I wanted to leave another Authors Note here this time too; this is just to say that I cannot believe I have been writing this story for over a year now. Because to me it really doesn't seem like it has been that long.
So I just want to say thank you to all of you for your continued support on this story, that I have been receiving since the very beginning. It means a hell of a lot to me. I didn't expect this story to get the response that it has.
Honestly, just thank you so much. You guys are so amazing in everyway!
Thank you SOOOO MUCH, beautiful people! :D
Chapter Twenty
Dani woke up in the morning and felt two strong, protective arms wrapped around her body. She moved backwards slightly and let out a content sigh when she felt Santana tighten her grip on her even more. Dani loved the feeling of being wrapped up in Santana's arms, no matter what situation they were in. But that morning, they were wearing little clothing- both of them were only in boy shorts and tank tops- which made Dani love the closeness even more, especially when she could feel the soft skin of Santana's legs against her own as the taller girl tangled their legs together.
Dani felt a pair of soft, full lips placing gentle kisses along the nape of her neck, across to her shoulder blade. The feeling instantly brought a huge grin to her face. Dani moved Santana's arms slightly so she could roll over and face the other girl, Santana opened her eyes and smiled before stealing a kiss from her girlfriend.
"Morning beautiful," Santana whispered, wrapping her arms around Dani once more and pulling the blonde impossibly close to her body. Dani tangled their legs together again, missing the feeling.
"Good morning," Dani replied giving Santana a lazy smile, "Did you sleep well?" she asked.
Santana nodded her head yes, she brought one of her hands up to play with Dani's hair, "Yeah. I did." she said, her smile never faltering. "But, that could have something to do with this really hot blonde girl that I had with me last night."
Dani nodded her head in agreement, "Yeah... sharing a bed with a hot blonde is always nice."
"Yeah? Well what about hot brunettes?" Santana challenged.
"There's no such thing." Dani joked with a small smirk on her face. Santana moved her hand away from Dani's hair and gave the shorter girl an unamused look.
"You know. You're not that funny D... you're just a bitch." Santana said, with no real animosity to her tone of voice.
Dani shrugged, "Well, I'd really like to deny that but, hey when you're right, you're right." Dani smiled. She leaned forwards and gave Santana a chaste kiss before sighing and closing her eyes again. The taller girl rolled her eyes and burrowed her head in Dani's neck, placing a soft kiss on her pulse point. She closed her eyes and breathed in the familiar scent of pomegranates. "Babe... did you just sniff me?"
Santana scoffed, "No…" she lied with a sigh, "why the hell would I want to do that? You smell like shit." she teased.
oOoOo
"No. Fucking. Way." Santana mumbled, "Oh Jesus fucking Christ," she said through a small, quiet laugh, she moved her hair to one side of her neck and ran her finger of the large hickie that she now had just under her collarbone. It was definitely worse than it had been the night before; and it only seemed to be getting bigger and a deeper, more aggressive colour every time that Santana caught a glance of it.
Dani let out a yawn and stretched in her bed. She loved that she and Santana had agreed on having a lazy Sunday after their busy Saturday, but what she didn't like was that Santana was sitting at her vanity rather than being laid in bed cuddling her. Dani didn't like to admit it and she probably never would, but some days, she could be ridiculously needy. For no real reason at all and that day was just one of those days. "What's wrong baby?" she asked quietly.
"What's wrong with me?" Santana asked, she whirled around in the chair and pointed to the large mark that Dani had left on her yesterday, Dani sat up slowly in her bed and gave the taller girl a questioning look.
"I don't get it."
Santana pushed herself up from the chair and walked towards Dani's bed. "This is what's wrong with me." Once Santana had reached Dani, she showed Dani the large bruise like mark.
"Oh. Wow!" Dani said once she got a proper look at her work. "I realise how big that thing is." she chuckled as she looked at Santana's chest. Santana dropped herself down onto the bed and looked up at Dani, glaring at her in a playful manner. The blonde ran her fingers over the mark gently.
"Yeah. 'Wow.'" Santana agreed, "Dani you've really done a number on me with this thing."
"That, I did." Dani replied smugly.
"Dani, it's really not that funny."
Dani chuckled and nodded, "Okay. I'll admit the hickie isn't funny, but to me your reaction is fucking hilarious."
"You know what? You wouldn't find it funny if it were you. I guarantee you would not be laughing if the roles were reversed." she said pushing herself into a sitting position. "At least if you get a giant hickie your mom knows you're in a relationship. My parents have no idea about us… but they do know that I spent my whole weekend with you."
"Technically, they only know what you tell them… you could lie and say that you didn't actually see me?" Santana rolled her eyes. Dani sighed, "Fine I'm worried… I'm worried that someone could see it. But San, you can cover up a hickie when it's there… I know this because I have hidden so many hickies in my time." she smirked.
"I don't need to know that." Santana said shaking her head, "and I don't need stress like this." she pointed to the hickie.
"You know I didn't mean to mark you, right?" she asked. "I just got carried away last night." she smiled and bit her bottom lip. "I'm not a huge fan of them myself and I would never purposely give you a hickie," she explained.
"No. It's not that I don't like them… granted, they could look better, but I really don't mind you marking me… I'm your girlfriend so… it's just that; no one knows that I'm in a relationship. If people see me with a hickie, they're gonna think that I'm just sleeping around again, and I really don't want that." Santana admitted, Dani saw the sad, worried look in Santana's dark eyes.
Dani took Santana's hand in her own and laced their fingers together, "I'm sorry," she whispered. Dani leaned forwards and stole a kiss from Santana, "I'll try not to leave such an obvious mark next time." she shrugged, "maybe just one that only you and I will see?" she smirked.
Santana nodded her head slowly; "I'd definitely be okay with that." she smiled.
"Perfect." Dani replied, "but for now, maybe just cover this thing up with clothing," Dani ran her fingers over the mark once more. "Its actually a lot easier than you'd think it is to hide one."
"You've seen my clothing, right?" Santana asked.
Dani smiled and nodded her head, "I have… but it's fall now… I am sure you have something you can wear to cover it up?"
"Yeah I guess… but not that many things."
"Well okay then… for the most part, you might have to use some make-up… wow… I honestly never saw myself telling a girl that she was gonna have to use make-up… but here I am." she shrugged.
"Yeah. Because you're a bitch." Santana joked.
"Again, when you're right you're right." Dani smiled, "But seriously baby, just. Stop. Worrying." She said punctuating each word with a chaste kiss.
"You know, I never thought you'd be the one telling me not to worry." Santana smiled.
"I know. It's like we're in a different universe." Dani smiled, "But Santana I mean it, if anyone at school says anything about you because of this, they'll have me to answer to. Okay?" Dani said; Santana could see the seriousness in her eyes as well as hearing it in her voice.
