5

Her abuela's visit had been an extremely uneventful one, but then again, they usually where. She never had anything of real importance to talk about, usually she just gossiped about the women that she called her friends. As Santana had predicted, she asked the two girls the same questions that she always did. Santana always felt that her abuela's visits were a lot like Ground Hog Day; it was just the same thing over and over again.

With her questions, she had earned herself many eye rolls from both Santana and a very hungover Carmen. Her abuela had asked the question that Santana had been dreading; 'are you still seeing that boy?' Santana had sighed and shook her head, she had explained the situation; that he had had to move away so he had ended things with her. Santana was just thankful that she had done so without crying.

What Santana hadn't been expecting was the abundance of cliché lines that her grandmother had replied with, she went on and on about how it was 'Brad's loss'. That had shocked Santana, but only because her abuela had always shown a huge disliking for Santana being in a relationship, she felt that Santana was far too young to be getting involved with boys, or anyone for that matter.

However, Santana had silently disagreed with her abuela, to her, it wasn't Brittany's loss, it was her own; Brittany had been the one to call things off. What hadn't shocked Santana was the string of unpleasant things that her grandmother had to say about teenage boys- and the majority of the male population.

When Carmen had heard about the breakup, she had tried to help her sister, but all of the things Carmen had to say about breakups only seemed to make her feel worse. It seemed that the only way Carmen seemed to know how to handle a breakup was to talk ill of the person that had ended the relationship.

She didn't need to hear people saying harsh words about the girl; it made her feel worse, because Brittany wasn't there to defend herself and generally didn't deserve them. All in all, the things they had to say to her about breakups made her feel worse. Mainly because she didn't want to listen to what they had to say.

Because of this, Santana had made the most out of Carmen having a hangover, she had loved seeing Carmen in that state. Santana had spent the majority of her afternoon trying to create as much noise as she possibly could. Whenever the pair of them were asked to make everyone a cup of coffee- as they frequently were whenever their abuela visited- Santana would accidentally on purpose, clang the cups together loudly as she carried them. She had done that just to see her sister wince from the noise. She would follow her actions up with a fake apologetic smile.

In all honesty, tormenting Carmen had been Santana's highlight of the whole afternoon. She knew that as soon as her sister went back to Connecticut in a couple of days time, that she would miss tormenting her. She had to make the most of what little time she had left.

Santana felt slightly hesitant now about going back over to Dani's house, she did want to, very much but that was mainly because she wanted to be away from her mom and Carmen. She didn't want to spend any more time with them, not when all one could do was ask her if she was okay, while the other one spoke badly about Brittany. That's what Santana had liked about the little time that she had spent with Dani over the past two days, she hadn't said anything mean about the taller blonde, because she knew that she had no reason to. There was no bad blood between Brittany and Santana, for which Santana was grateful.

Dani knew that talking bad about Brittany was no use. It certainly wouldn't make Santana feel any better, all it did was anger her; no one likes to hear bad things about the people that they care about.

Santana knew that it was Dani's approach to the whole situation that was making her want to go back and spend time with her. Dani hadn't expected Santana to talk earlier, the offer was there; if Santana really felt the need to talk Dani would be there, she had told her that herself. And though Carmen had always been the person that had helped Santana out with her relationship dramas, she found herself wanting to go to Dani about this one. Because talking wasn't a requirement and was merely an option.

She had already spoken about the whole Brittany thing, she didn't need to talk about it any more. Going to Carmen would mean she would have to, she didn't know the full story and Santana most certainly didn't want to have to tell it again.

She checked the time on her phone quickly. As per usual, her abuela had been at their house for the best part of the day. She had only just gone back to her own house and it was already 7:30 p.m. Santana contemplated changing her mind and just staying at home for the rest of the night. She was sure that Dani wouldn't mind, she had probably forgotten anyway. She was positive that Dani had only been taking pity in her and had been nice to her because she felt like she had to be rather than wanting to be. The thought hurt Santana more than she was willing to admit.

