More Quinn in the coming chapters, I promise.

As for my relationship status for Santana, I will be keeping her with Dani. For now. Brittana will be the endgame for Santana though. So I hope for now that will keep my Brittana and Dantana shippers happy. I'll probably throw in a little Klaine as well, although I've never written Blaine so it may not be too well written.

I want to thank you all for the positive comments about keeping this story going and I am hoping to do so as I had much planned for all the characters involved. If you think I am writing Beth too old, don't read it. It's simple as that.

"Hey," Brittany said as she took a seat on the edge of the water fountain next to Santana.

Santana looked up with a smile on her face as she took in Brittany's appearance. She looked older, her hair was cut a little shorter and fell into curls around her shoulders. She was wearing jeans and an MIT sweater. In her hands she clutched a small canvas backpack. "You look good," Santana murmured as she pulled the blonde in for a long overdue hug.

"You look happy," Brittany whispered as they pulled back and she searched Santana's eyes.

"I am," Santana replied. "But I missed you."

"You could have called."

"You could have called too."

"I know," Brittany said with a small shrug. "I was giving us time and space, I was trying to figure out my life and what I wanted."

"And how's that going for you?" Santana asked her voice icier than she wanted it to be.

Brittany winced and turned her body towards Santana, "I want to be with you, but more than that I want to be your friend, I see now what you meant about distance, it will never work, not like this," Brittany said motioning between them. "For a while I thought I could transfer to Juilliard, dance my way through school, but I enjoy MIT, I've really found my way there."

"You seem-"

"Smarter?" Brittany asked with a small laugh.

"You were always smart, B."

"You were the only one too see it, but now more people see it too, MIT has been great at helping me place my thoughts in a way that makes my words come out as smart as how I hear them in my head," Brittany explained while Santana just nodded, a smile on her face.

"I'm sorry we missed out Friendship Anniversary," Santana whispered as she looked down at the ground and kicked a small pebble that was laying at her feet.

"Dani seems, actually I don't know how she seems, but she's pretty and you looked happy."

"I am, but what about us?" Santana asked in a small voice. "You're all I think about, B."

"I think about you too," Brittany admitted, "I want my best friend back. I came here to get my girlfriend back, but it seems she is already taken."

"Brittany-"

"No, please let me finish San," Brittany interrupted. "I still believe one day we will be together, we'll have a life and a family, but right now, you have Dani and I have MIT. I still love you San, always have, more than ducks or unicorns and even Lord Tubbington, but my Mom always said when you love someone let them go, if they come back they are yours. One day when I graduate, I'll come to New York and if you're still mine and I'm still yours, we will know."

"But-"

"Do you love Dani?"

"No."

"Do you think you could?"

"Yeah," Santana admitted. "But I think I screwed up."

"Then fix it."

Santana laughed and leaned into Brittany, laying her head on the girl's shoulder. "You really think you'll come to New York when you graduate?"

"I think I'd like to come and visit in between, but yes, home is where the heart is or something like that, New York is where I want to end up." Santana smiled and pressed a kiss to Brittany's jawline which in return, Brittany pressed a kiss to the top of Santana's head. "San? Why was Beth with Rachel today?"

Santana sprung into a long speech, explaining to Brittany everything that had been happening since they last saw each other, leaving out no details. "It's been nice though, having Quinn around and Beth, she's so smart Brits, just like Q."

"I still can't believe Finn died," Brittany dead panned and Santana nodded her head.

"It was pretty messed up for a while, but things are getting back in track," Santana said, noticing the sadness in Brittany's eyes.

"Q and Rachel huh?" The blonde asked.

Santana laughed and nodded her head. "It's pretty weird, but it works, they work and Q is the happiest I have ever seen her," Santana admitted. "I wish I had been there for her more in High School, like I should have been."

"You can't take all the blame S, I mean she didn't really want us around either," Brittany said looking back on the times she tried to call or talk to Quinn while she was pregnant only to pushed away.

"Yeah," Santana mumbled. "Are you in New York for long?"

"I head back to school next Friday," Brittany said sadly. "I took this week off from classes an next week I have reading week."

