A/N Here's the next Chapter guys...

Chapter 5

August 2012

"Britt?"

"Yes San?" Brittany replied sleepily

"I've been thinking... have you thought about maybe you AND Grace moving to New York?" Santana enquired hesitantly.

"Of course I have. I mean that way we will all be together and I can still go college as we had planned San" the blonde responded sadly.

"That's great..." Santana started to reply but was quickly interrupted.

"But it's not going to happen" she finished wiping a stray tear away.

"Why not?" Santana question, feeling a knot form in her stomach.

"Because... Grace is settled here, with school and all her friends. She has had enough upheaval in her life recently and I'm worried that this will be too much for her. She needs her life to be as 'normal' as possible" Brittany stated.

"I understand, but what about you?"

"I don't matter at the moment. Grace is the only thing that matters now" Brittany replied with a determined tone.

"And Me? Us? Doesn't that matter?" Santana questioned angrily.

"Of course you matter" Brittany said, taking her girlfriends hand in hers before continuing "we matter but Grace is my priority now and I thought you understood that" she finished as she swiped a stray strand of hair away that had fallen across her girlfriends face.

"If you both moved to New York then we will all be together and we will all be happy" Santana said as she stared deeply into Brittany's piercing blue eyes.

"I have made my mind up San. Me and Grace are staying here. We can come and visit during the holidays and you will be coming home too. I know that it will not be easy, long distance relationships never are hun but we are different. We will make this work. We are meant to be together... Forever."

"Of course I will be coming home, I will definitely be home for Christmas, it's just that I will miss you... I will miss Grace too" Santana replied lovingly "And yes we will make it work... together forever... I promise" Santana finished as she pulled her girlfriend in for a cuddle. Santana knew this wasn't going to be easy but she loved Brittany and was determined to make this work.

Present Day

"Santana"

"Quinn"

The two friends stood staring at each other for a few seconds before Quinn pulled her friend into a hug.

"It is good to see you again Santana, it's been too long" Quinn stated.

"Good to see you too Quinn, it has been way too long" Santana replied as she let go of her friend and scanned her eyes around the airport to see if there was anyone else her. Quinn noticed her friend looking around.

"She's at home with Grace, San" Quinn said without even needing to ask who Santana was looking for.

"Oh" Santana sadly replied "I hoped she might have come with you" Santana finished.

"You will see her... and Grace soon" Quinn said "plus I'm glad she didn't come with me, gives us a chance to catch up" Quinn finished as she threw her arm around Santana's shoulder and guided her towards the exit.

The first ten minutes of the drive back to Lima was a little awkward with neither of them knowing what to say to each other.

"So..." Quinn finally broke the silence "How have you been?"

"Not too bad and yourself?" Santana replied

"Yeh I've been good thanks. Not a lot has happened since we spoke to be honest"

"Same here really" Santana replied as the two friends fell into silence again.

Santana broke the silence this time "How is she?" she asked.

"By 'she' I assume you are referring to Brittany?" Santana just nodded and Quinn continued "She's good Santana. In fact she's better than good, she's great. She has a wonderful man in her life, a good job and a great future ahead of her" Quinn stated as she tried not to let her anger towards Santana creep to the surface. Santana just looked sadly at Quinn.

"And Grace?" Santana continued "How is she?"

"Grace has grown up to be a beautiful young woman; Brittany has done a great job being her 'Mum', 'Dad' and big sister. You will be amazed when you see her, although do not expect her to welcome you with open arms San" Quinn stated firmly.

"Why? I never did anything to hurt Grace!" Santana replied firmly.

"WHY?" Quinn shouted back at Santana, which made her jump "When you broke Brittany's heart, you broke Gracie's too! She adored you just as much as her big sister did!" Quinn was getting angry now "Don't think you can waltz back into their lives and everything will be like it was before you left them!"

"I didn't le..." Santana was cut off

"Don't you dare say you didn't leave them, because you did. You left Lima ten years ago to go to college and you never returned!" Quinn screamed.

"Brittany was the one who wouldn't come to New York with me" Santana replied.

