Later that day - Lopez

Brittany got ready and went down to the dock to get everything ready and waited for Santana to show up. An hour went by and the girl was no where to be seen, so the blonde headed up to the Lopez cottage to make sure she was okay.

Letting herself in like always she walked upstairs and heard the sound of music familiar to her, vary familiar to her. As she got closer to the room and the music got louder she knew what it was. Stopping in front of the door she wondered if she was dreaming again. Giving herself a small pinch she knew she wasn't dreaming at all, as she knocked on the slightly opened door there was no answer. Pushing it open a little she could faintly here the sound of the shower, so like normal she let herself in and sat on the girls bed. Her mind trying to grasp the music in which the girl was listening to. All these years she had made fun of her, never really knowing the kind of music the girl liked and now she was getting a sneak peak.

She smiled to herself and she sang softly along with her own voice coming out of the speakers. Did she know all along or did she just hear it from someone she knew? Either way the girl was listening to the words written for her, and her alone. The blondes mind started to race wondering if the other girl knew, then she sat wondering how she possibly could.

Twenty minutes later Brittany heard the bathroom door open and Santana wasn't at all surprised to see Brittany lying on her bed.

"I am so sorry, I kind of came home and fell asleep, I got in the shower as soon as I woke up."

"Its cool sunshine, you ready to catch some waves."

"Let's get to it."

A couple hours later the girls laid on the front of the boat, happily exhausted, watching the clouds pass by.

"So you like Beautiful Disaster, not your type of thing Lopez."

Santana rolled her eyes at the other girl. "I grew up what can I say, but you know I can always bring, Bye Bye Bye back if you really want."

"Why do you like them, I mean they're an okay band and all." Brittany suppressed the urge to laugh when Santana's eyes looked like they were going to pop out of her head.

"They're amazing, I went and seen them live at the Surf Shack, well listened to them live since I couldn't see. The lead singer;s voice is amazing, something about it just gets to me."

Brittany raised an eyebrow. "Really." Wow she was there that night, I knew she was there, but she has no idea it's me. Brittany thought.

"Really, and the lyrics, pure genius."

The girls went back to their silence as Santana jumped in the water, trying to get away from the heat.

" Santana there's something I need to tell you."

"What is it? You okay?"

Swallowing the lump in her throat she nodded. "I, I'm…" As if on que Sofia walked down to the boat.

"Hey girls, dinners almost ready, come on in and eat then you two can spend the rest of the night out here." She smiled and walked away unaware of the moment she just stepped on.

Pierce Cottage

After dinner Santana had fallen asleep on the couch so Brittany left her and headed back to her room to think. She needed to tell the other girl how she felt but she couldn't, there was no way so could tell her and ruin their friendship. She would deal with the bottled up feelings the only way she knew how and that wasn't telling the brunette how she felt.

Walking over to her closet to took the acoustic guitar off its stand and sat down on her bed. Reaching over to her nightstand she opened the drawer and grabbed the pen and paper.

She strummed a few chords and hummed to herself, the door wide open since no one else was home. She was in a place all her own, the only place where she felt she could say all the things she wanted to about the one girl she wanted more than anyone.

Lopez Cottage

Waking up the brunette yawned and gave a little stretch. Looking around the blonde was no where to be found, so instead she went looking for her parents. She found her parents out on the back deck playing cards with the Pierce's. Taking only a second to say hello she wasted no time in asking where Brittany was. Getting the information she wanted she headed down the steps, and down towards the dock, in order to get to the Pierce's.

As she got to the dock her phone starting to ring. "Hey Lopez, off to see what your lover is up to?" Quinn asked the moment Santana answered the phone.

"She's not my lover thank you very much, we're just friends, you know child hood buddies."

"No that's you and I. You had another dream about her didn't you?" It was weird to Santana how Quinn's timing was so on point.

Santana nodded even though her friend couldn't see. "We were out on the boat this time."

"Okay, woah, woah, I don't need to know details. San, just tell her how you feel already before I seriously do it for you, because I'm about to. The sexual tension between you two is crazy, your mom even asked me about it?"

"My mom what?"

Quinn laughed at the look of sheer horror she pictured on her best friends face. "I'm just joshin' take it easy you're way to high strung, you need to get laid, so go tap that, just don't tell me the details." Having said her mind Quinn hung up the phone leaving Santana to think about what she had just been told.