Santana nodded her head, "Wow, my little badass." she teased, grinning slightly.
"Damn right," Dani winked. She sighed and moved further back in her bed, "Now will you please get back in bed and cuddle with me?" Dani pouted.
"Yes I definitely will." Santana nodded her head; she climbed back into the bed with Dani and wrapped her arms around her girlfriend. "Dan?"
"Yeah gorgeous?"
"Thank you… I get what you mean about fear of what people will think… but what you said to me stands for you, too… when you're ready to be open about us and about who you are, the first person to say anything about you, is gonna have a world of shit from me."
Dani pecked Santana's lips. "You're welcome, and I know you'd do the same for me… I don't doubt that, but I'm not ready… I will be though, one day… and when I am ready, I will walk into that school, with my head held high, bragging about how Santana Lopez is my girlfriend."
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After they had had eaten, had a cup or two of coffee and had taken separate showers- much to Santana's dismay- the two girls were once again sitting on Dani's bed in over sized sweatshirts and plaid pyjama pants.
"Okay… so what do you want to watch then?" Dani asked as she scrolled through her Netflix, she looked down at Santana's hand as she drew lazy circles on her thigh.
Santana sighed, "I don't know. You pick." she turned her head to face Dani and started to nibble on the shorter girl's ear lobe. Dani moved her head away slightly, before turning her attention towards Santana.
She gave the taller girl a chaste kiss, before nudging Santana's nose with her own. "You are so beautiful." She whispered.
"So are you." Santana replied, she placed her hands on either side of Dani's face and gave her a long, sweet kiss. It didn't take Dani long to deepen it, tracing Santana's bottom lip with her tongue and asking for entrance that was quickly given to her.
Santana allowed Dani to dominate the kiss for a brief period before she bit Dani's lip lightly, she soothed it with her tongue, before sucking it gently and pulling away. "Okay… maybe you should find something for us to watch before I get carried away."
Dani nodded her head, still slightly dazed from the kiss, "Will do…" she said, Santana chuckled quietly, while Dani took a deep breath and tried to find something for them to watch.
She hadn't been scrolling long when Santana tapped her on the shoulder excitedly, "Oh… Orange Is The New Black!" She said, "I have always wanted to watch that show, but I just never got around to it… can we watch it now?" She asked. Dani didn't miss the excitement in the dark haired girl's voice.
"Erm… yeah, sure thing babe." she said nodding her head slowly. Even though Dani had already seen season one, and was now coming close to the end of season two, she couldn't find it in herself to refuse Santana. So instead, she clicked on the first episode and moved further up her bed, climbing under her covers. "You coming?" Dani asked, titling her head to the side slightly.
Santana nodded her head and smiled before climbing into bed next to the shorter girl, and wrapping her arms around her. Dani laid her head on Santana's chest and closed her eyes as the first episode began.
oOoOo
They'd been watching Orange Is The New Black for hours now, episode three was just ending and Dani could feel Santana's chest moving up and down slightly as she laughed. Dani couldn't help but laugh at the sound of Santana's laughter. She lifted her head slightly and placed a kiss on Santana's neck before lying down once more with her head on the taller girl's chest.
Santana looked down, only to see Dani lying there with her eyes closed, "Hey… are you even watching this?" Santana asked.
Dani shook her head slowly, "No."
"Then how do you know it's funny?" Santana challenged.
"Because I've already seen this episode… I've seen all of season one… so trust me, while this song is playing, I know all too well what Crazy Eyes is doing."
"So why are you watching it with me?"
"Because, you said that you wanted to watch it, so we are." Dani shrugged.
"Well now, I actually feel really bad… the only reason I didn't pick Dexter is because it looks like you're already on season seven and I'm only on season five… Dan, you should have told me, we could have picked something neither of us have seen."
"Honestly gorgeous, don't even worry about it, okay?" Dani said threw a large yawn, "I really don't mind… I'm just happy you're enjoying it… me already seeing it just means that I get to lay cuddling you." She said smiling, making Santana roll her eyes.
"Code for you're just happy you get to have your head on my tits?" She teased.
Dani nodded her head. "Yeah. Exactly."
"God you're hopeless." Santana chuckled.
Dani shrugged, "Call me what ever you want, I'm enjoying myself."
"I Can see that."
Dani lifted her head slightly and quirked her eyebrow at the darker girl, "Are you saying you're not enjoying this?" she asked, Santana could detect a small amount of worry in Dani's tone.
"No." she said quickly "I'm enjoying it… a lot…" she trailed off.
"Good." Dani pecked Santana's lips before sighing, "I'm gonna get some soda, do you want anything while I'm up?" Dani said, as she pushed herself off the bed.
Santana nodded her head, and grabbed Dani, pulling her back onto the bed, Dani let out a high pitched squeal, "I want a kiss," Santana said.
Dani shook her head. "I just gave you one." she smirked.
"Dani, come on."
Again, Dani shook her head and smirked at Santana, "Nope." She said.
"Fine." Santana said, she shifted their position so that she had Dani pinned to the bed; she could hear Dani laughing, as she started to pepper kisses all over Dani's face and neck.
"Get off of me!" Dani squealed through the laughter that Santana loved to hear. Santana had purposely skipped Dani's lips, saving them until the very end. She finally connected her lips to Dani's and smiled when she felt Dani add a small amount of pressure into the kiss as she kissed her back.
"Now you can get me a drink," Santana said smiling.
oOoOo
Dani and Santana were cuddled close together in Dani's bed, with Dani's 'Chill Out Songs' playlist playing on shuffle on her iTunes, Santana would openly admit that she preferred this playlist to the one that Dani would always play when they were in her car. This was much more her type of music.
It was mainly soft vocals and guitars. It reminded her of the first time Dani ever played a song and sang for her.
Dani was laid on top of Santana, with her head resting on Santana's chest. The dark haired girl's left hand moved up and down Dani's spine slowly. While her other hand rested on the small of Dani's back. She could hear Dani singing along to one of the many Colby Caillat songs she had on the list.
"Dani?" Santana whispered, her voice could only just be heard over the music; she hated cutting Dani off from singing, hearing the girl's voice only made her more attracted to Dani and only made her fall even more for the shorter girl.
"What?" Dani replied, keeping her voice quiet.
"What are you thinking about?"
Dani smiled slightly, keeping her eyes closed, she let out a content sigh before saying, "I'm just thinking about nice this feels," she admitted. "Why? What are you thinking about?" Dani asked.
"Not much." Santana divulged with a small shrug, she opened her mouth to say something before Dani cut her off.
"Nothing new there then," she joked.
Santana shook her head, "No. Not really." she sighed, "I'm mainly just thinking about how I have to go home soon and leave you. But I really, really, really don't want to."
