Chapter 5

It had been nearly over a week since Santana and Brittany had seen each other since their first date. They had frequently talked over the phone, but neither of them had ever mentioned a second date. Not that they didn't want to go on another date, but it was Brittany's "turn" to ask, and she hadn't yet. Which made the Latina a little shifty.

"Why did you bring the flowers again?" Rachel asked Brittany curiously as they walked briskly towards the restaurant, trying to get there as soon as possible. It had already been dark outside for hours and their shift had just ended, leaving the girls to make a quick decision to drop by and meet their friends.

"Well, I owe San a date and asking her over the phone is so…so…" Brittany said as she frowned while she snapped her fingers together trying to find the right word.

"Impersonal? Boring?" Rachel said, trying to fill her in.

"Yeah, boring! I mean I love talking on the phone with her, I mean we both are super busy with our jobs, but like… I just want to ask her face to face you know." Brittany said shyly.

"Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. I remember Quinn actually called me to meet up for coffee to plan a date. Which ended up being a date." Rachel smiled at the memory.

"Who calls someone to plan a date…?" Brittany asked confused.

"Clearly real gentlemen, or gentlewoman…you know…" Rachel said awkwardly trying to explain herself. Brittany just nodded and let the subject drift away as she usually did when Rachel tried to explain something to the dancer.

There was a comfortable silence between the two friends as they walked, until Rachel decided to break it, which didn't really surprise Britt.

"I can't believe we've been dating for a bit over one and a half month and I have never actually been at their restaurant." Rachel said as she shook her head in disbelief.

"Yeah" Brittany agreed. "I've only been there once, but it's clearly one of my favorite restaurants in New York. Their food is just wonderful."

"We're here!" Brittany squealed as she took hold of Rachel's sleeve and dragged her towards the entrance.

They entered the warm restaurant and suddenly a familiar blond appeared from around the corner.

"Hi, my name is Quinn and I will-" her voice fading out as she realized who was standing there. Her polite smile suddenly changed into a big grin reaching her eyes as she pulled in her girlfriend for a hug and kissed her sweetly. Then she turned towards Brittany her grin not leaving her face as she pulled her into a big crushing hug, which Brittany happily returned.

"You guys!" Quinn started, looking beyond happy and surprised. "What are you doing here?" Clearly over excited.

"Well, Britt here wanted to ask Santana out for a date personally, hence the flowers." Rachel said as she pointed at the little bouquet in Brittany's hand, receiving a sweet smile from Quinn before she continued. "And I realized that I have never been at your work and because it's a restaurant I find that it's an appropriate work place to visit." She finally finished a big smile on her face and Brittany just nodded her head in agreement.

"Well, I'll tell San you've arrived." Quinn said and just as she was about to turn around a strong but delicate hand gripped her arm, turning her around.

"Don't tell her I'm here, I want it to you know… be a surprise" Brittany smiled sheepishly at her. Quinn smiled at her and nodded her head in agreement.

"Sure no problem, I'll take you guys to our best table!" Quinn grinned as she took Rachel's arm in hers and leaded her towards the table, both giggling while Brittany walked behind them, smiling at her friends.

Santana was pleased. Sure, she was a bit worried that the blond that hadn't asked her out on a second date, but she was defiantly happy that tonight had been so calm with all the customers. The nigh was so calm that herself and Sam could actually have a real discussion while they cooked. They talked about the newest games that had just been released and they discussed what might have changed in this new upgrade and so on. She usually never admitted it, but she loved video games and she claimed that everyone had a little gamer inside of them, even though she might have a bigger one then the rest.

Quinn had walked in and out of the kitchen as any other evening. But this evening she seemed different. First of all, she was smiling like a dork all the time and every time Santana would look at her, her grin would turn into a smirk clearly saying, "I know something you don't know". Every time the Latina would try to ask, the waitress would just dismiss the subject and tell her she had customers to attend to, which the chef thought was weird, because they were clearly far from a full house today. But she decided she had better things to do and focused on her food instead.

Quinn finally walked over to the Latina with her smirk still plastered on her face and Santana just raised her perfect eyebrow at her, looking at her suspiciously.

"What do you want Barbie?" Santana said as she returned to her chicken.

"There are some costumers who loves your food so much that they wanted to thank you in person." Quinn said, her smirk never leaving her lips.

"Well that's a first… well the head chef has to do what the head chef got to do." She said as she told Sam to watch her food and that she would be right back. She took of her apron and followed the blond shorthaired girl.