Walking into the silent Pierce cottage the only thing Santana could hear was the soft strumming of a guitar. She walked upstairs towards the blondes room and stood watching for a second as she heard the blonde hum and then write a little and then continue strumming on the guitar.

After watching the girl for a couple minutes she finally decided to say something. Walking slowly towards the girl, whose back was turned away from her she whispered in her ear, "boo".

Almost jumping out of her skin Brittany thought for a second about killing Santana for scaring her. "Three years old much, jeeze Lopez."

Giggling the shorter girl sat down. "Writing something for that so called band of yours?"

"Oh, ah, no." The question caught her a little off guard. Of all the years they had known each other never once had Brittany played or sang for Santana. "Just a little something I had stuck in my head."

"Will you play it for me?" Brittany smiled. "What is it? Do I have something on my face, do I have sleep in my eye or something?" She wiped the corners of her eyes to check.

"No, there's nothing on your face, you've just never asked me to play anything for you before."

"So is that a yes?" Santana tried, with a little half smile.

Brittany nodded and asked Santana to pass her the guitar pick she was sitting next to you. "It's a work in progress, I don't know if you'll like it, it's a little different, more acoustic but here goes nothing."

Sitting, anxiously waiting, at first Santana stared at the candles lit around the room, unable to look at the girl she longed for. But the minute she heard her sing, she felt that familiar feeling of her heart speeding up and seemingly skipping a beat. She became mesmerized and trapped by the sound of the blondes voice, she couldn't help but look at her.

"So maybe I've got a lot to learn

Or maybe I'm just hanging on my words

Or maybe it's not a big concern

But if I raised my hand

Would I understand why I'm better with you?

So maybe there's not a lot to say

Or maybe I'm wrong doing things my way

Or maybe things will be okay

If I get it together

And do something clever

But make it better with you

So tell me where did I go wrong before you

Before you came along

Well, it seems like I was lost

You showed me how to do things right

Now I'm so glad that now you're mine

So let me say it all again…

So maybe there's not a lot to do

Or maybe I'm just making myself confused

Or maybe I've got nothing to lose

But if I get out of line,

Just tell me you're mine,

And how I'm better with you

So use me, don't let me screw it up

I believe you and I need your touch

Just a little spice of you

Could never be too much

I believe you and I need you now

To make it better some how

You make it better some how"

Santana sat there not knowing what to say. "Be honest what did you think? That bad?"

"More like amazing, B that was well beautiful. Write that about someone in particular?" She didn't know why the words came of her mouth and she almost wished they hadn't..

Taking a deep breathe the blonde answered. "It is."

"Oh well Rachel is a really lucky girl."

Brittany felt like her heart was being ripped out. "It's not about Rachel, Rachel and I aren't together anymore." She didn't mean to sound like she was snapping.

Santana looked down. "I'm sorry B, I didn't know. Well who ever it's about is a lucky girl then." A part of her was happy and another part sad. "Are you and this other person together?" Brittany shook her head. "Cool, I mean well not cool because you clearly like who ever it is, yeah I'm just going to shut up now." She couldn't suppress the smile this time. "What is it?" Santana asked as Brittany continued to smile at her.

"Nothing."

"Hey, you want to go to Bell Fountain?"

"You want to go up to Bell Fountain?" Brittany looked shocked, as Santana nodded. "Okay sure let's go."

As the girls got into Brittany's jeep the blonde looked at Santana. "You know the stories about that place right?"

"Yep."

Brittany parked her jeep around the corner from the place, and the girls quietly snuck over the fence and started their hike through the paths. It was restricted at night and there were several No Trespassing signs but it never stopped any of the teenagers from exploring the old conservation area that was deemed haunted. Legend has it that a prison used to be somewhere on the grounds and that the prisoners that were killed there remained to haunt the place.

An hour later they were both starting to get a little freaked out but neither would let on to that fact. As the path narrowed the girls moved closer together and unintentionally Brittany's hand brushed Santana's, causing the other girl to jump.

"Easy Lopez, its just me."

"Sorry just a little on edge."

"What scared the bears, deer, and evil rabbits are going to come out and bite you."

Santana gave the girl a dirty look. "Shut up Pierce."