Dani chuckled quietly. "Don't leave me then." she whispered, "just stay here for the night… I mean, obviously go home and get some more clothes and then come back here and cuddle me like this again." Santana could hear Dani's voice growing tired as she continued to run her hand up and down the shorter girl's spine.
"Trust me, D… you have no idea just how tempting that actually is."
"No, I really do… you've tempted me with it all before… unfortunately, when you tried getting me to stay I was already past my curfew and then I got home late and I got grounded… had you asked me earlier, I'd have stayed."
Santana smiled, "Dan… if I go home when I get back here are you going to be sleeping?" she asked looking down at the blonde haired girl who still had her eyes closed.
Dani shrugged, "I really don't know… I guess that's a risk you're gonna have to take."
oOoOo
Santana had reluctantly pulled herself way from Dani to get dressed so she could go home. The shorter girl had allowed Santana to borrow a jacket that zipped high enough to cover up the hickie on her chest.
Santana walked into her house and tried to sneak past her mother, but to no avail.
"Oh. So you remember where you live then?" Maribel joked as Santana walked through the door much earlier than she was used to. "So… are you gracing us with your presence for dinner?"
Santana sighed and walked into the kitchen, she shook her head slowly, "No… I'm actually going back over to Dani's, I just came home to get some more clothes and my make-up." Santana explained.
"Why?"
"Well, she asked me to stay over again… so I said yes."
"Oh… so you're staying at Dani's." She nodded her head slowly, and smirked slightly.
"Mom, it's really not like that," Santana said, "How many more times am I going to have to say this… she just doesn't wanna be alone tonight, so she asked me to stay and I agreed." She lied again.
"Wow… you've really got it bad for this girl." Maribel teased. Santana rolled her eyes and sighed, "No… I'm serious… mija, I don't know why you don't just ask this girl out." She sighed, "She's nice, polite and she's very pretty… you seem to like her a hell of a lot." She shrugged, "I'd like to say she likes you too; she seems to be over here all the time or she has you over there… you really should ask her out… the worst she can say is no."
Already asked her out and she didn't say no… she said yes… I've got her and she's got me, she's had me for a month… so you're just a little late with the suggestion… but I appreciate the support.
"Well yeah, I know that… everyone keeps saying that… but, I can't just ask the girl out…" Santana trailed off, trying to think or a reasonable excuse, "What if she's straight, I mean, I'm pretty sure that she is… she seems to be all over Puck." Santana said, she didn't miss the bitterness the crept into her own tone of voice, she'd like to say she didn't know where it came from, but deep down, she knew she was jealous. She sighed and shrugged her shoulders, "I won't lie to you; I do like her, a lot a-"
Maribel gasped in mock astonishment, "You do?!" She said, placing her hand over her chest. "Well I never would have guessed." She said sardonically.
"Y'know what forget it, I'm not gonna talk to you if you're acting like this." Santana said.
"I'm sorry chica, continue."
"Like I was saying, I do really like her," she paused waiting for her mom to make another joke before saying, "but there's nothing that I can do." she shrugged.
"Actually there's a lot you could do… you're just too pig headed to do it."
"I'm not pig headed, my main worry is that she'd say no." lies, all lies Santana thought, she didn't like keeping things a secret from her parents, but telling minor lies like this meant that she got to call Dani hers.
"She wouldn't say no."
"You don't know that." Santana said.
You're right, she didn't say no… she made the first move… she admitted to liking me first and she kissed me first… she just won't let me tell you any of this.
"I do… Dani seems like a smart girl… if she's as smart as she appears, she won't pass up on the chance to be with you." Maribel said, "Think about it, okay?" she smiled at Santana.
"Okay… I'll think about it."
"Good… now go get ready… you don't wanna keep your girl waiting." She teased. Santana rolled her eyes before running up to her bedroom, she rushed packing a bag just she could get back to Dani.
oOoOo
Santana walked up to Dani's bedroom to see that Dani had stuck a small piece of paper to her door.
You'd better hurry up
and get back here
so you can get back into
my bed and cuddle me
xxxxxxxxxx
She smiled and ripped the note off of the door before letting herself into Dani's bedroom, she saw Dani lying on her side on the bed reading, wearing plaid pyjama shorts and a tight tank top, which hugged her in all the right places, showing off the curves that Santana loved so much.
She sighed and closed her eyes before quickly opening them again, "Y'know," she started, Dani looked up from her book and smiled slightly when she saw her girlfriend walking towards her. "You make it really hard for me to keep my hands to myself sometimes." She joked.
"That's what this is all about… you need to practice self-control." Dani teased with a wink.
"I don't need to practice anything." Santana said.
Dani sighed and placed her book into the top drawer next to her bed. "Are you getting into bed to cuddle me or are you just gonna stand there drooling?"
"Probably the latter." She joked.
Dani shook her head, she rolled over onto her back and opened her arms out for the other girl. Santana laid herself on Dani, and rested her head on the shorter girl's chest. Dani's hands went straight to Santana's back, she slid her hands underneath Santana's shirt and lightly scraped her nails down her spine, making the taller girl shiver, as goose bumps appeared on her soft, warm skin.
"San... are you alright with being back here with me?" Dani asked quietly, Santana lifted her head, and nodded slowly.
"Yeah… of course I am. Why the hell wouldn't I be?"
Dani shrugged, "I don't want you to feel like you have to be here." she sighed, "if you wanna go home at any point you can."
Santana shifted their position slightly and held herself up on her arms. "Why the fuck would I wanna go home and leave you?"
Dani shrugged, "I don't know… maybe because you've spent the last two nights here with me."
Santana chuckled, "Yeah and if I thought your mom and dad would let me spend the next five nights curled up next to you I would." Dani smiled slightly and leaned up to connect her lips to Santana's.
oOoOo
"Gorgeous… do you want some food?" Dani asked, moving some of Santana's hair away from her face, Santana shook her head slowly, and kept her head placed on Dani's chest. "Why not?"
"Too comfy."
"You're too comfy?" Dani asked, Santana nodded her head slowly, "Well, I hate to break this to you, but you're gonna have to move because I need food."
Santana lifted herself up slowly and pouted at Dani, "I just wanna lay here… can't you just order food and get Will to bring it up for us?"
Dani chuckled and shook her head, "No. I actually want to make some food. I hate that we always have junk food when you're here… Santana, we're gonna be huge by the time summer comes if we don't fix this."
"I'd still want you even if that does happen."
Dani shrugged, "You might want me but there's no saying I'd still want you." She teased.
"Yeah whatever, even if I gained a hundred and twenty pounds, you'd still bang."