"SHE LOST HER PARENTS SANTANA! HOW COULD SHE LEAVE LIMA?" the rage building up inside Quinn now "AND SHE WASN'T THE ONE WHO CHEATED WAS SHE?" Quinn finished as she quickly glared at Santana before returning her eyes to the road.

"I didn't cheat on her Quinn" Santana replied in a whisper "I would never cheat on Brittany"

"But..." Quinn replied

November 2012

Santana had been away at college for nearly two months now and hated every minute of it. She missed Brittany. She missed Grace. Hell she was even missing Lima itself. She spoke to Brittany every day, they Skyped every night but it just wasn't enough. She could see Brittany wasn't happy either. This situation they had found themselves in was tearing them apart and Santana just couldn't take it any longer. She had made a decision, a heartbreaking decision, and a decision that would change her life. And tonight was the night to act on this decision.

As Santana sat on her bed with her phone to her ear, she was sure her heart was about to explode. Grace answered the phone.

"Hey Gracie!" Santana said as happily as she could

"SANNY" Grace screeched down the phone "When are you coming home?" was the next thing to come out of the little blonde's mouth.

"Soon Gracie, I promise" Santana lied "now pass the phone over to that sister of yours pretty please Gracie" Santana ask.

"Ok Sanny. See you soon. Miss you!" Grace replied with happiness

"Miss you too Gracie" Santana croaked out, trying to hold back her tears. The next voice she heard was Brittany's.

"Hello baby" Brittany said "I was just about to go onto Skype but you have saved me a job now" she said as she chuckled to herself.

"Hey Britt Britt" Santana said sadly.

"What's a matter San? You sound sad?" now Brittany was sad

"I have something to tell you Britt"

"Oh right. What is it San?" Brittany couldn't hide the fear in her voice.

"I did something stupid the other night. I slept with someone else Britt. I am so sorry I do not know why, it just happened. Please can you forgive me?" Santana pleaded. There was silence. All Santana could hear was Brittany sobbing. "Say something Britt, please?" Santana asked.

"I can't believe you would do this to me San. To us. You know how I feel about cheating and you know I cannot forgive you for this" Brittany said through muffled sobs.

"I'm so sorry. I love you so much. Please say you forgive me? I will spend the rest of my life trying to make it up to you" Santana pleaded.

"No San. I told you that if you were to ever cheat on me, there would be no 'Us' anymore. So it's over. Goodbye San" Brittany said as she hung up the phone, leaving Santana listening to the dialling tone.

Santana just lay on her bed sobbing into her pillow. She had just made her girlfriend split up with her, just broken Brittany's heart and her own. Over a lie.

She knew that the only way to finish her relationship was to tell Brittany she had cheated, meaning that Brittany would finish it with her, rather than her finishing it just because she couldn't stand to be away from Brittany. Her girlfriend would never have accepted this as a reason to split up.

For the first, and last time, she lied to the love of her life. She would never have cheated on Brittany and she never did. This was a lie that Santana now had to live with.

Present Day

"So you DIDN'T cheat on Brittany" Quinn asked just to make sure she understood.

"No. I never would of" Santana replied, wiping a tear from her cheek.

"So all this time Brittany has been thinking you cheated on her and you never did. You lied just because you didn't have the balls to tell her the truth?" Quinn stated. Santana just nodded as Quinn continued "I can't believe this. You broke her heart, actually destroyed her heart, unnecessarily!" Quinn finished.

"Quinn, I know you hate me even more now but you have to understand me, I did what I thought was best."

"Best for who thought?" Quinn questioned "You or Brittany? Because at the time it sure wasn't the best thing for Brittany... or Grace!" the anger returning to Quinn's voice.

"Best thing for Brittany, it defiantly wasn't something I wanted." Santana said as the tears threatened to return.

"I don't think I will ever understand how your mind works Santana. You tossed the love of your life aside just because things got a bit hard and lied to her in the process. Why she has invited you to her wedding is beyond me. You don't deserve to have Brittany wanting to bring you back into her life" Quinn finished as she let out a heavy sigh.

"I know your right Quinn. I'm here to try and make amends. I'm just sorry it took me this long to realise what I had lost." Santana replied as she stared out of the window.

"And by make amends you mean...?"

"To get my girl back"

A/N Hope you enjoyed it... please review :)