She sighed and walked into the living room sheepishly, "Mami," she said, her mom lifted her head looking away from the book she was reading. She smiled weakly at Santana, "Er, I'm going out somewhere." She said quietly.

Her mom quirked her eyebrow at her youngest child, "Where?" She asked, her mom knew Santana well enough to know that any time she went out she was usually going somewhere with Brittany or she was going over to Brittany's, it was a rarity for Santana to do anything without the other girl. "Where?" She asked, closing her book around her thumb saving her page.

"Err, a... Friend's house." Santana shrugged, she had tripped on the word 'friend' slightly, but she really hadn't known what else to call Dani in the moment.

Carmen slowly lifted her head up from the arm rest on the couch and furrowed her eyebrows at Santana, "One minute, you actually have friends?" She asked in a joking tone. Her voice still hoarse from her hangover.

"Yes." Santana snapped, "I have friends."

"Well, how long will you be gone for?" Her mom asked, ignoring the exchange between her two daughters.

Santana shrugged, "I don't really know."

"Will you be back home tonight?" Her mom asked.

"Err, probably." Santana said, honestly, these hadn't been things she had thought about, in her mind she was going to Dani's finishing the movie and then coming back. She just wanted out of the house, she didn't care how long she was gone for. "But don't wait up for me." Santana said. "Just in case."

"Hmm, okay mija, have fun."

Santana nodded her head. "I will." She replied.

She turned on her heel and headed out of the house, she trudged along the gardens, walking as fast as she possibly could. She stood outside of the Mitchell home and hesitantly knocked on the door. She shifted on her feet uneasily and let out a puff of air as she waited for the door to open.

Dani opened the door and smiled brightly at the other girl, "Hey." She said, her hair was now tied up in a high ponytail, parts of it had been left down to frame her face.

"Hi." Santana replied, she couldn't help but smile back at the girl. "I didn't know if you were still wanting to finish that movie or not?"

"Yeah, definitely." She said, "I wasn't sure if you were still gonna come over or not." The two girls stood looking at each other for a moment in silence, before Dani shook her head and said, "Oh er come on in." She moved to the side so that Santana could enter the house. "Are you hungry, there's a pizza in the oven. If you want some?"

Santana nodded her head slowly, "Yeah sure, if you don't mind?"

"You know what, I do mind and that's why I offered." Dani deadpanned, Santana glared at her jokingly, the shorter girl let out a quiet laugh, "Follow me." She said smiling. The two girl's made their way into the kitchen, Santana couldn't stop herself from looking at the pictures as she passed them, her eyes focusing more on Dani than anyone else. On the photographs in the hallway, Dani still had her dyed red hair. Santana had always liked Dani's hair when it had been red, not that she had ever let the other girl know that, she had always made jokes, calling her things like 'Ronald MacDonald' and some much cruder names. "Sit." Dani said pointing to one of the stools placed around the kitchen island in the middle of the room.

"So what type of pizza are we having then?" Santana asked, her eyes darter around the kitchen, taking in the sight black marble counter tops.

"It's a chili and chicken one, it's supposed to be quite spicy." Dani said lifting up the box for the frozen pizza. "Hope that's okay?"

"Yeah I love spicy foods."

"Me, too." Dani said, "My family hates it." She shrugged, "Usually I'd be eating this alone."

"No. The hotter the better."

Dani nodded in agreement, "That's what I say, too." She smiled, "Do you want anything to drink?"

Santana nodded her head, she watched as Dani made her way to the fridge. She pulled out two cans of coke, and walked back to the kitchen island, and slid one of the cans along it to Santana.

"So, how come your folks aren't here then?" Santana asked, "Are they on vacation?"

"Oh no." Dani said, "I'm alone a hell of a lot." She shrugged. "My parents work in Columbus every weekend, it's where the main office is for the company they work for or something like that anyway." She explained, "It's only a recent thing really, they started working out there on the weekends when I turned fifteen." She said, "It was part of a promotion deal, my dad got the promotion, but my mom works out there, too and helps him." She said.

"So, you have the house to yourself every weekend?" Santana opened her drink and took a large sip of it.