After walking through the main restaurant they finally walked over to the table with a window view, Santana didn't recognize the two girls in front of her until the blond girl turned around, smiling brightly at her.

Santana smile grew as she hugged the blond girl in front of her, whispering, "I missed you" in her ear and gave her a kiss on the cheek, which made Brittany's cheeks grow a light shade of pink. Santana hadn't even realized there was a second person at the table until Rachel finally spoke.

"Your food is delicious Santana." Rachel said as she took a bite of her salad.

"Thank you Hob- I mean Rachel" Santana corrected herself, making Rachel perfect smile fade slightly.

"And I have another reason why I'm here." Brittany began as she looked up at Santana with her beautiful blue eyes. Which made Santana take off her chef hat quickly, feeling slightly embarrassed by it.

Brittany took up the flowers from underneath the table and handed them over to Santana who looked at them with surprise.

"I thought…asking you over the phone was kind of boring. That's why I didn't ask you before. I prefer asking face to face, so what are you doing next Thursday around four o'clock?" Brittany asked shyly as Santana accepted the flowers blushing slightly from the kind gesture. She had never liked the romantic stuff, but that Brittany actually took her time of the day to buy her some flowers and ask her in person made her feel special.

"Hmm, let me check my calendar" Santana smiled at the blond, who just laughed and shook her head.

"Tease" She commented which made Santana roll her eyes playfully.

Brittany just chuckled "4 o'clock, at central park ok?" Brittany said as she took Santana's hand in her, stroking her hand with het thumb. Making the Latina blush slightly.

"Yeah, see you then." She smiled back at the blond who still held her hand.

"Euum, I should really get back to the kitchen" She said as she motioned towards the chef hat, which made all the friends chuckle. Santana turned around and walked towards the kitchen, her grin never leaving her face.

Santana approached the park, it was cold that day, colder then it had been during the entire year since the winter season and she was glad that she had brought her scarf and her leather gloves. Suddenly she spotted a bright blond, jumping slightly up and down trying to warm herself, her hands in her pockets. Santana smiled and shook her head; the blond had never looked cuter.

"Hi Britt" Santana greeted as she finally reached her. Brittany turned around as a blush creped up on her cheeks. Santana didn't know if the blush came from the cold, or from the embarrassment of being caught jumping up and down.

"Hi San" Brittany replied, her breath turned to steam as it left her mouth.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know it was going to be this cold today" She said apologetically as she fixed her hat on her head.

Santana smiled at her sweetly, until she realized that she hadn't really officially greeted the blond beauty before her yet. She actually didn't know how too. Was she going to hug her? Kiss her?

Brittany seemed to have the same inner conflict, so before anything got too awkward she bended down, her hands still in her coat pockets and she gingerly kissed Santana on the cheek, not really knowing if kissing her full on the lips would be too soon. She the looked into the Latina's brown orbs and smiled shyly at her, only to have Santana smile back at her and just within second she poked Brittany's hat playfully.

"I haven't seen anyone wear a hat with a fluff ball on the top for ages!" Santana said as she chuckled as Brittany blushed slightly.

"Hey, don't mess with the hat. At least I wont get red ear" She teased back and pointed at the Latinas ears, which were in fact incredibly red.

Brittany took out her hand, signaling the Latina to hold hers as the started walking through the park.

They walked aimlessly through the park, the wind blowing in their hair and the leafs blowing around them. There was a comfortable silence, and here and there they would comment on things, otherwise they just enjoyed each other presence.

"So, Miss Pierce" Santana began as she smirked towards the blond.

"What did you have in mind for this date?" Santana said as she squeezed Britt's hand lightly.

"Weeeelll… I thought we could go for a treat; maybe eat some hotdog or something? Nothing really fancy and then we could go feed the ducks!" Brittany said, clearly excited by the last idea.

Santana smiled at her, remembering the night when she had told her that duck was her favorite animal.

"Sounds great Britt, but can we go eat now? I didn't eat lunch." Santana asked as Brittany took her hand and dragged her towards the nearest hotdog stand, they both ordered and Brittany insisted on paying.

Brittany started eating as she turned towards Santana and suddenly she had grin plastered on her face.

Santana eyed her suspiciously before asking her what was wrong. Brittany kept her gaze on her, her grin changing into a smirk.

"Oh, nooothiiing" She teased as she continued eating her hotdog. Santana arched an eyebrow at her.

"No seriously, what? Do I have something on my face?" Santana panicked as she brought her napkin to her face. Brittany just giggled at the brunette who tried to get rid of whatever the blond was laughing at.