Dani smiled smugly, "Oh. Baby, I won't even bang you now." Dani joked with a small wink.
oOoOo
"Hey San?" Dani whispered, she could only just make out Santana's features in the dim glow of the laptop screen. They'd switched from watching Orange Is The New Black and had decided to watch Pretty Little Liars instead; a show that until that night neither of them had seen.
"Yeah?" Santana asked, she didn't look away from Dani's laptop; she was far too entranced with the girls on the screen. Dani knew it. Dani rolled her eyes good-naturedly and leaned forwards to pause the show, giving her Santana's full attention.
Santana turned her head to look at the shorter girl as she continued speaking, "You know that Halloween party that's supposed to be happening here, like, soon?" Dani asked.
Santana nodded her head, "Yeah. None of us can wait, you're a life saver." she replied, Dani chewed on her bottom lip slightly, "Wait, you're not having second thoughts are you? Because babe, if you back out now, when people have planned their costumes and have arranged things, some people are gonna be so pissed at you… not me… but some people… Rachel, Rachel Berry will be pissed at you."
Dani chuckled and shook her head, "No… I'm not backing out… I won't back out of this, I am a woman of my word… but what I do want to know is what's going to happen after the party, like when everyone's wasted, where are they all gonna crash?"
"Here Dani… they'll most likely all just stay here."
"San, there's only three spare beds and a couple of couches."
Santana chuckled, "Yeah and there's only sixteen of us… you'll be fine. You and me will have a room, obviously this one. The other couples will want a room to themselves, so Kurt and Blaine, Jesse and Rachel. The rest of them will just crash where they fall… usually on the floor… or a couch."
"So I'm housing a good few people then?" Dani asked; Santana nodded her head, "Shit."
"You don't seem impressed."
"Its just… couples, everywhere." Dani explained, "I don't like the thought of couples doing stuff in my families beds."
"Well what about me and you?" Santana smirked.
"Well that's a different story. When we do it we'll be in my bed. Not my mom and dad's not my sister's and not my brother's." she chuckled. "It's completely different."
"So give those beds to people you know won't be doing anything… Like Rachel and Jesse and maybe Sam and Mercedes- not a couple, don't have to worry about it, Sam respects Mercedes too much to make a move and Mercedes is Mercedes and wouldn't do something like that in someone else's house… and Rachel is the same, you don't have to worry about them. After that, maybe give your mom and dad's bed to two guys or two girls, like Lauren and Marley, problem solved."
"I can't dictate where people sleep."
"You can… it's your house… Puck does... he was the same, wouldn't let anyone near his mom's room. " Santana smiled, "Babe, it's not like you're throwing a party for the entire school. It's just the glee club, they're not assholes."
Dani sighed, "Okay then… I'll do that." There was a beat of silence as Santana leaned over to press play again, that was until Dani spoke, "What are you dressing as anyway?" she asked, "Because, I have nothing."
"I have a solid idea, I'm not saying what it is, but you'll know who I am as soon as you see me."
oOoOo
Waking up next to Santana had once again instantly put Dani in a good mood, even if they had been pulled from their sleep at six o'clock in the morning by the annoying buzzing of Dani's alarm clock.
Even though they had woken up next to each other and had driven to school with each other, talking animatedly all the way through they're morning, Dani and Santana seemed to have no time at all to talk to each other at school before the bell rang for their first lessons.
Dani got to art class before anyone else, but she usually did, it was by far her favourite subject, always had been, Dani could only see herself going to college to study art and/ or music. That had been her vision since she was around eleven.
That hadn't changed over the years.
Dani was busy drumming on the table with her hands when her friends Elizabeth- a tall red haired girl, with bright blue eyes, a ski slope nose and a face full of freckles- and Joe- an even taller, broad boy with messy black hair and dark, brown eyes- walked in to the room.
"Hey guys." Dani chimed as she threw them both a beaming smile.
"Hi." Liz said dryly.
"What's wrong with you?" Dani asked as the red haired girl took her seat next to Dani.
She sighed and said, "You honestly don't know, do you?" Dani shrugged and shook her head slowly. "Okay… it's you." She admitted bluntly, "You're what's wrong with us… all of us."
"What have I done?" Dani asked, feeling more than a little offended.
"Other than blanking us unless it's lunch, nothing." She replied sardonically.
"I haven't ignored y-"
"Yeah you have. Since like, the middle of September." She shrugged, "It's like you've suddenly got more important, or should I say better things to do… you keep turning us down when I say 'let's hang out'… which isn't like you. You're usually the one dragging us out."
"I know I turn you down a lot now, but I have been super busy lately." Dani lied, she hadn't been that busy, she could easily spend some time away from Santana, she just didn't want to. "There's not much I can do about that."
"Yes there is," Joe interrupted, "You could start by trying to tell Santana Lopez 'no'." he said, "we all see you leaving school and arriving at school with her." He dropped into the seat next to Liz and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. The red head nodded in agreement, "we really don't see you anymore… yeah you sit with us at lunch sometimes, and talk to us in class, or hey if we're lucky we get a stupid text from you… but you don't hang out with us anymore."
"Yeah I know… like I just said I've been busy… I've got essays to write, and I'm being forced to look at colleges by my parents, and I'm in glee now for God's sake-"
"Yeah, which is weird in itself Dan." Elizabeth said, "You used to sit and laugh at all the glee kids with us during the assemblies and now you're one of them… before you know it you'll be asking us to support you at nationals."
"It'll be regional's first, but whatever." Dani mumbled.
"You've changed." Liz said.
Dani shook her head, "No I haven't."
Liz nodded her head slowly, "Yeah you have. You hang out with the glee club so much more than us… do you prefer them?"
"No… you guys are my friends, and you've been my friends since middle school, that hasn't changed." Dani shook her head.
"Well something has, because you used to call us your best friends… guess we lost that title, huh?"
Maybe "No… no you guys know how much I care about you." Dani said it was true. She cared about them all a hell of a lot. But she also cared about Santana and the rest of the glee club.
"Doesn't feel like you do anymore though, Dan."
Joe sighed, "Look, we're all going to the movies tonight, you're invited and since you seem to be stuck so far up Santana Lopez's ass lately, she's invited, too… I mean, I've invited my brother so… you might as well invite her."
Dani chuckled, "I am not stuck up her ass… we're friends, that's it." Lie!
"Well either way, are you two in or out?" Liz snapped.
She nodded her once, she didn't want to lose her friends. "I'm definitely in, but I don't know about, San." she admitted, "You'll either see her there with me, or not at all… what time?"
"Great, we're going straight after school-"
"Glee until four." Dani said cutting the other girl off.
Liz sighed, "Okay, so meet us straight after then, we're just picking something random when we get there, like usual."