"Pretty much." Dani replied, "Adriana is away at college and only comes back for the holidays and my brother, Will, is out most of the time with his friends, leaving me alone to my own devices." She shrugged. "I very rarely go out on the weekends. Usually if me and my friends do anything we do it after school."

Santana was about to open her mouth to say something, when the oven made a small dinging noise.

oOoOo

"After you." Dani said, motioning for Santana to go up the stairs ahead of her. The brunette nodded once and started to walk up the stairs. Once she had reached the top she walked to Dani's door and held it open for the shorter girl who walked slowly, carefully into the room carrying the plate with the pizza on it.

When the girls entered the bedroom, Santana closed the door behind them and made her way to Dani's bed straight away, feeling a lot less nervous about being in Dani's house now. Dani handed Santana the plate while she loaded Netflix up. She placed the laptop on the bed in the same position it had been in that morning.

They made themselves comfy on Dani's bed while they ate the pizza, both of them watching the remainder of the movie, eagerly awaiting the outcome.

"Okay so what are your bets?" Santana asked quietly, "Do you think she'll take it or not?"

"Hmm," Dani said, "honestly, I don't know." She said shaking her head slightly. "She's crazy, so it's possible that she won't, not to mention the fact that she doesn't know about the second one yet," Dani said, "but, Fred's a sneaky bastard, we know this, so he might find away to get it in her."

"I think he already found a way to get it in her at the start of the movie." Santana said, "if you know..."

Dani cut her off by saying, "I know what you mean." She chuckled. "So, come on then, what do you think is going to happen?"

Santana sighed, "The obvious."

"Which is?"

She rolled her eyes, "Well they'll get together, she won't take the pill and then they'll do one of those 'nine month later' things on the screen and they'll have a little baby."

Dani shook her head. "Nope." She said, "No way. He wouldn't let it get that far."

"No he will because he will realise that, Mindy is the only girl for him and he will want all of that shit with her. It's standard romcom." Santana said.

"I really don't know about all that, let's face it; this movie isn't the typical 'romcom' is it?" She asked using air quotations, "Honestly, I just don't think he will let it get that far... Poor Mindy."

"Mindy?!" Santana said, her eyes widening as she looked at the shorter girl, "Poor Mindy?"

"Yeah."

She shook her head, "Dani, how the hell can you feel sorry for her?"

"Because she just wants him to love her."

"Yeah after one night."

"Okay, I'll admit it, she's a little unorthodox with the way that she works, like, I totally wouldn't want a girlfriend like her..." Dani sighed, "But Fred is being a giant ass with her. He is faking romantic interest in her to get his own way." She shrugged, "So yeah, I guess I kind of feel sorry for her."

"I'll tell you who I feel sorry for." Santana said, "Nelly." Dani rolled her eyes and looked away from Santana to focus on the screen once again.

"What!" Both girls screamed simultaneously, they looked at each other and laughed quietly before Dani shook her head, turning back to face the screen.

"I cannot believe that it ended like that." Dani said, "I need to know more." She sighed, "They really should make a sequel, they have to make a sequel." She turned to face Santana who was watching her with a small smile on her lips.

"Not going to lie, I'm a little disappointed." Santana said.

"Why?"

"I just feel like we have been sold short." Santana shrugged, "Ending a movie like that shouldn't be allowed." Dani nodded in agreement.

"I suppose." She said, "So do you want to watch something else or are you gonna head home?"

"I'm okay with watching something else." Santana said smiling, "As long as you don't mind me being here." Dani rolled her eyes.

"Well. I am going to trust you to finds something as good as The Pill, doubt you'll find anything, though."

"I am guessing that when you say 'as good as' you actually mean something terrible?"

"Not necessarily." The blonde replied, "You can put anything you want on this time." She pushed herself off of her bed and stretched out her limbs slightly.

"Wait, where are you going?" Santana asked watching the shorter girl as she walked to the door.

"I was going to get another drink, do you want one?" Santana nodded her head, "What can I get for you?"

"Erm, anything." She shrugged.

"Coffee?" Santana nodded, "how do you take it?"