"No, you have something" Brittany said as she leaned in awfully close to the Latina, who stopped her movement to look at the dancer, her eyes widening. "Right there" she barely whispered the last part out. Her lips slowly brushing against Santana's. It wasn't a heated kiss; it was an innocent one, just a peck. But even though it was just a peck the chef felt her head spinning. Brittany pulled away with a smirk on her face as Santana smiled back lazily at her.

"Actually you had nothing on your lips, I just like…really wanted to kiss you." Brittany emphasized as she smiled at the Latina who rolled her eyes at her.

"My god, you're so corny!" Santana laughed.

"You love it." Brittany said as she wriggled her eyebrows at her.

"Do not." Santana said as she rolled her eyes playfully.

"Yea, you do"

"No I don't"

"Yes you d-" Before Brittany could continue the Latina was kissing her forcefully on the lips, pulling her close by the collar of her coat. Just as the sensation started to get to her, it stopped, and the Latina pulled away playfully walking away from Brittany while she turned her head around, her dark orbs locked with the blue ocean ones and she winked at her. Brittany's heart swelled and before she knew it her feet were half jogging after the Latina, locking hands and continued to walk down the path together.

"So, you want to go meet the duck family?" Brittany asked.

"Why do I get the feeling you go here a lot?" Santana said with a smile. Brittany just giggled at her before she started running.

"Race ya!" Brittany yelled, leaving a confused Latina behind.

"Are you fucking kidding me?...ergh Britt wait!" Santana yelled after her as she started running. She really tried to catch up with the blond, but she had so many advantages over the Latina. Her long dancer legs made it easy for her to move quickly and with her being a dancer and all her stamina was pretty great, not that Santana was complaining.
And most importantly, Santana never went out running. Last time she went training was in high school as a cheerleader. She was lucky. Her body stayed slim, though her running ability did not.

"San, come on!" The dancer yelled at her as she giggled at the girl behind her. Santana puffed, if the blond wanted a race that was exactly what she was going to get. Before she knew it, she had started to sprint faster as she speeding up behind the dancer. Brittany had obviously not paid attention to that the chef was slowly approaching her as she took things at ease. She turned around and squealed in shock to have the Latina right behind her. Before both of them knew what was happening, Santana had pulled both her arms around Brittany, which made her fall on the grass. Both of them rolled down the steep hill as they giggled.

Their rolling stopped and Brittany was lying on her back as she giggled while she tried to calm down her breathing. She turned to her side to be met by Santana lying on her side facing her. But on the contrary from Brittany she wasn't giggling but she was frowning, which made Brittany stop laughing immediately, and looked at her worriedly.

"Hey, you ok?" Brittany asked as she started to stroke Santana's cheek.

"Yea…I'm…I'm fine…" Santana huffed out, not convincing either of them.

"San, please tell me what's wrong?" Brittany asked her gently.

"First of all I have cramps…" Brittany couldn't help but giggled which made Santana joined in.

"Don't laugh! Laughing hurts!" Santana whined. Brittany leaned forward and kissed her quickly.

"Kiss to make it better" Brittany said as she continued to stroke the Latinas cheek while Santana laughed lightly, obviously holding back tears.

"Sanny, tell me where it hurts."

"My foot, I kind of tripped and…"Brittany couldn't help but smile adoringly at her. Something about vulnerable Santana was incredibly cute.

"Let me see." Brittany said as she sat up and took the Latinas foot in her hand.

"Ok, I'm going to bend it and you'll have to tell me when it hurts ok?" Brittany asked as Santana nodded her head and looked up at her.

She bended it slightly to the left and in response Santana whimpered in pain. She tried the other side only to have the same effect. She bended it forward.

"Ow, Britt stop." Santana chocked out, clearly holding back tears.

"Looks like you have a sprained ankle." Brittany said as she jumped back to sit next to the Latina.

Santana laughed a throaty laugh while she let a single tear run down her cheek.

"You see, I'm not made for running…" Brittany just giggled at Santana as she got up and helped Santana to stand up.

"I'm sorry I screwed up our date" Santana said as she scratched her neck. Brittany took both of her hands and cupped Santana's face.

"Hey, you ruined nothing. You're just extremely clumsy." Brittany said and earned a chuckle from Santana. Brittany kissed Santana gingerly, which made Latina sigh in delight when it was over.

Santana seemed to be feeling a lot better and she balanced herself on one foot as she started to jump up the hill.