"Make me."

As the girls continued their bickering they heard the bell start to go off. The girls ducked down as they saw flashlights pointed in their direction through the trees. No one was supposed to be around, and if they got caught they knew they'd be in trouble. So they kept quiet and ducked down as the bell continued to ring. Worried it was security they moved slowly along the path they were on and when they hit the open field took off running until they were back to the safety of Brittany's jeep.

Once inside both girls looked at the each other and started laughing. "I don't think that was security."

"Me either, but oh well it was fun anyways." The blonde smiled as she started the engine.

"Yeah it was."

When the girls got back to their cottages neither was tired after their little outing.

"Want to go sit on the dock?" Santana asked, receiving a nod from the other girl as her answer.

Making their way down to the dock the girls sat in silence like they normally did, just watching the stars and winding down. For some reason Santana was feeling really courageous and she thought about going off to school and never telling the blonde how she had felt about her all along. She didn't want to sit back years down the road wondering what they could have been, if there could have been a them, so for whatever reason she decided to lay her heart on the line. As scared she was she knew she had to do it.

"Brittany?"

"Yeah."

"There's something I need to get out, and I don't quite no how to say it but I'm going to try and I'll probably start to ramble. Just know that I'll always be your friend, I took an oath and I'm going to stick it out till the end." Brittany nodded as Santana took a deep breath, all the thoughts swirling around in her head. "Since the beginning I knew there was something about you that I just couldn't ignore. I tried to get over it, I tried to tell myself it was all in my head, but it didn't matter what I did, what I said to myself, you got to me. We stayed up all night talking about nothing really, but it didn't matter I loved every minute of it. We've always been friends, nothing will change that, or at least I hope not. You make me feel like no one else ever has and how you've put up with me at times I'll never know. You let me be me, and to you I don't have to be anything but who I am."

She took a breath as the blonde just continued to nod, letting her say what she needed to. "When you told me about Artie I got jealous, and when Rachel came back and you told me you two were together, I wanted to run and never look back. I've always been jealous of Rachel but not just because you were friends before we were but because she had you in a way I never thought, I could. We always flirted and there was always something more, at least to me but I never thought I could have you the way she did. Not that you're an object but you know."

"And how is that?" The blonde spoke softly.

Santana took a moment to compose herself. "I want to be able to lay in your arms, and never let you go. I want to be able to kiss you, and be able to hold your hand in mine, and feel your skin against mine. I love you, as more than a friend, something about you gets to me and when I'm next to you I feel like I can do anything, and when it's just us, and you say something I feel my heart speed up, even if you just look at me. There's something about your blue eyes that see right through me, they always have, right from the start. I could go on and on but I'd probably just keep rambling and going around in circles. We almost lost each other and I don't want to spend any more time not being with you, or at least you not knowing how I truly feel. I want to be with you, I want there to be an us."

She took a long pause. "I don't really know how to say everything in my head and in my heart, and I'm taking a chance here, prepared to get my heart crushed, and to be shot down but I tend to be a bit of a risk taker. I don't want to pressure you though and be like Rachel, always being on your case but something told me I should just go for it. So I'm going put my heart on the line and take a shot in the dark, so what do you say Brittany, go out with me?"

Brittany was caught a little off guard, not in a million years did she expect that to be what Santana Lopez had to say to her. This was her dream come true, but she had something of her own to say first. "Beautiful Disaster is the name of my band, and I'm the lead singer. The night we played at the Surf Shack I stopped by your house first, it's why I was in town but couldn't stay. Most everything I've ever written has been about you including the song I played for you tonight, you're my inspiration, you're the beautiful to my disaster. I've always wanted you, you got me the first minute I saw you, and when I seen you step out of your car and I saw you for the first time in two years I knew that this was going to be the summer that changed it all, just like it all those years ago. So my answer is… I'd be stupid to pass the chance up to have the one person I've ever really wanted.I want everything you do, I always have. "

"I love you B."

"I love you too." Not sure of what to do Brittany leaned forward and hugged Santana, not wanting to let the other girl go. Pulling away slowly she looked into her eyes and the next thing she knew Santana's lips were on hers and it was the best feeling she had ever had.

To Be Continued…

A/N: The song Brittany sang to Santana is called Better with you by Five Times August. Hope you all liked this chapter.