"Awesome." Dani nodded her head. Though she couldn't quite believe her friends change in attitude, she could see where it was coming from, she hadn't been spending much time with them, and no matter how harsh they were with what they were saying, Dani respected that they had still called her out on her behaviour. "Oh and guys, thanks for calling me out on my bullshit." she said with a small shrug and a smile.
oOoOo
"Hey you." Santana said as Dani met her by her locker just before lunch, "listen, I was wondering if you wanted to come over after school for food and a movie of your choice?" Santana asked hopefully.
Dani turned her mouth down in thought, while the idea of spending the night alone with Santana had appealed to her, she'd promised her friends she'd spend time with them, and she wasn't about to start breaking promises now.
"I'd love to." Dani admitted, "But, I actually kind of have something for us to do tonight," Dani smiled. "My friends were complaining that they never get to see me anymore because I always spend time with you, and y'know, they're not wrong… I haven't hung out with them in a really long time… it's been weeks."
Santana sighed, "Dani where are you going with this?"
"Well they wanna know if we want to go to the movies with them tonight… I've said that yes I will definitely be there no matter what… and I said that they only might see you there, but that they won't know until I show up alone or with you." Dani explained.
"They invited me or you invited me?"
"They did… they know how close we are, I talk about you when I'm with them sometimes and they've seen us arrive at school and leave school together, so Joe said that you could come if you want to, because he's invited his brother along, so it's only fair… so are you coming or not?"
"Joe Stone said that?" Santana asked; Dani nodded her head, "as in dating Elizabeth Cooper, that Joe?" once again Dani nodded her head. "But those two hate me."
Dani chuckled and shook her head, "No… none of them hate you."
"They don't?"
"No… they might not love you, but they don't hate you… are you coming or not?" She asked, "I'll pay for you?" she flashed Santana a quick smile, one she knew would win the taller girl over.
"So it'll be like a date… in Lima, and other people will see us together?"
Dani nodded her head.
"Yeah but they won't know we're together…" Dani admitted, "They'll see us arrive and leave together, but they won't know I'm your girlfriend and you're mine."
Santana sighed, "I didn't expect them to… I'll go… it can't hurt right? I mean, I'll still get to spend time with you… maybe not like I wanted to but still. Is there any chance I'll get a sneaky kiss or y'know, I'll be able to cop a feel?" Santana joked.
Dani smirked and shrugged her shoulders, "Yeah, maybe… if you're really, really, lucky you might." she replied with a small wink. "I'll see you in glee, beautiful."
"Why where are you going now?"
"To sit with Liz and the others?" Dani quirked her eyebrow at Santana, the taller girl sighed and rolled her eye. "Look baby, they're my friends," she whispered, "and yeah, I love spending time with you, in any way, but I need to spend time with them, too." she shrugged, "I don't wanna lose my friends."
Santana sighed, "Fine… but I swear to God if Stoner Brett is still there drooling all over you, I'm coming over and saying something."
Dani shook her head. "No you're not. Don't get possessive."
"I'm not possessive."
"Okay… then it shouldn't be a problem for you if Brett flirts with me at lunch."
Santana turned her mouth down in thought; she knew it would be a problem for her. She knew it'd be a big one. Jealousy had always been a huge weakness for her. "Nope." she shook her head. "Won't be a problem at all." she lied.
"Good, I'll see you in glee." and with that, Dani walked away from the taller girl, as the blonde walked away, Santana couldn't keep her eyes from traveling to the girl's ass.
oOoOo
The rest of the day seemed to drag, even glee- a part of the day that Dani and Santana both usually loved, they'd been given their new assignment for the week, and had to pick songs that have been featured in films.
Dani's mind had started going into overdrive as soon as Mr. Schuester had said those words. There were too many for her to choose from, while other's like Rachel Berry seemed to know exactly what they wanted to sing.
"So are we all meeting at the movies or what?" Santana asked as she skipped through multiple songs on Dani's iPod, Dani glanced at Santana, silently asking her to leave the playlist alone and let it play through.
Santana sighed and put the iPod down leaving a song- that she actually didn't mind- on to play all the way through, "Yes. we'll be meeting them in the car park.|
"Who's coming?"
"As far as I know, everyone in my little group." Dani said with a smile, Santana sighed quietly, "You really don't wanna do this do you?"
Santana sighed, "Honestly, yes and no." she said, "I really want to spend time with you, obviously, but I want to spend time with you as my girlfriend, and when we go out I usually can, because we're not around people that we know... but today we are and I'm not gonna be able to hold your hand, or hug you or kiss you. Had we stayed in and gone to my house or your's we could have done all of that."
Dani smiled, "I know... and it sucks that I don't feel comfortable enough to do that with you tonight, but I promise you, I will definitely make it all up to you when we get back home, okay?"
Santana nodded her head, "You'd better."
It hadn't taken Dani and Santana long to get to the movies, as soon as Dani pulled up she saw, Liz, Joe, Joe's younger brother, Alex, all waiting for them. As she approached them Dani quirked her eyebrow, "Where are they others?" she asked.
"Lily said that she was going to see her grandma in the hospital she agreed to come with us before she found out her mom and dad were visiting tonight. Lucas just changed his mind, and so did Angela and apparently, Cameron has started to feel a little ill... so, it's just the five of us." Liz explained.
Dani sighed and rolled her eyes, "Great," she said dryly as they all started to walk into the movie theatre.
"Personally, I think they all ducked out because of Dani," Alex said in a mock whisper, as if he was gossiping.
"Hey don't be saying shit about Dani, the girl's totally ripped, she'll kick your scrawny ass." Joe teased.
"Yeah… I'm like totally on steroids." Dani joked, she lifted one of her arms up and tensed it showing off her 'muscles', Santana rolled her eyes good naturedly, but couldn't help but think how adorable Dani was sometimes.
"Yeah… I can see you're on them for your ass, too." Alex said from behind her, "That's some intense squats right there." He commented; Santana felt her blood boil slightly.
Dani spun around and started walking backwards, she nodded her head, "Yeah totally," she joked, "I'm super proud of it."
"Me too." The boy said; he winked at Dani, making the blonde haired girl shake her head. She turned around again and looked up at Santana, she could see that the taller girl's jaw was tensed.
"So what type of thing are we all looking for tonight?" Dani asked as she pushed the door to the movies open, holding it for Santana as the taller girl walked into the building.
"Well, I'd like something funny," Alex said with a small shrug, "but if you girls wanna watch some chick flick we can do that, so long as I get a cheeky kiss from Santana."
Santana shook her head, "Not even if you paid me."
"You're barking up the wrong tree with San, Al." Joe chuckled shaking his head, "Doesn't play for our team... you should know that."
"I do." He shrugged, "but you can't blame me for trying."
Dani chuckled and rolled her eyes, "That's like the one thing I like about you." she smiled, "You're a trier."