"What are you doing?" Brittany asked, clearly amused by the brunette.

"What does it look like?" Santana replied while she tried to concentrate on her skipping.

"You seriously think you can jump back the whole way on one leg?" Brittany asked as she just smiled at her.

"Do you have a better idea?" Santana asked, clearly confused.

Brittany chuckled and went up to Santana and stood in front of her. Santana looked confused at her and she tilted her head as she stared at the blonds back.

"Jump." Brittany said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"What?" Santana asked, clearly bewildered by what the girl in front of her had just said.

"I said Jump. I'm going to piggyback ride you home to my apartment, it's not that far from here." Brittany said as she turned her head and looking at the Latina who looked at her with a shocked expression written on her face.

"What?" Brittany asked, as she looked equally confused at Santana.

"I'm not going to piggyback ride on you, that's just embarrassing!" Santana said in disbelief as she jumped on one foot past Brittany who just stood there confused before she walked after the brunette.

"Santana, don't be silly. You can't jump all the way back!" Brittany said as she walked next to the struggling girl who was trying to keep her balance and jump up the hill.

"I don't care if it's to the moon and back. I'm not letting you carry me!" Santana said as she continued jumping but she lost her balance and fell backwards only having Brittany catch her by her strong arms. Santana blushed as she looked up at Brittany who arched her eyebrow at the girl in her arms.

"Now will you let me carry you?"

Five minutes later Santana had given in and was now sitting on Brittany's back with a strong blush on her cheeks while Brittany hummed a random tune.

"How did you know that I sprained my ankle?" Santana finally asked curiously.

"I'm a dancer, I sprain my ankle every other week" Brittany said as she shrugged.

"Ouch." Was the only answer Santana could think of. Even though Santana would never admit it but getting a piggyback ride from Brittany wasn't half that bad. Santana buried her face in Brittany's blond locks and smelled the familiar scent of vanilla, loving how soft the dancers hair was.

"This is embarrassing." Santana said as she voice got muffled by Brittany's hair, which made Brittany giggle.

"Hey, it's ok. In two days you'll be as good as new. Besides It's cold outside anyway, it's much nice to be inside." Brittany said as she shrugged again and made a turn towards her apartment.

Santana smiled at Brittany even though Brittany couldn't see her and she bended down and kissed her on the cheek.

"You are extremely smart you know." Santana said as she snuggled closer into the blond locks.

Brittany couldn't help but blush as she felt her heartbeat beat faster. No one she had dated had ever told her she was smart before, not even in long time relationships. They would comment on how stupid she was at times or how un-logical she was but never ever had anyone commented that she was smart.

"Eum…really? Tha…thanks Santana." Brittany mumbled embarrassingly.

They walked like that for another 30 minutes, though Santana pleaded Brittany to stop and rest but Brittany ensured her she didn't have any problem carrying her, which was true, the Latina weighed practically nothing.

They finally reached the apartment building and they entered Brittany and Rachel's apartment.

She put Santana down on her couch carefully; she smiled at her and told her that she was going to go fetch her first aid kit. Santana nodded her head and she started to look around the apartment. It clearly had a Rachel berry touch. Everything was ridiculously prefect, it reminded her a bit of a Sims house. Brittany suddenly reappeared from the kitchen and sat herself down next to Santana.

"I'm going to bandage your foot, it's not going to hurt ok?" Brittany said as she started to remove Santana's sock. Suddenly she seemed to remember something.

"We need Whiskey." Brittany mumbled as she started to look around for what Santana believed was whiskey. Her mouth was hanging slightly open in shock, would it really hurt that much that she needed to get drunk?

Suddenly a black cat appeared in front of them.

"Whiskey!" Brittany squealed as she hugged the helpless cat in her strong arms. Before Santana had time to understand what was happening, Brittany was introducing her to her cat Whispers, also called Whiskey. Which made Santana relax when she realized she didn't need real whiskey for her treatment and she then let Brittany bandage her foot.

They decided to watch a movie while eating some snacks. Which ended up with both of them curled up together on the couch snuggling closely to one another. Santana's head rested on Brittany's chest as she dully watched the screen, trying to understand what was happening, though she had lost the meaning of this movie a long time ago. She was focusing on Brittany whom chest rose and fell from every breath she took. Santana was focusing on the random circles the blond would trace on her back. She was focusing on the sweet vanilla smell that was radiating from the blond. Basically all her attention was on the blond, she wanted to just grab her and kiss her senseless. But she didn't want to ruin the moment; Brittany actually seemed interested in the movie. So she let it be, she would decide later what to do.

