N/A: So, one of my friends told me my first chapter reminded her of Color. Which when I compared, I noticed. But just so you know, I didn't copy any words. I swear I didn't. The intro and the first 2 chapters actually were mainly things that actually happened to me. So.. you know how people write things to get better? That's what I am doing right now and it actually gives me a really good feeling.

Also, I really wanna thank everyone. You guys are the best!

It was almost nine o'clock when they arrived at Santana's apartment. She had bought her own little apartment to have some privacy when she needed it. Santana opened the door and entered the apartment. Brittany was stunned. She had been at Santana's apartment before, but that was before Santana decided to decorate it. It looked.. amazing. The walls were painted in a Tuscan red and everything looked cozy and beautiful. They entered the apartment through the living room and Santana helped Brittany to take off her coat. Brittany walked to the end of the room to the Christmas Tree.

Damn, that was one hell of a Christmas Tree.

The Christmas Tree was decorated with Christmas lights and a lot of balls. Each Christmas ball was red, decorated with a silver pattern. Brittany looked twice around the whole tree, but not even one ball was the same. As she looked up at the tree-topper she saw this huge red star with all sparkles on them. She smiled as she turned to Santana to look at her. ''This tree is amazing.'' She said.

Santana chuckled. ''I remember you always had this thing for Christmas trees, right?'' Brittany nodded and her hand picked up one of the Christmas balls to look at it. ''I don't know why. It always gives me a happy feeling, you know? You know when people get happy around Christmas, to enjoy time together?'' She saw Santana nod and she continued. ''That kind of feeling. It makes me feel happy when I see all those sparkles and the smell of the Christmas tree. When I saw little I always had a small Christmas tree of my own and I decorated it. It was the most fun thing to do.'' She smiled as she captures the memory in her mind.

''You're amazing.'' Santana said. Brittany smiled and turned away from the Christmas tree. She grabbed Santana's hand and pointed underneath the tree. ''You bought yourself presents?'' Brittany asked.

''Well, not really. Kind of. I always buy presents for Christmas and if someone shows up at my door, I can give them a present.'' Santana shrugged but then she smiled. ''You know, I can give you a present?'' Brittany smiled.

''Maybe if you get the presents, I'll try to make some hot choco? I love making it.'' Brittany said. Santana pointed Brittany the kitchen and walked to the Christmas Tree to get some presents. Usually these were presents she bought over the whole year and saved them for Christmas. She didn't know what was actually in most of the presents anyways.

''Last Christmas..'' Brittany sang out loud. Santana joined in.

''I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special..'' They both sang out loud. They looked at each other and giggled. Brittany handed Santana her cup of hot choco and they both walked to the couch.

Santana walked to the stereo next to the Christmas tree and plugged in her MP4 player. She put the Christmas songs on shuffle and sat down next to Brittany. Through the house the song ''Deck The Rooftops''.

Santana had put all the presents on the carpet before the bench. ''Come on, choose one!'' Santana said. Brittany grabbed one of the presents which laid in the back. The present was wrapped up in purple wrapping paper and it had a golden bow on top. Brittany looked at Santana and Santana smiled. ''Open it, Britt!''

Brittany teared up the wrapping paper. She laughed and looked at Santana before she actually looked at her present.

''Wow.'' She whispered. ''It's beautiful. I love it.'' She looked at Santana and hugged her. ''Thank you.''

It was a key-chain but not an ordinary one. The key-chain was decorated with pink stones and you could open it to put in a picture. In one second, Brittany had an idea what to put in the key-chain. ''Maybe we can take a picture to use it to put it in the key-chain?'' Brittany asked.

Santana nodded. ''Maybe we can do it later? Maybe we can first do the presents?''

''Yes!'' Brittany smiled. Suddenly the look on her face changed. It was different. Unusual. ''Something wrong, Britt?'' Santana asked.

Brittany shook her head. ''No, I'm perfectly fine.. It's just..''

''Just what?''

''I actually had made something for you, before you found me. It's in my bag and I really wanna give it to you.''

''Britt, you don't have to-''

''I want to. It's a part of my therapy. They asked me to write 99 Reasons why I love someone. It's weird but it actually helped me. I want to read them out loud for you. If you want to, of course.''

Santana nodded. ''I would love to, Britt.''

Brittany ran to her bag and grabbed her notebook. It was a red booklet decorated with silver stones. On the cover it said; ''99 Reasons To Love 1''. Santana smiled and took a sip of her hot choco.

''Okay. So. I might not be able to read them all, but.. I wanna at least try to read some?''

Santana nodded and Brittany opened her little booklet.

''Okay.'' Brittany chuckled and blushed. ''I'm sorry. Okay.''

She took a deep breath and started reading.

''99 Reasons To Love 1. Chapter One. Jersey Boys.

If I have to say 99 Reasons why I love Santana, I would start with the first day we met.'' Brittany looked up at Santana and Santana smiled at her.

''We met the day I moved from Georgia to Ohio. I was about six, I think.

Well, anyways, while my mother and dad were packing out our stuff, they send me to a day care near-by. Santana was playing with some dolls from the newest Barbie movie that had came out. I was dying to have them for myself, because I had been asking for them for months.

Santana was playing with them and I sat next to her, without saying a word. She looked at me and she smiled. Her mother had braided her hair and it looked beautiful. Every time she looked at a different direction, the braids would move around her.

After a while Santana handed me the doll I wanted the most; The Barbie.

She smiled at me and told her her name. I whispered 'Brittany' and she told me she thought the name was adorable.

We played with the dolls - It was almost like she had known me all along.

While we were playing with the dolls, two boys came walking up to us. I believe they were twins or something like that. They were from Jersey, Santana had told me. They wanted to take away our dolls but Santana stood up for me. I cried because one of the boys took my doll, but Santana yelled and screamed until she got the barbie back. She hugged me and told me she would always help me when I was in danger. At the end of the day, she took of one of her bracelets she had made by herself and gave it to me.

Now, the necklace is a bit too small for me, but I made a necklace from it. After that first day at the day care, we played every single day, even in the weekends. My mom told me we had this thing for the dance musicals which came on TV. We both sang and danced together, so they decided to put us on dance lessons.''

Brittany quickly took a sip from her hot choco. Santana was listening to every single word and after each sentence her smile grew just a little bit bigger.

''If there is a night I can't sleep, because I think about Santana being away or about my sister.. sometimes when people are being rude or being mean to me, I think about that first day we met. Maybe it is weird, but I can almost remember everything from that day.'' Brittany shrugged. ''When I can't sleep, I always think about what Santana said. She didn't knew much about me, it was just my first day, but she promised me she would always help me and she would help me when I was in danger. I remember the way her hair smelled like strawberries and the way she stood up for me. She had learned me some words of Spanish during that day and I can remember every single word and every meaning. I still know the order from all the little stones which are on the bracelet she gave me. Maybe I sound like a freak, or like a weird person, but that was the first time someone who didn't judge me for anything. She just pretended like I was friends with her all along. And that was the first time a person loved me from who I was. And that is the first reason why I love Santana.''

Brittany turned over the page and looked up at Santana. She saw the eyes from the Latina were a little bit blurry.

''Did I say something wrong?'' Brittany quickly asked. Santana shook her head.

''No. No. It's just- It's beautiful. Tell me more.''

''Are you ready for the next chapter?''

Santana nodded and she smiled at Brittany. Little does Brittany know that Santana remembered the day just like Brittany did, but that was something she would tell Brittany later.

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