They all walked over to the movie listings, trying to find a movie that stood out to them, and would be playing soon. "Oh, what about Pride?" Santana asked, she turned her head to look at Dani who rolled her eyes good-naturedly.
"Trust you to pick that film," she joked giving Santana a light nudge.
Santana shrugged, "Well I am full of pride, so it seems fitting."
"Okay... what do you guys think about going to see Pride?" Dani asked, turning to face Alex, Ben and Liz.
"Sure." Alex said smiling at the blonde haired girl, the others nodded their heads in agreement, before they all walked in the direction of the ticket booth. Joe, Alex and Elizabeth had all bought their tickets and had moved to stand with Santana, while the dark haired girl looked at the price lists on drinks and candy.
"Can I help you?" The girl asked Dani, flashing a beaming grin.
"Yeah. Can I have two tickets for Pride please?"
The other girl nodded her head, "You can." she replied she printed off two tickets handing them both to Dani.
"Thank you," she called to the girl behind the desk as she walked away from her. "Here you go cheapskate." She joked as she joined her friends near the snack counter.
"I'm not a cheapskate, you offered to pay for me." Santana shook her head slowly and took the ticket from Dani.
"Yeah only because I knew there was no chance of you coming if I didn't."
"Of course I wasn't gonna come if you didn't pay… what exactly am I getting from this other than food and a free movie?" she teased.
"The pleasure and privilege of spending time with me?"
"That's not a privilege. It's a burden." There was a beat of silence before Santana said, "Buy me some candy?"
oOoOo
"I just don't get how you guys can just randomly pick something without even reading a review or a little summary." Santana admitted, "I can't work like this."
Dani grinned, "You'll get used to it. Spontaneity is all part of the fun. Trust me."
"Yeah. I really don't mind doing stuff like this with them," Alex shrugged, "I mean, if this movie sucks, I'll just make out with Dani." He said throwing a wink in the shorter girl's direction.
"Does Dani get a say in this?" the blonde girl asked. quirking her eyebrow at the younger boy.
"Oh please, you totally would." He teased.
Joe scoffed, "Yeah and if Dani actually did kiss you, she'd be highly disappointed with you," he joked, "Like you'd even know what to do with her."
Santana nodded in agreement, "Yeah... no way could you handle a girl like Dani."
oOoOo
All Santana had heard all night was Alex making flirty comments to and about Dani and frankly she'd had enough of him fawning all over her girlfriend, she couldn't say why she was jealous exactly, it wasn't like Dani was flirting back, it was all just starting to annoy her a little bit. She could see Dani out of the corner of her eye talking to him. It was she heard Dani let out a small giggle, that jealousy fully kicked in- even she couldn't make Dani giggle like that- she wanted her girl to pay some more attention to her and she knew that she was going to have to say something. Anything.
"Hey." Santana whispered, moving closer to the blonde, Dani turned her head and smiled at the taller girl, "Dani, can I have your jacket please? I'm freezing." Santana said, keeping her voice low.
"Yeah sure," Dani nodded her head slowly, she leaned forwards and grabbed her jacket off of the back of the seat in front of her and handed it to Santana, "There you go."
"Thank you." Santana said, she was just about to peck Dani's lips when the blonde girl quickly turned her head to face the boy on the other side of her.
"Hey. How come you'll give her you jacket but not me?" He asked jokingly.
"Because, my clothing wouldn't fit you, that and you have your own." Dani said, she quickly turned back to face Santana, who was now sitting Dani's jacket, with the sleeves pulled down over her hands and one of her hands resting on her face against her mouth and nose, as she subtly took in the scent of Dani. "Are you okay?" Dani asked again, she'd been asking the same question a lot that night.
Santana nodded her head, "Yeah." She said, "I told you I was cold."
"You'd tell me if something was wrong, right?"
Santana nodded her head, "Yeah. Just get back to watching the movie." She replied pointing at the screen with her free hand. Dani nodded her head once and turned her attention back to the screen.
Santana reached her hand down to Dani's thigh and drew a lazy circle on it, before giving it a light squeeze, making the shorter girl smile, Dani gave her a sideways glance before lacing their fingers together and squeezing Santana's hand lightly, knowing that where they were sitting no one could see the small piece of affection.
oOoOo
"Okay, so now we're alone are you gonna tell me what's been wrong all night?" Dani asked as they drove away from the mall and back to their neighbourhood, Santana had been unusually quiet most of the night, and it hadn't gone unnoticed by any of them. "Have I done something?"
Santana shrugged, "Nothing's wrong… and no you haven't done anything, it was that guy, the younger one, th-"
"Alex?"
"Yeah. That." Santana said with a soft sigh, "He was all over you."
Dani nodded her head. "He usually is… he's like that with all girls… he was like it with you, too… he doesn't mean anything he says, and he might come across all confident and cocky, but if we approached him in the way he was joking, he'd shit himself."
"For real?"
Dani nodded her head, "Yeah. I once joked back and his face went bright red, I don't actually think he's attracted to me… I think he's just an ass."
"It wouldn't surprise me if he was attracted to you… you're sort of gorgeous." Dani chuckled and shook her head, "I'm serious you are." Santana said, she grabbed Dani's hand in her own, and brought their hands up to her mouth to press a light kiss to Dani's knuckles. "Come back to my place?" she asked in a hushed voice. "It's still really early, and I am sure that you could text your mom and ask for a little extra time. I only live next door."
Dani rolled her eyes and smiled, "I'll let her know where I am, and try and get some more time. But I'm promising nothing."
To Momma:
Hey mom, we're back from the movies, but I'm going over to Santana's ... since I'm only next door, do I really have to be home by ten? xx
Dani was waiting less than a minute for her reply.
From Momma:
Okay, hope you had fun? And since you're only next door and since it's you, I'll give you eleven thirty at the latest… you still have school tomorrow and so does she. I'll be in bed when you come home though so make sure you lock up xxxxxxxxxx
To Momma:
Yeah, we had lots of fun… and thank you! Don't worry I'll lock up everything and make sure all the lights are off… love you! :D xx
From Momma:
Okay. Love you too, sweetie xxxxxxxxxx
"Well?" Santana asked.
"Well, I have until eleven-thirty tonight." Dani smiled.
"Brilliant… that's four hours I get to spend with you."
"Assuming I wanna stay with you that long." Dani teased, "Jesus give me some space woman, you've been constantly by my side since Friday."
Santana gasped in mock offense, "Says the girl who was so clingy and needy yesterday and made me spend another night with her." she replied smiling.
Dani shook her head, "I didn't make you stay, I asked you to… and I did say that you could leave if you wanted to at any point." Dani chuckled as she and Santana walked into the house. "and I wasn't that clingy." she lied.
"Whatever," Santana scoffed, "You and I both know that was your way of saying 'you can leave, but you'd better not.'"
