispered something into his partner's ear. The guy then went towards some of the teenagers who had been around for the fight asking each one of them who initiated it.
"Am I going to jail?" Justin said.
"Well, I guess that depends on if his parents want to press charges. The injuries don't seem too serious so maybe you'll take this as a lesson not to fight anymore." Finn said understanding full well the mind of a teenaged boy who claims to be in love.
"Definitely. I will, sir."
"Not so tough anymore, huh?" Santana muttered under her breath with a smirk. "Do you want to go to the hospital for your hand?" She asked and the boy shook his head.
"No, I'll go home and ice it. My parents can't find out that I hurt my hand otherwise I'm screwed." He said.
"Well, Finn. You are my witness. Now I have to go with, Karofsky. I'll see you." She said before catching up to Dave who was wheeling Bobby towards the ambulance. She turned to see Finn's partner taking down some notes while Finn continued to talk to the couple.
Santana got into the driver's seat as Dave stayed in the back with Bobby and one of his friends. She could hear the conversation going on.
"God, Bobby, you could have gotten yourself killed. I told you not to mess with Justin especially when it comes to Tara."
"But you don't understand." Bobby said with strained breaths from his bruised ribs. "She came onto me. I've been in love with her since the 5th grade….I thought it was too good to be true but it wasn't. She actually talked to me."
Santana rolled her eyes at the exchange because it was so typical of teenagers. But then she kind of figured that in a way, she was that way when it came to Brittany. Brittany had been the Tara, Santana the Bobby, and Chris the Justin. Only luckily for them, their whole situation didn't turn violent and now she and Brittany were together. So Santana just remained hopeful that maybe things would work out for Bobby with Tara.
Once at the hospital, they almost immediately sent Bobby for x-rays as his friend waited in the waiting room. Dave handled the forms since it really was his patient.
"Hey, !" Santana heard someone calling from a distance. She sighed and turned to see Dr. Slyvester. "I see your bff Dr. Holliday has fled out of fear of my revenge. So I just wanted to let you know that you are now my focus. I'd sleep with one eye open because you could be met with an ice cold slushie if you aren't careful."
Before Santana could even come up with something to say, Sue turned around and was in the process of pushing any intern, nurse and even patient out of her way.
"She's been looking for you all day." Santana heard another voice and she saw that Rachel chick at the nurses' station.
"She's ridiculous." Santana said simply.
"Yeah, that's for sure. At least she keeps things somewhat interesting here. Sitting behind this desk can kind of get boring when it's slow around here." She said and Santana nodded because she understood. "I hope you told Marissa that I said hi."
"I uh….I haven't actually seen much of her." Santana lied. "You know, crazy work hours and she's always busy but I will as soon as I do."
"Good. Maybe we could do drinks some night?" Rachel said and Santana just muttered under her breath in Spanish. "I know I can be a bit overbearing but I don't have much friends in this city so I was just wanted to reconnect with old ones and maybe make some new ones."
"I'll think about it." Santana said honestly and Rachel seemed to take that with a little bit of hope. Santana looked over her shoulder and saw Dave was approaching her. "Well, I have to head back out. Take care, Berry." Santana said as she met up with her partner and headed back onto the streets.
The rest of the shift went by pretty quickly. Noah relieved her and they agreed to get drinks the following night so that he could fully explain everything about his date with Quinn. Still feeling tired from her long shift the night before, Santana almost immediately went to sleep when she got back to her apartment.
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The following morning Brittany woke up around 10 am and by 11:30 am she was on her way to the dance studio.
"Oh my god, Brittany." A young teenager who worked at the front desk exclaimed when she saw Brittany enter the front door. She got up from behind the desk and enveloped Brittany into a hug.
"Hey, Nicole!" Brittany said with a smile on her face.
"How are you feeling? Are you coming back to teach?"
"I'm so much better. Not yet, but I'll probably be back by the end of the month."
"Good, because everyone misses you and I, of course, miss gossiping with you." She said and Brittany agreed.
"Brittany?" She turned around to see one of her closest dance friends, Danielle, leaving one of the dance rooms.
"Hey, D!" Brittany smiled as she hugged the girl.
"I'm so glad you could come. I have a class in about 20 minutes. We are preparing for an upcoming showcase. I'd love for you to see it and be brutally honest about it because this one over here doesn't give me an actual opinion because she's too busy looking at all the guys during the duration of the routine." Danielle said pointing to Nicole, who was now on the phone. Brittany just shook her head and laughed before agreeing to oversee the class.
About an hour later, Danielle's class was finished and she was done for the day.
"So what did you think?"
"Amazing, D. And I'm being completely honest."
"Really?" She asked a little hesitantly and she relaxed when Brittany nodded.
"Totally. Everything works with the song. Good job."
"Thanks, B. So any idea when you'll be back?"
"Well, I was telling Nic that I'll probably be back by the end of the month the latest. I'm pretty much all healed but I just have to see my doctor once more next week before I get the official clear."
"I understand. We all miss you here but mostly, we are just so damn happy that you are okay." Brittany smiled and said thank you before Danielle continued. "The studio's pretty much clear until tonight so you want to grab some lunch? I'll see if Nicole wants to come, too."
"Yeah, that sounds perfect."
The three girls headed to a little restaurant that they usually go to for lunch whenever they were at the studio.
"So are your parents still in town?" Danielle asked as they looked at the menus.
"Yeah. They'll be here for another couple of days. I think they've fell in love with this city."
"What about Chris?" Nicole asked with a hint of disgust.
"No, he uh went back to California a couple of days ago."
