A/N: Hey everyone! Next update! Omg it's so confusing writing my A/Ns, because I have so many things to say on my Rebirth A/N and for some reason I almost started writing them here lol.

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Sorry to the person who says this is too fluffy for them. I'm sort of known for my fluffy writing (lol jk idk but I do write a lot of fluff), but I also don't do well writing just straight drama. Sorry if you don't like that.

To the person who said they like that I'm not following the normal Dantana storyline that most authors use, haha I'm glad you like that this story is AU :) Lol but I wouldn't exclude myself from those authors, because my other Dantana fic is definitely more of one of those stories... :)

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Dani didn't really know what to say as she stood there with her phone against her ear. "Umm..."

"I knew that lesbian thing was a phase! You were just asking for attention, like I said," her mom continued, and Dani felt something like extreme rage building up inside of her.

"Mom, I didn't go out on a date with a boy," she stated simply.

"What? But, Becca told me—"

"What makes you think that Becca knows anything she's talking about?" Dani snapped at her mother.

"She said that you told her that you were going out with a boy," her mother stated, her voice now flat, as if realizing where Becca's error had come from. She didn't know.

"Mom, I didn't out with a boy last night, so stop being so convinced that you were right, because you weren't. I'm still just as lesbian as I've always been. I have go, talk to you later, I guess," she finished, ending the call and tossing her phone over onto her bed. She paced back and forth briefly in her bedroom, her head beginning to hurt. Finally, she sat down on her bed and took in a deep breath, thinking back to the date she'd just had with the most incredible girl ever. Not about her mom.

Dani's eyes traveled over to her cell phone, and she realized that she hadn't called her best friend, Anna, in a while. Guiltily, she picked up the device again and opened the contact for her friend. Her contact picture was a picture of the both of them making weird faces at the camera from the previous summer vacation. She sighed, finding herself missing LA a lot.

She clicked the call button and held the phone up to hear as it rung. She felt herself smiling at the idea of talking to Anna again.

"Hey Dani! Haven't heard from you in a while!" Anna exclaimed happily from the other end of the line. Dani found herself smiling wider.

"Hey, Anna," she returned, trying to have just as much enthusiasm as the other girl, but finding that it was hard. Her headache was still there from talking to her mom.

"You sound stressed... did something happen with Becca?" Anna questioned, her worried tone obvious to the blue-haired girl. Dani had told Anna in a previous conversation about her crazy aunt and how she couldn't let her find out that she was gay. She had briefly mentioned Santana to her, but she hadn't said much.

"Kind of. My mom just called me, though, which is why I'm stressed I guess," Dani told her best friend, laying back against her pillow on her bed and exhaling.

"What'd she say?"

"She claimed that she was right that I was going through a phase because Becca told her I went out with a guy tonight," Dani replied.

"Did you?" Anna asked, surprise in her voice.

"No, I didn't," Dani replied, sitting up again as her voice got stiffer.

"Why did she say that then?" Anna asked, confusion clear in her voice. However, Dani knew that Anna had a pretty good idea of what had happened. Anna could read Dani like an open book, no matter how far apart they were.

"Because that's what I told her," Dani sighed out.

Anna let out a light laugh. "Dani, if you want me to help you, you're going to have to start answering my questions with more descriptive answers. Or else I'm not going to have any idea what actually happened."

"Don't even try that Anna. You know what happened by just what I said," Dani argued, laughing lightly as well.

"Maybe," Anna agreed, and Dani could practically see her slightly cocky smile. It only made her miss her best friend even more. "So... was it that mysterious Santana girl I heard about last weekend?"

Dani felt a blush creep up to her cheeks and she was glad that Anna was there to see and tease her about it. "Yeah."

"Aw! How'd it go?" Anna exclaimed, sounding extremely excited. Dani bit back a wide grin and felt that her blush was only darkening.

"Good. We both had a good time. It was just dinner, though," Dani explained briefly.

"Are you guys like, official yet?" Anna asked, curiosity apparent in her voice. Dani felt her smile fade a little bit.

"No. I'm scared to ask her, honestly. She knows I won't be in town for longer than the rest of this school year, and she's going to be stuck here another year after that. Not to mention, she doesn't believe in love because of what some other girl did to her a few months back," Dani explained in a quiet, solemn voice.

"That's not cool," Anna commented. "Hardest part about people is that once someone else messes them up, it's someone else's responsibility to fix them up."

"Are you saying that I should ask her?" Dani asked.

