Hey .. First of all : I'm really sorry I haven't been updating a lot lately, but I'm trying to update on every story tonight. Second of all, yes Brittany will be back soon.. And yes it will probably be dramatic haha but we just have to let her deal with the mysterious stuff first .. and third of all : enjoy the 20th (!) Chapter c:

THE MORNING AFTER

Santana wakes up in the middle of the night. She's feeling sick and her head is hurting like hell. She attempts to open her eyes and look around, but it's completely dark around her.

She has no idea where she is.

She blinks a couple of times, trying to get used to the dark. Eventually she decides to search for some kind of light. She finds a light switch and turns it on.

The room is suddenly glowing, the small lamp by the bed gives a soft yellow light, and Santana looks around.

She's in her own room. The door is almost closed and one window is open. A cool breeze makes her shiver.

Santana tries to remember what happened and how she got in bed, but the whole night is just a blurr..

She thinks about everything she did last night, she remembers Puck coming over, then Brittany ..

Brittany.

Santana searches for her phone and quickly dials Britt's number. The light from her phone is making her headache worse and she can barely open her eyes to look at it, but she just needs to talk to her.

''Heey everyone! Or some one I don't know who you are hihi.. I'm not here so you can leave me something after the beeep! ...oh yeah, it's Brittany.''

Santana smiles sadly at her voice and waits for the beep.

''Britt? Uh .. It's me, Santana'' She clears her troath. Her voice sounds tired and raspy.

''..I don't really know what to say I ... I miss you so much. I really need you right now .. I am in bed alone and I have no idea what happened tonight .. It seems like my memory has been erased it's just .. All blank ..''

She sniffs ''I could just really, really use a hug from you right now. Like a warm, tight hug that makes me feel like you're never letting me go, you know..? But suddenly you're gone and I don't know where you are and .. I just .. miss you ..''

Before Santana can continue, the second beep is heard and she ends the phone call. She turns and lays with her face on the pillow. She slowly breathes in and out, closed eyes, until she suddenly hears the door open a little bit.

Santana stiffens and opens her eyes, as far as she can with her face pressed onto a pillow.

But then she feels the bed move just a little bit, and she feels something trippling over the sheets.

She slowly turns around to face what she was expecting.

Lord Tubbington is looking at her with these adorable, big, dark cat eyes, and he just looks so sweet and fluffy Santana can't resist.

She picks up the cat and holds it in her arms, laying down on her back. She smiles as she hears the cat purr softly, and she strikes over his fur with her fingers.

It's not Brittany. But they're both cute and cuddly, and Santana just really needs somebody to lay with her tonight. Even if it's a cat, at least it's Brittany's.

Santana wakes up the next morning, still with a massive headache. As she opens her eyes, she notices the lamp is switched off, and Lord Tubbington is gone. That explains the suddenly cold spot on her belly.

Santana sighs and closes her eyes again. She still can't exactly remember what happened, but it had something to do with a club, that's for sure.

The door opens and Santana looks up. Noah walks inside the room with a tray in his hands. As Santana looks closer, she sees it's got a cup on it with hot water in it.

''Puck ..'' she whispers "I don't drink tea ..''

He hints a small smile at her ''Today you do. Trust me, this will help.''

Santana lets out a deep breath and tries to sit up a bit straighter. She leans against the wall with her back and slowly takes the cup in her left hand. With her right hand she searches trough the different flavours of tea, and finally picks out camommille. They say it's good for a headache, don't they?

Puck sits down on the edge of her bed and watches her. ''Are you okay?'' He asks her, and Santana softly shakes her head. ''Honestly, I'm not .. I feel like someone is constantly banging my head against the wall or something ...''

She takes a sip of her tea and spits it out again, it's still way too hot. ''What happened last night, Puck?''

He frowns ''You don't remember?''

"No .. I woke up tonight and didn't even know where I was ..''

''Oh, sorry .. I should have let the light on in the hall.''

''Yeah maybe ..'' Santana says quietly ''But what happened?''

''Well,'' Noah shifts a bit so he's fully sitting on the bed ''I kinda pushed you to go to a club with me, I wanted you to have some fun, y'know? And then we got in and it was so fully packed that I instantly lost you.''

Santana furrows her eyebrows ''Yeah .. I remember that .. But wait, you didn't leave me?''

''No, ofcourse I didn't! I wanted to go party with you, but I couldn't find you anywhere so some girls pulled me with and I ended up in a booth full of drunk teenagers.''

''I was sitting at the bar ..'' Santana whispers, lost in thoughts.

''Yeah, you were .. I saw you there, but when I got to the bar you were already gone. I think some guy dragged you onto the dancefloor or something ..''

Suddenly Santana's eyes widen and she quickly sits up ''Zack! He ..'' she looks at Puck ''There was this nice guy at the bar, and he wanted to get me a drink and he walked all over to the other bar for it, I remember because in the meantime I was finishing my first drink as soon as possible..''

''Was that the same guy who wouldn't let go of you later?''

Santana bites her lip ''Yeah .. yeah that was him. Turns out he wasn't that nice after all ..''

''Santana?''

''Mmh..?'' She looks up and him. ''He gave you a drink, right?''

''Uh .. yeah ..''

Puck sighs, and then just looks at her and nods.

''Why?''

''I think it's possible that he drugged you. I saw you on the dancefloor and you suddenly were a bit too energetic..''

''What?'' Santana shouts, after she eventually realised what Puck had just said. ''That motherfucking Zacking asshole drugged me?!''

Puck looks down and fiddles with his hands. ''Yeah, but .. don't worry, he won't do it again anytime soon ..''

Santana frowns at him in shock ''YOU KILLED HIM?''

Puck can't hold back a laugh. He holds up his hands and wiggles his fingers ''With my bare hands, princess'' he winks and laughs at Santana's expression.

Her jaw is like on the floor. ''Really?''

Puck nudges her arm and smiles ''Ofcourse not, are you crazy? I came here to be responsible, remember?''

''Yeah ..'' Santana answers, before they get interrupted by a buzzing phone.

Santana doesn't move right away, but when she realises who could be possibly calling her, she throws herself on her phone, now literally banging her head against the wall, and quickly picks up.

''Hello?''

Noah sees her listening to the voice on the other line, and Santana now sits up straightly.

''No .. I am so glad to hear from you .. No, I'm not alone, Noah is here.. You don't know him, he's a friend from school.. Noah Puckermann.''

Santana smiles ''Yes, Puckermann from the Puckermann train'' she chuckles and smirks at Puck when he frowns at her.

''He's taking good care of me, Britt .. I don't know, some asshole drugged me last night..'' Her faces grimaces in pain ''Britt ..'' she whispers ''Please don't yell right now ..''

She sighs and plays with the hem of the blanket, listening to Brittany talk. ''No..'' she suddenly says. ''Don't go yet .. How are you? Where are you? No, no Britt don't you dare to hang up on me right now. Brittany, I'm sure it can wait just tell me what's going on? No .. No don't.. Brittany!''

Santana stares at the phone in her hand.

''She just .. hung up on me ..'' She says quietly. Brittany didn't sound like Brittany at all.

It was her voice, but she sounded stressed out and worried and in a hurry, she didn't even ask about Lord Tubbington ..

"Something very strange is going on, Puck ..''

She looks up and looks him straight in the eye.

''And I need you to help me figure it out..''