A/N: Here's your next chapter!

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The next morning, Santana woke up with a heavy heart. She felt strangely depressed, even though nothing had happened that Santana hadn't expected. Well, actually, she was now pretty sure that Dani liked her as more than a friend, which wasn't expected. And now Santana was sure that she'd blown all the chances she had to be something more with Dani.

It was probably for the best, though.

And that's what she told herself all morning as she dressed into her Cheerios uniform, put her hair up in its high pony and did her makeup. She grabbed a quick piece of toast, and then her backpack, and left the house.

Santana stood on her driveway and waited for Quinn to stop in front of her house. When she did, Santana hopped in the passenger seat and the blonde began to drive to school.

The Latina couldn't help but notice a car, driven by a girl with a head of blue hair, driving just behind them. "What were you doing yesterday? I texted you a billion times," Quinn told her.

"I was busy," Santana responded. She was busy, until around six thirty. But Quinn didn't need to know that the rest of her night was spent listening to depressing music in her headphones, while laying on her bed and glaring at her guitar as if it had fangs.

"Too busy to text me back?" Quinn snapped, frowning.

"Yes, blondie. You're not my highest priority in life," Santana replied with a glare.

"What is, then?" Quinn questioned curiously. Santana didn't answer, she just shook her head and looked down at her phone. She actually hadn't checked it since Dani came over yesterday.

She opened her texts and found a bunch from Quinn, and then there was one from Dani, this morning.

From Dani- Gandhi once said "Where there is love, there is life."

Santana felt something in her heart flutter. She didn't know what to reply, and she knew that it wouldn't mater if she did anyway, since Dani was driving at the moment. Santana was sure that Dani wouldn't be the kind of person to text and drive.

"What are you blushing about?" Quinn questioned, quirking up an eyebrow.

Santana locked her phone. "I'm not."

"Can you see your cheeks right now? You might as well have painted them red," Quinn insisted.

"I just don't feel well. Maybe I'm feverish," Santana tried. Quinn just shook her head, clearly not believing the Latina.

"Well, if you ever want to let me in and tell me all of your clearly numerous secrets, I'll be here," Quinn told her a little bitterly.

Santana didn't say anything as they pulled up to the school. They were really early, like always, since they had cheer. Santana couldn't help but wonder why Dani was coming to school so early. Also, she couldn't help but notice that Dani parked only a few spaces away from Quinn in the student parking lot.

Santana grabbed her backpack and got out of the car. She and Quinn headed out toward the field, and Santana felt her phone vibrate. She quickly looked at the text.

From Dani- Baldwin once said "Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up."

Santana turned her head and saw Dani looking at her by the front of the school. The Latina quickly looked away. Dani was trying to convince her that love was real, that much was clear. But Santana wouldn't have it. She already told Dani that nothing would change her mind about the nonexistence of true love.

From Dani- Orson Welles once said "We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we are not alone."

To Dani- What are you doing?

From Dani- Barbara De Angelis once said "Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible – it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could."

"Who's texting you?" Quinn questioned as they neared the field, where most of the other Cheerios already were.

"A friend," Santana answered simply.

To Dani- Seriously what are you doing?

From Dani- Do you trust me?

To Dani- I guess so.

From Dani- Did you trust Brittany?

To Dani- Yes.

From Dani- Joyce Brothers once said "The best proof of love is trust."

To Dani- Dani, this isn't going to work.

"Well, Coach is going to be here any minute, so you might want to put that away," Quinn suggested.

From Dani- Shakespeare once said "The course of true love never did run smooth."

From Dani- Let that sink in. I'll see you in Spanish.

Santana sighed and stuck her phone in her backpack as she tossed it aside on the field with the other ones.

"Who is this friend? Boy or girl?" Quinn questioned, giving Santana look of concern. "You look upset."

"She's a girl," Santana answered. "And I'm not upset. Just doing a lot of thinking."