Dani grinned and nodded her head, "Damn right, and you picked up on that. Congratulations."
oOoOo
They were cuddled close together on Santana's bed, they'd had a bit of small talk with Santana's mom before Santana had grabbed Dani's wrists and dragged her away from the older woman.
"Dani?" Santana said quietly, the shorter girl let out a low, soft hum, just to let Santana know that she was listening. Santana continued to play with Dani's hair. She loved how it always felt so soft, silky, and how it always had the same scent of pomegranates. She ran her fingers through her blonde locks, "Do you mind if I tell my parents about us?" She asked, her voice barely above a whisper. Dani opened her eyes slowly and looked up at Santana, her head never moving from the taller girl's stomach. "I know you're scared about these things, and I know, in the grand scheme of things, we haven't been together that long… but I really want to tell them, Dan." she sighed, "I mean, if you don't want me to, then I won't. I can wait." She added quickly.
Dani swallowed hard, "No." she said, she saw the loom of hurt flash over Santana's face; she sat up slowly and stole a kiss from Santana, "Not what I meant." She said.
"What did you mean then?"
Dani took a deep breath, "I guess you can tell them." She said, she shrugged her shoulders, "I said a while ago that I wouldn't really mind if you told someone… granted, I did mean Carmen, y'know because she isn't here." She said, "But Will knows about us, and my mom knows that I'm in a relationship." She said, "It's only fair that you get to tell someone. So I'm not gonna stop you… I can't stop you."
"Are you sure?"
Dani nodded her head and stole another kiss from the taller girl, "I am one hundred percent sure." She said, "Terrified, but sure." She said smiling slightly. "I just, don't want them saying anything to anyone."
Santana nodded her head, "Absolutely," she said, "They won't say anything… we can trust them, they're keeping my secret from my abuela, they're not gonna say anything about you." She smiled, "I'll make sure of that."
Dani nodded her head. "Okay then," she smiled weakly, "you can tell them."
Santana sat up quickly and grabbed Dani's hand dragging her up off of the bed. "Come on you."
"Why where are we going?"
"To tell them?"
"You want to tell them, right now?" Dani asked, "and you want me to tell them with you?" she shook her head slightly, "okay San, I know I said you could but, slow down speed racer."
Santana rolled her eyes, "Dani. I don't wanna keep you a secret anymore. My mami and papi keep making comments and asking me if we're together and honestly, I don't wanna lie to them. Yeah I wanna tell them today that's why I asked." she sighed, "if you're not comfortable with this then –"
"No. I am. But, it seems rushed and I don't know if I should be here when you tell them… what if your dad like, threatens me."
Santana chuckled and smoothed her hands down Dani's arms to grab hold of her hands, "Baby, he is not going to threaten you… he likes you. They both do… everything will be okay… and yeah I think you should be there when I tell them… you're the girl I'm with, I want you to tell them with me… I know you're scared, but do you remember what we said yesterday, about looking out for each other if anyone throws shit our way?" Dani nodded her head, "Well I meant it… sure I can't give my parents shit. But I can still look out for you in other ways… and I will."
Dani took a deep breath. "Promise?"
"I promise you."
oOoOo
"Hey girls," Javier chimed as Dani and Santana walked into the kitchen. "We're just about to start making some fajitas, do you want some?" He asked, smiling brightly at the pair of them.
Dani nodded her head slowly, smiling at the man, "Yeah please."
Santana nodded, "Si papi," she said, "but honestly, we didn't come down for that." Santana took a step closer to her parents, closely followed by Dani, "We actually have something that we wanna tell you."
"What is is mija?" Maribel asked, taking in the looks on both girl's faces. "Is there something wrong?" she asked, looking mainly at Dani.
Santana followed her mother's gaze and shook her head quickly, "No. There's nothing wrong." she explained, "It's just that..." she trailed off and took Dani's hand in her own, giving it a light, comforting squeeze. "Dani and I, are together."
"Since when?" Javier asked, "I thought that you two were 'just friends.'" he said, using air quotations.
"And we were just friends, until about a month ago." Santana admitted.
"You've been together for about a month now?" Maribel asked, Santana nodded her head slowly, "why you didn't tell us."
"That's my fault," Dani admitted quietly, "Santana has wanted to tell you guys for weeks now, but I kept saying no, I'm still not open about who I am." Dani shrugged, "I worry people will find out... and that they'll judge us, and I'm not ready for that yet."
Maribel stood up and walked over to Dani, pulling her into a hug, "Your secret is safe with us, chica," she said softly giving Dani and comforting smile.
"Thank you."
oOoOo
"Well." Dani said, "That went a hell of a lot better than I thought it would." she nodded her head slowly, she leaned on the kitchen counter, waiting for Santana to finish loading the dishwasher.
"I told you." Santana smiled, she loaded the final plate into the dishwasher, shutting the door and pressing the button quickly, she waited for a little while, just for the dishwasher to show some sign of it running. She moved away from it and placed her hands on Dani's hips, pulling her closer, "They actually really, really like you." she smirked, "Though, I don't know why."
Dani's mouth dropped open in mock offense, "Excuse me?" she said sarcastically, "I'm a fucking delight," she joked. Santana nodded her head in agreement and leaned down to connect their lips, she smiled when she felt Dani give in to the kiss without any hesitation. Dani wrapped her arms around Santana's neck, locking her hands together; she traced her tongue along Santana's lip, asking for entrance, which the taller girl had no qualms in giving her.
Santana let out a quiet moan as Dani's tongue met her own, she moved her hands into Santana's hair, her fingers getting tangled in the taller girl's thick, dark locks. Santana bit Dani's bottom lip lightly, and soothed it with her tongue, before quickly pushing her tongue back into Dani's mouth and dominating their kiss.
Maribel cleared her throat pulling the two girls away from each other, Dani started to chew on her thumbnail, looking down at the floor to avoid the gaze of the older woman.
"I was wondering what was taking you so long, but now I know." She said giving the two girls a knowing look.
"Sorry." Santana mumbled, she flashed her mom a quick smile before looking at Dani who hadn't looked away from the floor yet; she could see a small smile playing on the corners of Dani's lips.
"Well, hurry up… and get back into the living room. We've got some questions for you to answer."
oOoOo
"So… my mami and papi know about us… dinner went way better than I could have imagined."
"Wait, I thought you said that your mom and dad like me?"
"Oh they do… and I had no worries about that… I was worried they'd embarrass me, and they didn't so… score."
Dani quirked her eyebrow at the other girl, "Not score, now I know there's embarrassment in that house, I'm asking to see your baby pictures next time I'm around."
"You dare and I'm asking your mom to show me yours."
Dani shrugged, "You can. My baby pictures are cute."
"You're bluffing."
"Try me?" Dani challenged.