"Two sugars."

"Got it."

oOoOo

Dani walked back up the stairs carrying the two cups of coffee- one with two sugars for Santana and one with cream and two sugars for herself- she walked slowly being extra careful not to spill any on the new carpet that her mom and dad had just bought. She was quite a clumsy person it wasn't unlike her to drop objects and to spill things. She pushed her bedroom door open with her hip, struggling slightly as she did so. "Are you okay there?" Santana asked, looking away from the screen.

She nodded her head and walked over to Santana with a little more ease than before, "I'm fine." She said handing Santana her coffee, she sat down on her bed, placing her cup down on the set of drawers next to her bed. Santana took a sip of her coffee, swallowed it and took in a sharp breath through her teeth. "What is it?" Dani asked her eyes widening slightly.

"I burnt my tongue," Santana admitted, slightly embarrassed. "Do you mind keeping mine next to yours please?" Dani took the cup from the other girl shaking her head, she placed it down next to her own gently. "It'll mean me asking you to hand me it. It could get quite annoying."

"Don't worry about it, I've done it for other people." Dani replied, "So, did you find us anything good to watch?"

"No, not yet." Santana said, "I've been looking for a while now, but nothing has caught my eye. I think you should pick this time." She said.

"Okay then." Dani took the laptop from Santana and set to work on finding something for them to watch. Dani stuck to the comedy section and started to go through the selection of movies once again. She sighed and shook her head, "Have you ever seen What To Expect When You're Expecting?" Dani asked. She grabbed her own coffee and took a sip of it.

"No." Santana said, "But I've heard it's good."

"I've never seen it, but I've heard it's sad." She paused and looked at Santana, "Do you want to chance it?" She shrugged.

"Sure, why not." Santana said.

Dani quickly read the synopsis of the movie before she pressed play, settling down in her bed once again.

They hadn't been watching the movie for long, before Santana decided to break the silence between them, "Dani?" Santana said quietly, the shorter girl turned her head away from the screen slowly.

"Yeah?" She said.

Santana took a deep breath, "Is it okay if I stay here tonight?" She asked, she didn't look at the girl beside her, her eyes never left the movie that they were watching.

Dani nodded her head slowly. "Err, yeah I guess, if you really want to." She said.

"Thanks," Santana replied, she pried her eyes away from the screen and turned to face Dani giving her a weak smile. "I know that I only live next door, but I just can't deal with my mom and Carmen today." She admitted, "it's weird, usually Carmen knows just what to say to make me feel better with stuff like this, but today she just really hasn't been getting it right." She explained, "And my mom, well she doesn't get it at all." She sighed. "I know that they are trying to make me feel better and I thank them for that, but they are seriously just making it worse for me."

Dani quirked her eyebrow at the taller girl, "And I'm not?"

Santana shook her head, "No you're not." She said, "In a way, you are actually making it easier to cope with." she sighed. "It still hurts, so badly...But..." She said, she watched Dani closely while she spoke to her, the girl had nothing but understanding in her eyes. She didn't know if Dani understood how she was feeling because she had been through something similar, or if she just understood because Santana kept repeating that she was in pain. All she cared about was the fact that Dani did seem to understand and she was showing her understanding by being a friend, which is something that not even the full length of a week ago, Santana would have found laughable.

"Santana it will hurt." Dani said, "And you're not gonna like this, but it will probably hurt for a long time. You and Brittany were together for so long." Dani said, "But trust me on this, it will get better for you and everything will just fall into place."

"How do you know?" Santana asked looked down at her hands.

Dani shrugged, "Call it woman's intuition." She said with a faint smile.

"Do you happen to have a lot of that?" Santana asked, a weak smile playing on the corners of her mouth.

"I have enough of it."

Through out the movie, both girls would hear the other one let out a quiet sniffle or a small sob and they would chuckle at each other slightly, feeling relieved that they weren't the only one crying. When the film ended Dani sat forwards and hit the space bar, stopping the movie as the credits began rolling. She sighed and said, "I don't think I'll watch that ever again." She shook her head laughing at herself. "I enjoyed it, don't get me wrong but I didn't enjoy crying as much as I did. It's not for me."