"That's your decision, Dani. What I meant was... do you think she wants you to fix that part of her that doesn't believe in love?" Anna asked seriously. Dani thought hard about the answer. She remembered back to when Santana specifically told her to try harder to convince her. If that wasn't asking for help than she didn't know what it was.

"Yes," Dani replied, feeling sure of her answer. Santana wanted to believe in love, Dani knew it. And as the girl that was rapidly falling for her, it was Dani's responsibility to help her.

"Good," Anna started, "so then if the only way to do that is to get closer to her, then when you feel you're both ready to move forward, ask her."

"That's the problem though. Even if she does want to believe in love, she knows that I'm leaving at the end of the year. And she doesn't want to be left behind. You don't understand, she was so hesitant about any of this in the first place. And as happy as we both are, I can't ever stop feeling bad that I'm a senior who is just temporarily living here, and she's a junior who doesn't have anywhere else to go," Dani ranted, sighing afterward and falling back onto her bed.

Anna was silent for a moment. "Dani, I can't tell you what to do. But you have to remember that... if you two end up falling in love with each other, so many things can change. Love is a powerful thing."

"I'm already falling for her, Anna," Dani whispered out, scared of saying it out loud.

"I know," Anna replied softly.

Dani closed her eyes. "Thanks, Anna. It's getting late, I'll call you later."

"Sure. Goodnight, Dani," Anna said.

"Night," Dani returned, before hanging up the phone. She then dug out her headphones and slipped them over her head before plugging the cord into her phone and picking some of the music that could always make her feel better when she was stressed. She punched play and let the music drown out her every thought as she laid back against her pillow.

SSS

Santana woke up in a very pleasant mood. Her date with Dani the previous night had been absolutely amazing, and she found herself excited for more. Assuming, of course, that there would be more.

However, she had that little twinge of fear behind her happiness. Fear of Dani leaving her at the end of the year, fear of the pain, fear of fear itself. She tried her best, however, to not let it spoil her good mood.

She was surprised to see both her mother and her father in the kitchen as she entered it to eat breakfast. "Buenas dias, mija," her Papi said to her.

"Good morning, Papi," she returned, giving him a hug. She then gave her Mami a hug as well. "What are you two doing here?"

"We both got ourselves a day off today," her Mami explained with a smile. "We haven't been home in a while, so we decided to stay in with you today. I hope that's okay with you? I hope it doesn't impose on any plans you had today."

Santana didn't have any set plans for that day, but she had been hoping to hang out with Dani again. She wasn't, however, going to pass up an opportunity to spend a day with her parents. "Nope, luckily I didn't have any plans today," she replied with a wide smile.

"Great!" her Mami exclaimed. "I thought I'd make us all a family dinner tonight! It's been a while since I cooked, but I think I still have some great recipes up my sleeve! What do you want for dinner, Pablo?"

As her Papi answered his wife, Santana remembered her moms cooking. Before her mom had become a fulltime nurse, she used to be home every night to make home cooked meals for her and her daughter. Santana felt her mouth watering at the idea of it as she made herself some toast.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Santana immediately piped up, "I'll get it." She left the kitchen and rushed to the door, assuming it was Dani.

It was. "Hey," the blue-haired girl greeted her. Santana kept the door open just enough for her body to stand and block the entrance.

"Hey, what're you doing here so early?" she replied.

"I was wondering if you wanted to hang out today?" Dani asked, sounding slightly nervous. Santana gave her a soft smile.

"I would love to, but... my parents got a day off from work today and I think I'm kind of spending the day with them," Santana admitted to the blue-haired girl, feeling a bit of guilt in the pit of her stomach. She shouldn't feel guilty, it wasn't like she was lying.

"Who's at the door, mija?" her Mami suddenly asked, approaching Santana from behind. The younger Latina bit her lip and opened the door a little wider.

"This is Danielle," Santana told her mom. "She's living with her aunt a few houses down from here until the end of the school year."

"Nice to meet you, Danielle," her Mami said with a friendly, motherly smile and outstretching her hand. Dani, who looked a little be terrified to Santana, shook it and forced a smile.

"Nice to meet you, Mrs. Lopez," she returned.

"Please, call me Maribel," the older woman insisted. "Oh, I hope you didn't have plans with my daughter today. Sorry to steal her from you."

"Oh no, it's fine," Dani insisted.

"If you'd like, you can join us for dinner tonight to make up for it?" Santana's eyes bugged out when her mother said that.

Dani blinked. "Oh, I uh, wouldn't want to impose. I know you don't get to see Santana very often."

"No, really, I insist," Santana's Mami insisted. "I love to meet my mija's friends."