Santana shook her head, "There'll be something they can embarrass you with."
Dani smirked, "You've met me right, I'm impenetrable to shame." She chuckled, "You're talking to the girl who once got stuck in a barrel."
"Wh- wha- how did you get stuck in a barrel and when?"
"It's a long story." Dani shook her head.
"I've got time to hear this trust me."
Dani sighed and rolled her eyes, "Okay so me, Will, Adriana, my dad and mom all decided we wanted to go up to this like camping barn in Minnesota one year over summer, and My aunt Lilly, Casey, Ashley and my now ex uncle went too." she sighed "A lot of the time us kids just did stupid stuff, like this one day we were all outside and we found a barrel, we obviously got Will to go in it first- he's the youngest, so he got in and had his legs hanging out of it, we rolled him around it was fun, the other three did the same and again had their legs hanging out of it… then it was my turn, now, I got in with me legs like bent behind me and as I got in they sprung back a bit and my feet got caught on this little lip on the inside of the barrel and I got stuck… Casey and Ashley thought I was stupid, Will and Adriana couldn't stop laughing and decided to roll me around in it. I was trying to tell them it hurt, but couldn't for laughing." she shrugged.
"How'd you get out?"
"My mom kind of helped me get out… I can't remember how, but it took three people to get me out of that thing." Dani chuckled.
"Did they use a shoe horn?" Santana joked.
Dani shook her head, "No… I thought they were gonna have to though; I was stuck fast." She admitted laughing quietly.
"My girlfriend is an idiot." Santana said good naturedly, Dani gave her an unimpressed look, "A beautiful, totally adorable idiot?" she offered.
Dani smiled slightly, "Better." she said nodding her head. She shivered slightly before taking a deep breath, "I'm so fucking cold," Dani said shaking her head slightly, "I wouldn't be usually, but you have my jacket." She said good-naturedly, Santana smiled.
"Come here I'll warm you up." She wrapped her arms around Dani's waist, pulling the shorter girl as close to her as she possibly could, she leaned down and captured Dani's lips with her own, in a soft and gentle kiss. "Oh and by the way," she mumbled against Dani's lips.
Dani leaned back slightly and quirked an eyebrow at the taller girl, "Yeah?" she said.
Santana shook her head, "You're so not getting this jacket back."
Dani rolled her eyes, "I didn't think I would somehow." she chuckled, "it's my favourite," Dani admitted, "but it looks really, really good on you so… you can have it."
"Thanks."
"Anytime, babe."
"You still cold?"
Dani nodded her head slowly, "Freezing," she smiled, she leaned up kissing Santana once more, bringing her hands to either side of Santana's face. She heard Santana suck in a sharp breath through her nose when her icy fingers hit her cheeks. "Sorry," she whispered, allowing her lips to brush over Santana's
"Don't worry about it." Santana mumbled into the kiss, before she pressed her lips against the shorter girl's once again. It didn't take Santana long to push her tongue into Dani's mouth without permission.
Dani pulled away slightly, "Well this is fun… but I think I'm gonna get hypothermia." She joked, "So… I'll see you tomorrow?" Santana nodded her head and released Dani. The shorter girl pecked Santana's lips once before turning around and walking away from her.
"Good night, sweet dreams." Santana called as Dani carried on walking down her yard and back to her house.
Dani turned around when she heard Santana's voice. "Sweet dreams to you, too." she replied, before turning her back on the taller girl and walking into her house.
Okay. As always I am sorry for the long wait. I really did intend on having this uploaded so much quicker, but I haven't had a lot of free time.
I was working a hell of a lot up until the 17th of July when my temporary volunteer thing came to and end, I miss it already and am hoping to be able to do it all again next year, it was a lot of work, but definitely worth it.
Another reason why this is late is because even though I am no longer doing my volunteer work, I am doing other bits of work by looking after other people's children for them- I feel like that's all I have done all summer, plus I am trying to maintain a social life, it's hard.
And then some family stuff happened so...
But here is chapter 20, which even though you have been waiting a while, still came to you faster than chapter 19 did.
The next chapter should hopefully be up for you very soon. I'll try and get two chapters up between now and when I go back to university on September 28th
BUT HEY, AT LEAST SANTANA'S PARENTS KNOW NOW! DANI'S SLOWLY MAKING PROGRESS!
Thank you once again for the continued support- even though I said this at the top of the page, I just really, really, appreciate it. Seriously, I never thought that I'd get this response for this story.
Seriously 120 reviews, 83 favourites and 147 follows! To me that is just incredible THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. You're all amazing.
Also, if you haven't seen Pride, watch it, it is so funny and it's a pretty good- feel good film, based on a true story, it's amazing, I have seen it multiple times and every time I see it, I love it more than the last. Get it watched guys; I highly recommend it!
P.S;
I'm A Skyscraper: Thank you very much for saying that I am your favourite official Dantana author, that's absolutely amazing! Thank you! And I can't wait to get more Dantana stories uploaded for you all... I think you're absolutely right, we definitely need more Dantana I have so many ideas running around my head for them, honestly, there has to be about 15 up there, some of them will probably never even see the light of day- some of them really need a hell of a lot of work. But one of them is coming along very nicely and is super close to being uploaded for you, like I said, I just need a good summary and a good title and then it'll be up for you all. I agree with what you're saying about Demi's new song, and how it doesn't have meaning, but I love how she has released a song that is really up beat and is just plain fun! I love that it's the first single from her new album and I am just so excited to hear the rest of it. But I do DEFINITELY agree with you about most of her songs having meaning and being really meaningful- I love her songs like that, I mean, how can you not, right? But I do definitely love Cool For The Summer, too... Thanks once again for your amazing review and your kind words :D
Excusemedems: I am happy that you like the name 'Duck' and that you think it's funny, honestly to me with the two characters that they are, they needed a funny name- I think it just works- and yes, jealous Santana is AMAZING to write, so much fun can be had with it and I have had fun with it. I have so many chapters that have jealous Santana as well as some chapters that have a jealous Dani- which is also really fun to write, too. I am happy you enjoy the teasing chapters because they're not gonna stop, neither is the flirting. I hate when people stop the flirting just because they became a couple. I know that when I am in a real life relationship with someone, the flirting still has to be there, I don't want it to stop just because that other person has me. Flirting is all part of the fun, am I right? Thanks for saying that I'm not shit, it means a lot and I honestly can't believe that this story is the only thing keeping you connected to this site. I really hope I don't disappoint you at any time. Thank you so much for the review and your kind words. I am going to try and update much faster for you because I don't have many lectures at university this year at all. Also I will NEVER abandon this story, so even if I go away for a while, I will always be back to update this story. I won't stop until it's finished. So please don't go anywhere? :D
Once again, I just want to say thank you to you all. So thanks lovelies. :D