Brittany was half awake, half asleep. Why did she chose this movie, it was so confusing. This guy just kept running around, taking a drug to make him perfect. It was…weird. She didn't understand it and she had no interest in watching it, but the Latina seemed to enjoy it. She had tried to get her attention by tracing circles on her back, reserving a sigh from Latina, motioning her to continue. But more then that nothing, she didn't look up, or move further up to face her. No sign at all. So she let it be, she would decide later what to do.

Half an hour had passed and neither of the girls seemed to move further and Santana was really itching to kiss the girl underneath her. She looked up shyly at the blond who seemed to be half sleeping. The light from the screen flickering in her eyes. Santana smiled at Brittany. She couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by the feeling of being in her arms. This was their second date and already did she feel connected to her in a way she usually wouldn't. Brittany was just so beautiful, everything she did was perfect. How she frowned at the movie to even that little smirk forming by the corner of her thin lips.

"You're staring." Brittany said, her gaze didn't even leave the television. Santana suddenly blinked confusedly before she understood that the blond was talking to her.

"Eum…" Santana said shyly, she was clearly caught of guard. Brittany turned and looked down at her and she smiled kindly at her. She gripped Santana by her hips and pulled her up so that their faces were inches apart.

"Hey…" Brittany whispered against Santana's plum lips.

"Hi…" Santana answered and she licked her lips when she saw Brittany switching her gaze from her eyes to her lips to her brown eyes again. Santana slowly bend down and kissed Brittany gingerly, their lips barely touching. Brittany's breath hitched under her and she carefully kissed her back slowly. Brittany's left hand traveled up and down Santana's spine slowly while her right hand caressed her cheek. Santana was supporting herself by the elbow while her right hand traveled by Brittany's curves. Santana felt Brittany's tongue gaze her bottom lip before she took the entire lip in her mouth sucking on it lightly. Santana felt herself moaning to the feeling as she slipped her hand underneath Brittany's shirt and slowly massaging her hipbone. Santana started to kiss down Brittany's jaw line and down to her neck. Brittany's cares on her cheek moved up the Santana's brown mane and she gripped it slightly as Santana started to slightly suck on her neck. Brittany's breath hitched when she felt Santana suck on her pulse point, Santana's hand under her shirt started to travel further up past her bellybutton and nearing her chest. Santana was just about to slip her hand underneath Brittany's bra when suddenly someone opened the door.

"Brittany, Quinn and I are home!" Rachel called throughout the apartment, which made Santana literally fall off the couch in surprise, which made Brittany laugh. Quinn entered the TV-room and saw Santana on the floor with her hair completely tousled, swollen lips and Brittany lying on the couch in basically the same state as Santana, the only different was that her shirt was up over her bra. Quinn blushed slightly at the view in front of her and just when she was about to say something Rachel came up behind her.

"Have you seen Britt….oh…" Rachel said as she saw the scene in front of her.

Santana felt herself blushing while Brittany just smiled kindly at Quinn and Rachel while her shirt was still up.

"Hi you guys!" She said as she waved at them. Santana face-palmed and sat herself up on the couch as smoothly as she could with only using one leg while at the same time she tried to hide her blush. Quinn just smirked knowingly at Santana and Santana glared at her. If only looks could kill.

"This is slightly awkward." Rachel stated as her gaze shifted towards Quinn, Brittany and Santana.

"Britt…pull down your shirt…please…."Santana said as she shyly looked at Brittany.

"Oh… right!" Brittany said as she pulled down her shirt. Santana was quite amazed by how all this did not embarrass her and how she didn't even blush.

"I think I should go…" Santana said as she stood up and Brittany stood up with her helping her to the door.

"I'll come with you" Quinn said as she turned and kissed Rachel and turned to see Santana kiss Brittany quickly goodbye before she pulled her out of the apartment. Quinn glared at the bandaged foot and then at the Latina and by the looks of it something extremely embarrassing had happened her otherwise she wouldn't be blushing this much.

They both stepped in to the elevator as Quinn helped Santana in safely. Just when Quinn was about to ask Santana what happened Santana interrupted her thought.

"Don't ask."

"Wasn't going to." Quinn said as she smirked and pressed the button that closed the elevator door.

AN:

I'm sorry it took such a long time but this chapter was a real cock-block. Seriously, I had such a problem with this chapter I had even given up on this story for a while because the chapter didn't go as I wanted it to. But finally I'm done ergh. See you soon!