"What? Why?" The two girls asked.
"We aren't together anymore."
"Finally!" Nicole exclaimed and Danielle hit her on the arm. "What? Sorry, Britt. But he was an ass and we only met him like twice."
"What happened?"
"Oh where to begin….well, basically to make a long story short, he showed up the day before I was released and never even told anyone at the training facility the reason why he needed time off. He then proposed to me, I found out her was cheating on me and then he went crazy on me and Quinn ending with him having a broken hand. And now he's back in California."
"Wow." Danielle said and Nicole looked on. "He didn't hit one of you two, did he?"
"No, he punched my wall."
"And Quinn didn't crazy murder him? I'm impressed with her self control." She added as the waiter came to take their orders.
"Brittany, you seem….I don't know, content and happy despite everything. I mean I know I'm just some overly dramatic teenager so apparently I always act like how you should be."
"Nic's right….I mean despite the crazy past month you've had, you seem happier than you ever were with him."
"I am. Of course, getting into the accident and everything obviously sucked, but a lot of good has happened afterwards. I never had the heart to breakup with Chris because we were always so far away so now that weight has been lifted. And um….I've also moved on." Brittany said and the two girls immediately perked up.
"Already?" Danielle said.
"What's his name, is he hot, and how'd you meet?" Nicole asked as if she was starting a novel.
"Um, that's kind of the thing….it's not a he, it's a she." Brittany said a little quietly as she didn't know how her friends would react.
"So then what's her name, is she hot, and how'd you meet her?" Nicole rephrased the question stressing the new pronouns. Brittany's face kind of just scrunched up.
"Britt, almost every guy at the studio is capital G gay, so don't act all surprised at our reactions." Danielle said reading Brittany's minds.
"Yeah, really. Some girls at my school are lesbians. And at first, I was like 'ah, what if one of them watches me while we are in the locker rooms or something' but then I was like 'whatever, at least if they do, it'll just assure that they have good taste' and….."
"Basically, what she's trying to say, is that we don't care…."
"Besides, we'd be happy if you were dating a tree as long as it made you happier than that douche did."
"Thanks guys and sorry for thinking that way."
"It's understandable, Britt." Danielle said.
"Now spill the details….." Nicole urged Brittany.
"Her name is Santana. Yes, she's so hot and she was actually the paramedic that saved me in the accident."
The two girls looked at each other before they awed.
"Damn, Britt. Good for you…..I mean I can't even get my boyfriend to tell me about his day at work but you were actually your girlfriend's day at work." Danielle said as the three laughed a little.
"Well, we aren't exactly official yet. Everything's kind of happened so fast."
"So then how did you know?" Nicole asked.
"She visited me a few times after the accident and then once I got out, my parents invited her out for dinner. I knew that she'd be in my life after everything because she saved it and also because Quinn, Beth and my parents fell in love with her almost immediately."
"She broke the kid?" Nicole asked with a little tint of jealousy because of her past failed attempts to get on Beth's good side.
"Yeah. Beth always talks about her and it's just really adorable. But most of all, I knew when Chris proposed to me. I saw her when he did and I knew right away that I just had to see if there was some chance that she felt the same way I did."
"Ohhhhhhhh. This is just like some kind of fairytale, love story. I am very jealous, Britt." Nicole said as Brittany and Danielle rolled their eyes.
The waiter came with the food and Brittany continued to fill them in on everything. She also got updated on what was going on in their lives. Once they parted ways, it was safe to say that Brittany was literally dying to get back to dancing and to get back to that studio.
She made her way to her apartment and saw that she had a few texts.
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Mom: Britt, honey…../12 oh god, I'm a horrible texter. /[] give me a call so I can talk to you. Writing this text has already taken me about 5 minutes /sas love you xxxox/
Mom:
Quinn: want to have dinner tonight?
Noah: hey Blondie…I'm guessing you've heard about Friday by now. I'm sorry, just didn't want to lead her on. I appreciate you setting it up and if you ever need me for anything, I'm here.
Brittany answered Quinn and Noah back. She agreed to dinner with Quinn that night and then she called her mother. The conversation didn't last long but during the time, Brittany explained to her mother the concept of butt/pocket texting and then they set up a day to meet before her parents return home. Just as Brittany set her phone down, it buzzed once again.
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Santana: a couple of days ago when I was bored at work, it was torture…but now I have this cute blonde to think about and it makes time fly by ;]
Brittany smiled at the sweet text message and answered her back. She decided to watch some television for a bit before she headed over to Quinn's place. Her phone buzzed once more and Brittany assumed it was either Noah or Santana. She was greatly surprised when she saw it was Chris.
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Chris: hey, Britt. I just wanted to say hey. I know things are over between us but I just wanted to make sure you were okay. I guess karma really is a bitch cause I'm benched for at least 6 weeks with my hand…but that's not your fault. I've clearly deserved it. Take care.
Brittany settled the phone down not really knowing how to answer. She decided that she'd either answer it in a couple of hours or just ignore it. She thought it was ironic how after they've broken up is when he decides to finally start asking how she was. She hoped at least that he'd take this whole experience and actually use it to better himself. But Brittany didn't dwell too much on Chris because he was her past and he was just clearly too excited about her future…
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Okay, so I would assume that most of you thought that this chapter would be the date. I apologize because that will be next chapter. I wanted to sort of give an insight into Brittany's life a bit more and Santana's job. Also, I have gotten some Pms regarding the M scene...and I've gotten mixed reactions about it so I don't know where I'm going with it just yet.
Anyways, so yes, I hope you all enjoyed and ideas and all that are always welcomed.
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