"Santana, there are still some things I need to say to you. I'm sorry for-" began Quinn as they entered her empty house.

"-shh, we can talk later. I wants on those lips and I wants on them now," Santana interrupted as she dropped her stuff on the floor and slowly slid her hands around Quinn's neck. Quinn gave in and smiled.

"Okay… but we definitely will later?" Santana nodded as her lips grazed Quinn's.

"Yeah, later."

Santana's lips had now been pulled against Quinn's by a hand tightly gripping her neck. Their kiss immediately deepened- but not fast, it was kept slow. The two girls were enjoying the contact that had been missing for so long. When they kissed, it felt magical- the way their lips connected like jigsaw pieces. The heartache they had caused each other was forgotten in that moment and they were content to just cling onto warm skin and soft hair.

They wanted to be as close as possible- so much so that their legs led them absentmindedly to Quinn's bedroom where Santana gently pushed Quinn back onto the bed-their lips only parting to remove clothing. Breathing had become fast and hitched as shivers jolted through their bodies with each touch. Santana removed Quinn's underwear with haste so she could see that beautiful, perfect body she had been missing so much. She moved her lips from Quinn's until she reached her long, slender neck where she began to run her tongue gently along the milky skin. Her fingers caressed Quinn's collarbone until they reached her pert breasts. She gently squeezed the handful of skin and enjoyed the feeling of Quinn's chest moving rapidly up and down.

"You're so beautiful," she breathed as she continued her slow path of kisses down Quinn's neck. Quinn felt her whole body warm up with the gentle touches and the words escaping Santana's mouth.

"So are you," she replied in a whisper. Santana wanted to show her exactly how much she cared. She moved her trail of kisses down to Quinn's collar bone, down her right arm to her fingers where she gently sucked on every single fingertip. As she made her way across to Quinn's waiting nipples, she kept her eyes shut to appreciate the feeling of soft, warm skin against her plump lips. Quinn's whole body arched as she felt a hot, wet tongue pass over her nipples. She whined when it left, but she was soon feeling pleasure again as Santana kissed down her stomach, across her hips and down her thighs. Santana made her way back up to face Quinn. She had worshipped nearly every inch of her body but it wasn't enough just yet. Santana pressed her lips against Quinn's once again as she held onto Quinn's thighs and moved her legs so that they were wrapped around her waist. Santana then gently pushed her hips against Quinn's which sent a jolt of electricity through both of their bodies. She grinded against her slightly harder and picked up the pace. She felt how wet Quinn was against her own center and it forced out a throaty moan that filled the room.

"I missed you so much, San." Quinn whispered between their frantic thrusts. As the pleasure between them built up, Santana brought Quinn's hands up above her head and held them tightly. Her head was resting in the crook of Quinn's neck as she breathed heavily and moaned.

"Look at me," Quinn begged as they were both teetering over the edge. Santana moved her head up to rest her forehead on Quinn's and looked directly into Quinn's eyes. The intensity of their closeness emotionally after such a long time, and the friction between their legs sent them both into a deep, powerful orgasm. Both girls squirmed and whined as their bodies rode out the orgasm together. Not one of them moved their eyes away from each other and their fingers remained intertwined until Santana was too exhausted to hold herself up anymore.

"That was amazing," she murmured as she rolled onto her side next to Quinn. Her fingers were tracing patterns on Quinn's toned stomach. Quinn smiled and began to play with Santana's soft, dark hair.

"Yeah, it was." she agreed. The two girls laid in silence to take in everything that had happened that day until Quinn's soft voice interrupted the peace.

"San, I still need to tell you everything from my point of view. I can't stand the thought of you blaming yourself for all of this mess," she said seriously. Santana propped herself up on her elbow and looked at Quinn.

"Q, you don't have to. Honestly… I don't care. As long as we're okay now," she replied honestly.

"No, I have to. I just need you to listen," Quinn continued after Santana nodded her approval, "I was really hurt after you kissed Brittany…" her face winced at the memory, but she had to explain everything. "And yeah, I turned into my normal psycho bitch persona. That's what I do when I've been hurt. That's why I ignored you, but when I decided to date Finn? I went too far. I could see how hurt you were from a mile away and at first I felt… well… good that I'd made you experience the pain I went through but as it continued to go on and I could see how sorry you really were, I felt terrible. But I didn't do it entirely to get back at you..." Quinn paused .

"Go on… I can take it," Santana urged. Quinn sighed heavily.

