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Chapter Three

Santana's POV:

I have to talk to her. I'm getting jumpy just sitting here trying not to obviously stare. I mean look at her she's gorgeous, not that she wasn't before, but there's just something different plus I haven't talked to her almost all summer. I get the brilliant idea to ask Brittany to get some ice cream because she loves ice cream. When glee ends I start getting nervous. What is going on with me? This isn't normal. I'm always the strong, confident one. No one makes me publicly nervous, well except Brittany. I usually never show the effect she has on me, but today for some reason I'm having trouble hiding everything.

I slowly walk up to her as she packs away her things. "Hey Brittany."

She looks up at me with those radiant blue eyes. I could stare at them all day. They're so blue and deep. "Hey Santana what's up?"

"Oh nothing I was just wondering if you wanna grab some ice cream and chill? We can catch up," I ask.

"Yeah that would great." She said yes. Great! Brittany picks up her bag and we head to our cars. Minutes later we are sitting outside enjoying our ice cream. I got Rocky Road and Brittany got strawberry, her favorite. Awkwardness is beginning to settle in so I decide to talk.

"So, Britt how was your summer in London?" I ask while taking a bite of my ice cream.

"Oh it was so cool. My aunt took me to Buckingham Palace, Parliament, Oxford, and Stonehenge. Did you know that the circle at Stonehenge was aligned with the midsummer sunrise, the midwinter sunset, and the most southerly rising and northerly setting of the moon? I think that's so cool," Brittany says and I'm shocked. I mean I knew there was a special alignment, but how did Brittany know that? Maybe she memorized the pamphlet or something.

"Wow that's really cool Britt. Did you do anything else?" I ask.

"Yeah. For a few days my aunt took me to Paris," Brittany says.

"Cool what did you do there?"

"Oh we just did some shopping, but she did take me to the Palace of Versailles and the Louvre. I actually really enjoyed the Louvre. It's huge and we weren't able to see everything, but we saw the good stuff like the Mona Lisa and the Winged Victory. That piece was probably my favorite."

Okay now I'm getting confused and weirded out. I mean Brittany is confused by art and now she's talking about going to the Louvre and liking the Winged Victory. Who is this girl before me? I'm not sure how I feel about this.

"What about you, San? How was your summer?" Brittany asks snapping me out of my own thoughts.

"Oh it was boring compared to yours. I just hung around," I say, but then I blurt out still not being about to take my mind off this new Brittany. "Okay who the hell are you?"

Brittany laughs at me a little. "What do you mean?"

"I'm sorry. That was way too blunt. I'm just a little confused. I mean here you are talking about Mona Lisa, the Winged Victory, and the Louvre when art confuses you. You've changed Brittany," I say honestly. I've never been one to beat around the bush.

"Europe just opened up my eyes that I changed a little," she says. I stare into her eyes trying to read her. She's pretty convincing and if you were someone who didn't know her as well as I do then you would be okay with her answer, but not me. I can tell there's more, but I'm not going to push right now.

"Okay," I say accepting her answer.

"Do you have a problem with the new me?" Brittany asks and I can hear a hint of sadness behind her voice.

"What? No, no it's just a surprise. I'm just not use to the new you yet, but I like the change," I say giving her a smile. She gives me that smile that brightens up her face.

We continue eating our ice cream and talking about the summer and our senior year of high school. Almost two hours have passed when Brittany says she has to go home. We part ways for the day. After leaving the ice cream shop I drive over to Quinn's house. Quinn lets me in and we go straight to her room. I flop down onto her bed and groan.

"She's different," I say while staring up at the ceiling.

"Yeah, it's kind of nice," Quinn says.

I snap up immediately. "What?"

"Come on San we're seniors in high school getting ready to go out into the world. Changes need to be made and Brittany getting smart or whatever needed to happen. I mean she was kinda d-"

"I swear Q if you finish that sentence I'll kick your ass," I threaten. Everyone knows that if they even think about calling Brittany dumb or stupid I'll make them regret it. It always hurt her feelings being called dumb.

"Okay chill I'm sorry. But I like the new Britt. We had a few classes today and talked some. It was nice having an actual conversation with her," Quinn says.

"Yeah I guess you're right. We had ice cream and talked for a really long time. It made me realize how much I missed talking to her. And it was a nice change not having to explain everything to her," I say. I have to admit this new Brittany is refreshing, but I miss the old one too. I'm just going to have to take time to think about this.

Some time goes by when Quinn blurts out, "You're in love with her aren't you?"

I'm a little taken back by her outburst, so obviously I hesitate and Quinn takes this as a sign to continue talking. "San, it's okay if you love her. I kinda knew you two meant more to each other. It doesn't matter you're still my best friend no matter what."

"Yeah Q, I'm in love with her and I really screwed up last year," I say.

"I figured."

I'm a little shocked. "Oh don't look at me like that. You and Brittany barely talked the last half of the year. Obviously something was up and I figured it was you since she tried moving on with Artie and you were just sleeping around with Puck."

"Fine, fine, I did screw up, but now I want her back soooo bad," I say and then place a pillow over my head and scream into it.

"I'll help you."

"What?" I take the pillow away from my face.

"I'll help you get your girl back. See in my mind you and Britt are like peanut butter and jelly, Batman and Robin, Thing One and Thing Two, one can't be without the other. It was weird watching you two distance yourselves. So I'm gonna help you out."

I nod. "Thanks Q I owe you."

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