Chapter 3

Dancing & Stealing Glances

'Where is she taking me' Santana thought to herself. 'I've seen her bedroom already'. "Well you've seen my room" the blonde started. "Now that we are done eating and I got to know you a little better I want to show you the rest" she continued. She opened a door opposite from hers for the Latina. "This is Emily's room, my sister" the said while Santana stepped in. Santana looked around and was surprised by a very teenage bedroom full of posters. Harry Styles and Justin Bieber were on the walls. "She got the hots for the Biebs?" Santana asked. "She gets the hots for all the young good looking boys, she changes the posters even faster than her own boyfriends" Brittany laughed. "Okay now I want to show you the attic" she smiled.

Brittany walked up the second stairs and Santana couldn't help but stare at the perfect body in front of her. 'Don't stare at her butt Lopez' Santana stated in her mind. Before she could give herself a mental note not to drool all over this girl, Brittany stopped walking, and looked around smirking at the latina behind her "are you staring at my butt Lopez?" she said. "Uhmm what NO I wasn't!" Santana yelled a little defending herself. The blonde smirked even wider now that she just caught Santana checking her out. She decided to tease the shit out of this girl. "Uhmm too bad" she said with a wink before walking upstairs. Santana was lost for words so she choose not to say anything at all.

When she reached the attic she was surprised to see the whole room was filled with mirrors. The ceiling filled with hundreds of small lights. Just like Christmas decorations. The room was completely empty with only a small stereo on the ground in the left corner. "Wow what is this?" Santana breathed. "This is my dance room" Brittany stated quietly. "This is where I can be 100% just me while no one is watching me". "So you're a dancer?" Santana asked while Brittany neeled down next to the small stereo and hit number 8 and pressed the play button. "I was, but when my parents passsed I knew I needed to make a change and go to college again. I need a stable job and income if I want to be able to keep this house. I love what I do now, but dancing is still my biggest dream." she glanced over to Santana as an acapella song started playing.

How much of my mother has my mother left in me?

How much of my love will be insane to some degree?

And what about this feeling that I'm never good enough?

Will it wash out in the water, or is it always in the blood?

"Will you dance for me?" Santana almost whispered. Brittany just nodded and started dancing without hesitation.

How much of my father am I destined to become?

Will I dim the lights inside me just to satisfy someone?

Will I let this woman kill me, or do away with jealous love?

Will it wash out in the water, or is it always in the blood?

Santana walked over the mirrors, leaned against it with her back and let herself slide to the ground. She just sat there watching the blonde move like so naturally.

I can feel love the I want, I can feel the love I need

But it's never gonna come the way I am

Could I change it if I wanted, can I rise above the flood?

Will it wash out in the water, or is it always in the blood?

When the song came to an end Brittany sat down on the ground where she ended her last movements. The two girls were sitting about a meter away eachother staring in eachothers eyes. "Wauw" breathed Santana. "That might be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen". Brittany smiled and moved a little closer to the latina in front of her. "Can I ask you something?" The blonde asked quietly. Santana just nodded... "Do you..." Brittany continued when a loud noise interrupted her. Santana let out a quiet sigh and took her phone out of her shirt. Brittany followed her hand and swallowed at the thought of where her phone had been placed. "I'm sorry Britt I have to take this" Santana said quietly and hit the green button.

Quinn started talking as soon as the latina answered the phone. "Thank god you pick up, I've been texting you for the past hour! Where are you?" Quinn sounded somewhere between pissed and worried. "Fabray I'm fine relax a little" Santana replied a little annoyed. "I'm at a friends' house, she's new at the office and invited me over for dinner" Quinn let out a laugh "Right… Let me guess, she's blonde and really hot? You never see your college's after work hours." Santana replied a little more quiet "Fabray drop it yea, I'll be home tonight, later!" And with that Santana hung up the phone and smiled at Brittany. Who was now standing in front of her. "I'm sorry about that, my roommate Quinn was worried about where I was. I always go home straight after work..." Santana looked up to the tall girl standing in front of her. "What did you wanna ask me Britt?" The latina asked. Hoping the blonde would continue. She had a feeling Brittany was opening up to her a bit more. Brittany held her hand out for Santana to help her up, which she gladly accepted. "It can wait, come on let's head back downstairs. Tubbs always wants to sneak outside for a sigarette after dinner. I have to make sure he doesn't!" And with that the blonde walked down the stairs and left Santana standing speachless on the top floor of the house. 'This girl is something else' Santana thought. 'What was she going to ask me?' She wondered. All she knew at that moment is that this girl was special and she was gonna do everything to get to know her.

After another drink on the couch Santana sat quietly looking around her. She spotted a picture next to the tv. "Britt, how where your parents?" Brittany smiled at the interest the older girl seemed to have in her family. "They were wonderful" Brittany breathed. "They were great parents, always allowed us to follow our dreams. And they had a loving relationship, they were the kind of couple that were still madly in love after all those years and after all the ups and downs they've shared" Santana sat there smiling at the happy girl next to her. "They sound amazing Britt, and I am sure they would've been very proud of you right now. You're still so young and yet so grown up and responsible." Brittany wiped a tiny tear from her right eye and said a simple "Thank you". Santana felt the need to comfort the girl and placed her hand on the blonde's thigh. "Britt, I am sorry I didn't mean to..." Brittany caught her off guard by placing her hand on top of the latina's that was still in the same place. Santana didn't finish her sentence and let the two of them fall in complete silence again.

•SONG: IN THE BLOOD - BY HOME FREE

(ORIGINALLY BY JOHN MAYER)