Santana nodded her head in agreement. "God, I know exactly what you mean." She said, "That movie, is soul destroying."

"I personally wouldn't go that far," Dani said, "but it is very sad."

oOoOo

"Here you go." Dani said holding out some clothes for Santana to wear. "I don't know if they'll be okay for you or if they'll even fit you or not, but it's the best that I can do." Dani shrugged.

Santana looked at the clothes and smiled weakly, "No it's great, thank you."

"It's okay." She replied, "Okay, so I am going to go get changed and get ready in the bathroom, you can change in here. When I'm done, the bathroom is all yours; I'll get you a spare tooth brush out."

As soon as Dani left the room, Santana peeled her clothes off and pulled the shirt over her head, it was slightly baggy on her- as she assumed it would be on just about everyone- but it was extremely comfortable and soft. She pulled on the sleeping shorts Dani had provided for her and looked at herself in the mirror. She let out a quiet sigh and turned on her heel. She sat on Dani's bed, with her beck pressed up against one of the many pillows. While she waited for the other girl to finish, her phone buzzed quietly.

She unlocked it and saw she had another text from Brittany, they had been texting each other for the most part of that day.

From Brittany
Night night, don't let the bed bugs bite. Love you xxx

Santana was just about to start her reply when Dani walked back into the bedroom, she took in the look on Santana's face. "You okay?" She asked, tilting her head to the side.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just got another text from Brittany, she's just saying goodnight."

"Okay..." Dani said, she sighed, "Well the bathroom is free for you to use whenever you are ready. Try not to make too much noise though; Will get's so pissed really easily." She explained.

"I'm just replying to Britt." She said pointing to her phone.

Santana typed out a quick reply to the blonde.

To Brittany
I won't let them, don't worry, good night xxx

Santana still wouldn't say the three words she was so used to saying with Brittany, she couldn't even bring herself to type them out, just like she had last night she felt that saying those words would only make the situation harder than it already was. She was no longer with Brittany, all she had with her now was a long distance friendship. That was all she could hope for. Saying 'I love you' didn't feel right.

When Santana had sent the text to Brittany, she placed her phone in the drawer along with Dani's. She pushed herself off of the bed and made her way to the door. "Your tooth brush is the pink one." Dani said as she slid underneath her covers. Santana gave her a grateful smile before she made her way into the bathroom.

oOoOo

Dani and Santana were laid in her bed facing each other, Santana had curled herself up into a tight ball and had snuggled down as far into Dani's bed as she could, the covers were pulled up to her chin. All of the lights had been turned off, as had the TV and laptop- after they had spent the best part of the night watching reality TV shows of Santana's choosing- but even in the darkness of the bedroom, Santana could still just make out Dani's face. Here eyes were closed and her lips were parted slightly, her breathing grew steadier as sleep pulled at her conciousness.

"Dani?" Santana whispered, she kept her voice as quiet as she could; she hadn't wanted to disrupt the girl if she had already been asleep.

"What?" she replied, her voice only just audible.

"Thank you."

"For what?" She whispered through a yawn.

Even though Santana could see that Dani's eyes were still closed and that she couldn't see her, she shrugged her shoulders. "For being a friend." She said, "I really needed one. So, thank you."

Dani smiled at the other girl, her eyes fluttered open, "Don't worry about it." She said, she found Santana's hand under the covers and laced their fingers together yet again. She gave Santana's hand a light squeeze. Her smile grew when she felt Santana return the friendly gesture. She slowly let go of Santana's hand and put her own under her pillow pulling it closer to herself. "Good night, Santana." She closed her eyes again, and yawned once more.

"Night, Dani."

My longest chapter yet, I really hope that you like it, (I'm not too sure how I feel about it). Thank you to everyone who has read, reviewed, favourited and or followed so far. I appreciate it. Also, if you haven't seen the movie The Pill I highly recommend it, it is very good. The same goes for What To Expect When You're Expecting.