"If you wanna talk, you know I'm here," Quinn told her. Santana didn't trust Quinn enough to talk to her about this, but she smiled and nodded anyway.

Santana went through cheer practice contemplating all of those quotes that Dani had sent her. Dani was so persistent, so determined to get Santana to believe that true love did exist. Why? Dani knew as well as her that a school year difference in a relationship couldn't end well. Did she just feel sorry for Santana? Santana didn't appreciate pity.

Although, she had a hard time believing that Dani just pitied her. Maybe she was trying to just help Santana. Nevertheless, the Latina didn't think it was going to work.

After cheer practice, Santana fixed her hair and reapplied some of her makeup, her deodorant and some perfume. Then she left the locker room and pulled out her phone.

To Dani- Dani, I appreciate you trying to help, but I really don't think that quoting a bunch of people talking about love is going to help me believe that it exists.

From Dani- Do your parents love each other?

To Dani- Yeah, I guess.

From Dani- Then how can you believe that love does not exist?

To Dani- In my own experience, it doesn't.

From Dani- You loved Brittany didn't you? Are you saying that you never did actually love her?

To Dani- Love itself does exist. But mutual, true love? No. And anyway, my parents aren't perfect. They fight, most couples do. How can that be true love?

From Dani- You're scared to love. That's why you say those things. You don't want to take the risk that you'll get hurt again. Santana, everyone goes through heartache before they're truly happy. We don't live in a perfect world, and nothing ever happens perfectly.

To Dani- I have to go to physics. See you in Spanish.

Santana huffed. Why was this making her so angry? She wasn't just mad at Dani, not really. You're mad because what she is saying makes sense.

From Dani- Don't shut me out, Santana. I'm just trying to help you.

I know.

Santana took a shaky breath as she got to her locker and grabbed her physics stuff. Time for another bumpy day.

By the time Spanish came around, Santana found her heart racing. She couldn't stop thinking about Dani, and all of those quotes, and her reasoning. It all made so much sense. Why was it so hard for Santana to accept that?

She took her seat next to Dani, who was writing something on a piece of paper and didn't seem to notice that Santana had come into the room. Her eyes looked up tentatively at the Latina. "Hey."

"Hey," Santana returned, finding her voice softer than she'd ever heard it.

"I'm sorry," Dani told her, sitting up straighter. Santana gave her a quizzical look. "If I made you mad this morning."

"Don't be sorry, you didn't do anything wrong," Santana insisted.

"But you're mad," Dani stated, not believing the Latina.

"No, I'm not," Santana argued. "I'm just... conflicted."

"I'm sorry," Dani apologized again, frowning and looking physically upset. Santana shook her head.

"Don't be sorry. You're just trying to help me," Santana replied. Dani frowned deeper.

"I know, and I should stay out of your business. I've known you for a day," she commented.

"It feels like so much longer," Santana said, before she could catch herself. Dani's eyes lingered on the Latina.

"Yeah, it does," she agreed. "But seriously, I should stay out of your business. If you don't think love exists, who am I to prove you wrong?"

"You have every right to try to prove that I'm wrong," Santana insisted. She wanted to be proven wrong. She wanted love to exist. Doesn't mean that it did, though.

"Clearly, it's not that easy," Dani grumbled.

"Then try harder," Santana suggested, her voice quiet as she looked at the blue-haired girl. Dark eyes looked up and met hers.

Then their Spanish teacher began to talk, and their eyes darted away from one another. Whether true love existed or not, Santana knew that she was doomed by this girl.

DDD

Dani spent Spanish class with her mind focused on the girl sitting next to her. How do you convince someone that love is real, when they're so set on believing that it's not?

As if that was her only problem, though. She was crushing way to hard on Santana, who clearly wasn't interested in any sort of relationship. Not to mention that at the end of the school year, Dani was planning on going back to LA and then off to make something of herself in this life. And Santana would be staying here in Lima to finish her senior year.