"I did it because I was scared too. I thought that if I was with a guy then I wouldn't have to face telling everybody the truth about me. I didn't want to disappoint my family and get kicked out again. I wasn't ready to face all that after last time… But I knew that if I did that, I wouldn't only be hurting myself, but I would be hurting you also... It was so selfish of me to do that to you after you had messed up just once and you regretted it straight away and were honest with me about it. And over time I realised that it was my fault that you did what you did- you must have felt awful when I said I didn't want to tell people. And of all people, I know the most what rejection feels like," Quinn paused to look over at Santana. She was just looking at her with a bemused expression. "And…" she gulped as tears forced their way out of her eyes. "After you sang me that song, I thought you were giving up on me which was the last thing I wanted. I just had to end it with Finn. I couldn't stand to stay away from you anymore so that's why I kissed you. It was amazing, but something inside of me freaked out again. I knew I wanted you but I still wasn't ready to face it so instead of opening up to you, I lied and said I wasn't ready to forgive you... I'm so sorry for making you think this was entirely your fault, because it wasn't." Santana looked like everything was piecing together in her head. "I went to my sisters to get some space to think and to get some advice from her. She's pretty open-minded so I told her everything and she was really great about it. She gave me the confidence to tell my Mom. And after all of those messages you left me, I knew I had to do it- I had to be with you. So I told her and you already know what happened after that so… here we are. And I just hope that you can forgive me for putting you through all that, San. I'm so sorry." Quinn had finished pouring her heart out and now she just lay there with her eyes shut waiting for Santana's reply. Her heart rate increased as the period of silence grew longer. She was so scared… until she felt soft lips press against her own.

"It's okay. I understand. I hurt you badly, Q and none of this would have happened had I not done that and you already know how sorry I am and that I'd never do that to you again… But I'm glad in a way that you did separate yourself from me so you could gain the confidence to come out because… now we get to be together." Santana kissed Quinn again- this time with more passion. Quinn was relieved. Everything was out in the open and they could finally start moving on with their relationship. All of the hurt had been washed away and they now had a clean slate.

The two girls curled up together in a tight, naked ball. They gripped onto each other's skin so tightly like they never wanted to be parted. Between light pecks and caresses, they spoke about everything they had missed over the past few weeks.

"I'm curious… what actually happened when you went over to my house that night?" Quinn said with a smirk on her face. She wouldn't have found it amusing had the truth affected her and her Mom's relationship. Santana blushed and buried her head in Quinn's neck.

"I really don't want to talk about it, Quinn." she complained. Quinn laughed.

"No! Tell me!" Santana sighed.

"Fine… well, me and Puck drowned our sorrows in beer and I really wanted to see you so I apparently begged your Mom for the address to where you were staying and I also blurted out that I loved you and wanted you back or something along those lines…" Quinn laughed loudly.

"I wish I could have seen her face!" Santana joined in with the laughter.

"I'm glad I don't remember that bit! I was horrified when I woke up the next day and found out what I'd said. I thought you'd get a worried call from your Mom and you'd hate me even more!" she confessed. Quinn smiled.

"I could never hate you, San. Although, if it had gone down badly, I would have been a very angry Quinn." she admitted. Santana put a pillow over her face and pretended to be frightened.

"Oh no! Not angry Quinn!" she felt a light slap on her arm.

"Hey! Don't! I'm not that scary,"

"Oh no, you really are that scary,"

"Right that's it!" Quinn straddled Santana and began to tickle her.

"Argh! No! Please stop!" Santana screamed between laughter. "I surrender!" Quinn resumed her position next to Santana and giggled.

"Okay, maybe I am a bit scary," she confessed. "I have another question…" she continued after a moment's silence.

"Oh God… what now?" Santana groaned.

"How the hell did you manage to get the exact cup we drank out of from Rachel's party?" Santana blushed. She didn't like to admit when she had been a bit sentimental.

"I may have… slipped it into my bag after you left… Hey, don't laugh! Look, I had been imagining that moment in my head for years and it finally happened… a girl needs a souvenir for that kinda thing!" she confessed. Quinn smirked before kissing Santana's cheek.

"Well as funny as that is… I think it's cute." she stated. Santana felt a little less embarrassed.

"Well I'm glad because you're going to have to get used to a new me if we're together now. One that actually is nice and does soppy stuff like that," Quinn loved the sound of that.

"Well I'm certainly never going to be more ready for this 'cute Santana' than I am now."