"Quinn usually comes every weekend, but I think I heard Rachel and her say something about her coming on Monday, I don't really know, she has her reading week next week too, I bet she would love to see you." Santana said hoping she too would see a lot more of Brittany in the coming days.

"I think I'd like that."

Kurt and Beth arrived home with multiple shopping bags and full stomachs and Rachel laughed as the two collapsed to the ground dramatically.

"Rough night?" Rachel laughed as she reached down and helped Beth up, nudging Kurt lightly with her foot.

"We shopped till we dropped, what can I say?" Kurt laughed as he stood up from the floor. "Beth, should we show Rachel what we had made?"

"Yes!" Beth exclaimed as she began to rummage through the bags. "Look!" She said holding up her shirt for Rachel to see.

"I live with a Broadway Star," Rachel read out loud. "You guys are too much, I love it, you're going to look adorable in it."

"Thanks," Beth said as she put it back into the bag. "Kurt got some new clothes for his audition," Beth announced.

"Audition?" Rachel asked turning to Kurt with a quirked eyebrow.

"I didn't say anything because there's already so much going in, but I have an audition for the revival of RENT!" Kurt said proudly.

"Oh Kurt that is wonderful news," Rachel shouted as she threw her arms around the boy. "Oh my God Kurt I'm so proud of you, I knew it would happen for you too. I wish you had told me, I always have time for good news."

Kurt laughed and hugged Rachel, pulling back to give her a sincere smile. "I'm auditioning for Mark," he said. "Part of me wanted to tell Santana about the auditions as well, I think she'd make an excellent Mimi."

"I agree, but I don't know if Broadway is something she would be interested in," Rachel said with a shrug. "Do what you think is best."

Kurt nodded and glanced to where Beth was sitting holding Rachel's laptop attempting to open it. "I think she wants to talk too Quinn," Kurt laughed.

"Can I meet her?" Brittany asked timidly as her and Santana walked towards the Hotel.

"Dani?" Santana said. "I guess, I mean I would love for you to meet her, but I have some things to settle with her first. Some things I need to fix."

"Yeah totally," Brittany replied. "I get it, I'm sorry we've been so out of reach lately San, I thought about you a lot."

"I think about you everyday B," Santana said, "I will always hold you in my heart, I owe a lot to you."

"You don't owe me anything Santana," the blonde replied. "We are more than even. This is my stop." Brittany said as they reached a Hotel on the East side of the city.

"Will I see you tomorrow?"

"Breakfast?"

"Definitely."

The two stood awkwardly for a moment before embracing and Brittany pressed a wet kiss to Santana's cheek. "Call me in the morning."

Santana watched as Brittany disappeared into the building and she ran a steady hand through her wind blown hair before pulling out her cellphone and scrolling down to Dani's name and tapping out a message.

I'm picking you up from work, don't leave. Xo

"Hi Quinn," Beth exclaimed as the familiar blonde popped onto the screen.

A wide smile spread across Quinn's face as she gave her daughter a wave. "Hey Baby Girl, how are you?"

"Good, Uncle Kurt and I went shopping and he has an audition and we saw Brittany and I ate pancakes for dinner with Uncle Kurt and I got new clothes," the little girl rambled and Rachel just smiled from her spot beside her on the bed. "Rachel says I have to have a bath soon and go to bed because I have Pre-School in the morning and we're going on a field trip to the museum."

Quinn smiled at the mispronunciation of museum and laughed. "Sounds like you had a big day and another big day tomorrow! And pancakes for dinner, you are so lucky, I wish I could have pancakes."

"They were tasty and they had blueberries in them," Beth said while Rachel silently berated Kurt for allowing her to have pancakes for dinner.

"Blueberries? Wow, those do sound like they were really good."

"Yup."

"Anything else new?" Quinn asked.

"Well," Beth said slowly, drawing out the word. "I was wondering if I could come to see you for the weekend."

"Just us?" Quinn asked pretending she wasn't already aware of the plan.

"Yes please," Beth said with a smile. "You owe me a Disney movie day," Beth announced.

"I do, don't I?"

"She does?" Rachel asked, unaware of when this deal had been put in place.