Dani felt herself sigh. Why did this have to be so hard? Maybe moving to Lima was a bad idea. Maybe she should've stayed in the middle of all of the custody crap and gone on with her normal life. Then she wouldn't be here, sitting next to the most gorgeous girls she'd ever seen, who she happened to be crushing on, who was a junior and who didn't believe in love.

After Spanish, Dani stood up and flashed Santana a smile. "See you later."

SSS

At lunch, Santana found herself barely touching her food. She felt like she was slowly sinking down into a pit of quicksand that she would never be able to get out of. She had known Dani for a little over a day, and already her feelings for her had increased by a tenfold.

"Santana, you're starting to worry us," Mercedes said, snapping the Latina out of her daze. Her dark eyes looked up and scanned everyone at the table, before she sighed.

"Sorry."

"No, time for you to start talking," Quinn insisted.

"I just have a lot going on right now, okay?" Santana said, trying not to snap at her friends.

"Clearly. But we can't help you unless you tell us what's up," Rachel told her softly.

"You wouldn't be able to help me even if I told you what's up," Santana insisted. She looked away from the Glee kids and her eyes immediately gravitated to where Dani was sitting. She was smiling and laughing and talking to her friends, but there was a light in her eye that was missing. She'd seen it yesterday at lunch, and when Dani was playing the guitar. And now that it was gone, Santana could easily tell that Dani was just as upset as her.

"Seriously, who are you looking at?" Quinn demanded, looking over at the cluster of tables were the seniors were sitting. "Do you even know any of those people."

"Oh, that's Danielle, right? The one in theater and in Glee?" Kurt asked, pointing to the head of blue hair. Santana looked down at her food.

"I think so," she muttered.

"Is she that friend you were texting this morning?" Quinn wondered. Santana looked up at the blonde.

"Does it matter? She doesn't have anything to do with all of the stuff I have going on," Santana lied.

"Uh huh, sure," Kurt said, looking at Santana suspiciously.

Ugh, I hope he doesn't have good Gaydar, or he's going to see right through me.

"I'm just not having a great day," Santana grumbled.

"You weren't having a great day yesterday, either," Mercedes pointed out.

"No shit, Sherlock," Santana snapped at her. At that, the others finally went about their own business, talking to one another instead of to Santana. Santana didn't listen to their conversation. She looked over at Dani, who was looking back at her, a longing in her expression.

When their eyes locked, Santana couldn't help but smile a little. Dani returned it, and the sparkle in her eyes returned, which made Santana blush slightly. She looked away from the blue-haired girl and saw Kurt looking at her suspiciously. Santana just shrugged, but she felt the blush still on her cheeks as she finally consumed some food.

She had a feeling that these bumpy days were going to continue for a while.

You guys gotta cut me some slack for this chapter :S I wrote chapter five, six and seven in a period of six hours STRAIGHT. It was insane, because I was like "MUST... FINISH... CHAPTER... SEVEN!" Plus, I had family over and everyone was talking and babies were running around and... yeah so cut me some slack if you didn't think it was great.

I don't know where the idea for all those quotes came from. I decided to include a little more insight on them in chapter 12, so they'll have more of an explanation later :) But I hope it wasn't too odd, I liked them. I had a good time reading a ton of quotes about love for like half an hour straight lol. I got those off a website, not sure how ligit it was, so just saying, I OWN NONE OF THOSE QUOTES!

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Just to establish something, it is likely that I will update this story every other night, so that I can update WDCT just as often as I update this. All fairness :) There will be occasions when I can't-I have like three competition events for school in January, plus school is starting up again, so not sure how easy it will be, but it shouldn't be much harder to update a story every night, since I was doing it before school let out :P

Sorry, that went on way too long. You know me, I like long A/Ns. In fact, I think I am sometimes known for them. Lol. Goodnight loves! Please review!