Santana pursed her lips and gave Dani an apologetic look. Dani avoided her gaze and gave her Mami a smile. "Sure."

"Great! Why don't you come over around six then? I hope you like Mexican," she commented with a smile.

"Alright," Dani agreed, nodding and smiling a little bit.

"Mami, I'm gonna go outside and talk to Danielle real fast, okay?" Santana asked her Mami, feeling really awkward.

"Sure. Nice to meet you, Danielle." She finally turned and went inside. Santana stepped outside and closed her door, leaning back against her door.

"I'm really sorry," she commented with a light laugh.

"Don't worry about it. She seems really nice," Dani said with a smile.

"She is. I love her to death, I just wish she could be home more often," Santana said sadly. "Anyway, sorry we couldn't hang out."

"That's fine. I don't mind coming to dinner with your parents and you, though. You'll never believe what happened to me this morning," Dani commented, leaning against the side of Santana's house. The Latina frowned.

"Why do I have a feeling it's not good?" Santana asked nervously.

"Because it's not," Dani answered. "Last night, I had to tell Becca that I was going out with a guy for her to let me go, right? So she called my mom and happened to mention that and then I told my mom to stop believing Becca because I'm still gay... and then she called Becca later last night and told her that I'm gay so that she'll watch after me more or something."

Santana winced just hearing that. "That's horrible. What did Becca say?"

Dani just shrugged. "She ranted about it, sounding like my mom, for about twenty minutes, while I blatantly ignored her. Then, she gave me ground rules, like no girls over. If I have to have a girl over for something like a project, the door has to stay open. She tried to implement the rule that I can't see you, but I managed to temporarily convince her that I went out with Sara last night. Sorry, by the way."

Santana managed a weak smile. "It's fine. But that sucks. At least she didn't kick you back to your mom's place."

Santana realized that maybe Dani would have rather been kicked back to her mom. Then she'd be back with her friends. She was, after all, clearly missing LA. But no, Santana told herself, she wouldn't have wanted to go back to LA. She came here to get away from her mom, and now, she had Santana. Kind of. That was something that would keep her there for as long as possible, right?

Santana sure hoped so.

"Yeah, true," Dani said with a sigh. "Definitely could've been worse. But definitely going to avoid ever telling her where I'm going, or else she's going to know it's you. Not that she can stop me from seeing you anyway, I mean I have a car and we have school together every day."

Santana nodded.

"Well, I'll let you get back to your parents. That's really cool that they got a day off, by the way. I'll see you tonight."

Santana found herself smiling widely. "See you tonight," she agreed, liking the sound of those words coming out her mouth for some reason. Dani started walking down to the sidewalk, and Santana hardly even realized she was watching her go until the senior turned and gave her a wave. She felt herself blush as she returned the wave and walked back inside.

"When did Danielle move here?" Maribel asked her daughter as she came back inside.

"About a month ago. From LA," Santana told her mom. She realized that she hadn't even gotten her toast out of the toaster, so she did so and began to butter it as her stomach grumbled.

"Is she a junior?"

"No, a senior," Santana replied. "She had Spanish and Theater with me. Plus, she's in Glee Club."

"Ah, I could've guessed that last part. She looks like a singer," her Mami said with a nod. "Well, I'm glad we're going to get to meet her. It's a sad thing to know that I don't know much about you anymore, mija. Are you still friends with Quinn? I remember her."

"Yeah, I am," Santana returned. "I've also made a few friends in Glee since you last met any of them. Rachel and Kurt. They're kind of lame, but they're really good friends."

Her mom smiled at her genuinely. It felt good to finally be able to talk to her mom again about things. "That's good, sweetie. What about Brittany?"

Santana tried ignore the way her stomach twisted up and she suddenly lost her appetite at the mention of the blond dancer. "She moved a while back, remember?"

"Yes, I remember, I think. But don't you two keep in touch? You were connected at the hip since you were kids," her mom commented.

"Yeah well, we had a fallout before she moved," Santana answered with a frown.

"Ah, that's a shame. I liked her, she was sweet," Maribel said with a frown.

"Yeah, she was," Santana agreed quietly. "I'm gonna go grab a quick shower. I'll be back down soon."

As she stripped in her bathroom and stepped in the shower, she couldn't help but wonder just how interesting things were going to be at dinner. Her mother knew literally nothing about her, whereas Dani knew more about her than anyone else. She could only imagine how many things could go wrong.

Prepare for some drama/angst in the next chapter.

I. Love. Santana's. Mom.

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