"She said if I be a big girl and be very brave at Pre-School she would watch Disney movies with me all day!" Beth said happily. Rachel laughed and shook her head at the little blonde.

"Oh so that's what you two were talking about!" Rachel said turning her attention to the girl on the screen.

"It is," Quinn complied. "And yes Beth, I would love to have you all to myself for the weekend."

"Yay!" Beth screamed, standing up on the bed and jumping around. "I'm going to Quinn's, I'm going to Quinn's."

Santana walked towards the restaurant and spotted Dani, already finished her shift leaning against the cold brick, eyes glued to her shoes. Santana shoved her hands in her pocket and walked up to her, leaning down to press a kiss to the girl's cheek.

"I'm sorry, a million times."

"You should be," Dani scoffed, the hurt still evident in her eyes.

"I am."

"Good."

As they started to walk, Santana let the silence surround them as she pulled a hand from her pocket and laced her fingers together with Dani's. "I need to explain and I would really like it if you let me finish before you say anything."

"Talk away," Dani mumbled, fighting the urge to scold Santana.

"In High School, I was a bitch, a mega bitch. Rachel and Kurt usually got the worst of it, I know that's surprising because we're close now, but we weren't always. I made people who were different feel like they were nothing because it made me feel better about who I was and what I was hiding. Brittany was my best friend, before she was ever my girl friend. She was my heart and my soul and I would secretly hook up with her after school and on weekends and she would try to get me to talk about how I felt, but I would shut her down. I would say things like I was only using her because I needed to get laid. I would hurt her, over and over because I didn't want to admit to anyone, not even myself that I had feelings for her." Santana took a ragged breath and glanced at Dani who was staring straight ahead as they walked.

"When I finally did come out, when I finally grew a pair and told her how I felt, it was too late. She was dating Artie and I became angry, I was mean and she still continued to love me just the same. She'll always be my heart, she'll always be my special someone. That's not something that will ever change, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for you in my heart too. You see," Santana continued. "Brittany was always the smartest person I knew, she had a grade point average of 0 and the teachers only passed her because they were afraid of what our Cheerleading coach would do to them if they didn't, but to me, she was smarter than anyone I'd ever met. She could read people and emotions like no one I had ever met and she remembered dates like they were her life. We celebrated every milestone in our relationship, including the day we met. Our Friendship Anniversary."

Santana laughed and smiled softly at Dani before continuing. "I was thinking about her all day, the day I said her name when it should have been yours. That day was our friendship anniversary and in all the years we had known each other, it was the only one I didn't spend with her. And I hadn't even talked too her. I thought she forgot, about the day. About me. Turns out she was in New York, she saw me with you and felt like I had forgotten her. So she walked away and didn't tell me she was here."

Santana stopped by the park and pulled Dani down onto her lap on a park bench, wrapping her arms around the girl's waist. "I saw her today. She looked happy, she seemed happy and she was different, more grown up that I thought I could ever see her, but in my heart she'll always be the Brittany who though Unicorns and Rainbows were the answer to all life's problems."

"Are you-"

"Please don't interrupt," Santana said gently as she tightened her hold around Dani. "She said she'll always love me too, but that she wouldn't stand in my way of happiness, in my way of being with you. I'm grateful to her for that, because I do care about you. More than you are probably thinking I do. I broke up with Brittany because distance is hard and neither of us would survive it. We would end up holding each other back and we needed time to grow, I stand by my decision and one day, maybe we will be together, but right now I'm with you and you matter to me."

Dani looked at Santana and Santana gestured for Dani to speak. "I get it, I do, but it still hurt. A lot. I really, really like you Santana, but I don't want to end up hurt."

"And I don't want to hurt you. Can we please just forget what happened, please. I know it's a lot to ask but I would really love the chance to prove to you that I do want to be with you and not just because I'm in New York and Brittany's at MIT." Santana waited for an answer which seemed to come in the form of a kiss that Santana allowed herself to melt into.

"I'll do my best to let this one slide," Dani whispered as her lips brushed against Santana's one last time.

"She wants to meet you, I told her I'd run it by you," Santana mumbled in a low voice.

"I guess I can meet her, I feel like I need to actually," Dani admitted.

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