A few days later

Brittany had been looking for Santana for awhile but gave up when she couldn't find her figuring the girl needed a little alone time. Making her way through the trees she stopped when she came to the small clearing and saw the girl she had been looking for sitting there staring out into the water. She watched her for a few minutes, all the while wondering what was on her mind. She almost didn't want to disturb her as she seemed so lost in thought, like she was lost in her own little world that was far away from where they were.

"What you thinking about?"

Santana jumped slightly. "You scared me a little, and wouldn't you like to know." She smiled not bothering to turn around.

The blonde tilted her head to the side a little and moved forward and sat down on the rock next to the one the brunette sat upon. "Tell me."

"What are you thinking about."

"I asked you first." Brittany retorted, sending both girls memories into the past, causing them both to smile. "What are you looking at then?"

"The water."

Brittany smirked. "The water? Isn't that like totally boring."

"No it's not, do you always talk this much or is this a special occasion just for me."

"Well well haven't all these years just turned you into a comedian." Brittany laughed.

"I learned from the best…" Brittany smiled. "Quinn just always seems to make people laugh, and you know she is dating Sam who is pretty funny." The blonde rolled her eyes and stared out into the water.

It became silent but neither girl was bothered. "Tell me what you were thinking about." It wasn't demanding but a soft request.

"How much I love being up here, it's so calm and peaceful, I don't know it's just dumb."

Taking her eyes of the water Brittany looked at the girl sitting next to her. "It's not dumb."

Santana rolled her eyes. "Yeah it really is. I can't even explain it, it just gives me this feeling like I can take on the world."

"I know exactly what you mean, this place has always done that for me."

Not taking her eyes off the water the other girl smiled. "So what were you thinking about?"

"How do you know I was thinking about anything, maybe I was just looking for you." She tried to cover not wanting anyone to know exactly what she was thinking about.

Finally looking away from the water and at the other girl Santana raised an eyebrow. "Tell me, that's the rule."

"Rules were meant to be broken."

"Not this one, so out with it."

Brittany thought for a minute. "Mike is throwing a party, wanted to know if you wanted to go, thought it might be fun."

Thinking for a minute Santana agreed. The girls went back to their silence, and watched the small waves from the boats crash softly against the rocks they were sitting on.

Couple Hours Later

Brittany got out of the shower and tried to figure out what she was going to wear. She wasn't normally one to put much thought into what she was going to wear but for some reason it mattered to her tonight.

Finally getting annoyed she put on a pair or low rise jeans and was walking around in her jeans and bra trying to find a shirt when her cell phone started to ring.

"Hello?"

"Brittany please don't hang up." She heard from the other end of the line. Giving a huff the girl just listened and went about going around her room trying to find a shirt.

After fifteen minutes of listening to Rachel go on and on Brittany had finally had enough. Not wanting to start trouble with the girl she decided on a simple response. "Bye Rachel." She flipped her cell closed as Santana knocked lightly on the door. Brittany through a Ramones shirt on and told Santana to come in.

"You alright?"

"Peachy." Brittany sat down on her bed and put on her Converse. "Ready to go?"

"To a party, always. I'm ready to bust a move." Santana tried to do the sprinkler and then the running man but it didn't work out so well and the blonde just looked at her and smiled.

Party

"Santana slow down, and since when do you drink?" Brittany said as she watched Santana funnel another beer.

Santana swallowed the beer in her mouth and smiled. "I'm from Laguna Beach it's what we do, it's in my blood."

A couple hours later both girls were more than slightly intoxicated when the Cha Cha Slide started to play. Shaking her head, Brittany looked down not wanting to be seen at a party that played that song. When she looked up though she saw Santana's shocked expression and before she knew it she was with the other girl on the dance floor.

"No, no, no times infinity and beyond plus one, there is no way in hell I am dancing. I don't dance Lopez and I sure as hell don't dance to this."

"Come on, please." She pouted.

"I'll watch you, from over there." Brittany pointed to a spot on the wall, and started backing away slowly.

Another hour went by before both girls got bored with the party and decided to stumble back to the Pierce Cottage and watch a movie.

"What shall it be?"

"Hmm…Night of the living dead. But, every time someone screams we have to take a shot."

Brittany raised an eyebrow. "A shot of what, juice?"

"Tequila."

Brittany sat on the couch after she put the dvd in while Santana grabbed the two bottles of tequila and the two shot glasses. Setting them on the table in front of the couch she sat on the floor in front of the blonde and poured the first two shots.

"You don't have to sit on the floor you know, there's plenty of room on the couch for the two of us. Unless you suddenly got a case of elephanitis."

Shaking her head the shorter girl sat up and sat next to her friend on the couch as the movie started. "I love this movie." It was almost a whisper but it didn't go unheard.

"Really? Me too." The girls looked at each other and smiled.

Within a twenty minutes the already tipsy girls finished off 10 shots and were passed out on the couch. The rest of the movie still playing as the girls just laid there cuddled and fast asleep.

Next Morning

When Santana woke up she had a hell of a headache. Opening her eyes slowly trying to remember where she was a smile crept upon her face when she realised. Looking around she saw the tequila bottles and then she realised the hand that was holding hers, and the person lying next to her on the couch. She laid still as to not wake the other girl, and secretly not wanting to move or wake the other girl because she loved exactly where she was.

A few minutes later though the other girl awoke from her slumber and when the sleep cleared from her head she moved her arm from around the other girl and apologized.

Smiling, only to hide the sadness Santana got up, stretched and gave a little yawn. "I'm going to go home and change, take a shower, meet me there in a little bit, we'll go wake boarding or something?"

Half asleep the blonde nodded and smiled as she watched the other girl walk out of the room. Once she was gone the smile faded and was replaced with a frown as she cleaned up the evidence of their drinking and headed for her room. Thoughts of the best friend walking out the back door still in her mind as she smiled at how cute the girl was in the morning.