WOOH, double update a day earlier than planned? Yup.

Why? Because I just finished the story. It's fourteen chapters long and there's an epilogue, and I can't believe it? This story has been with me for so long and a while ago I was pretty sure I'd never finish, but here I am. I finished!

Thanks so much for reading.

By the way, is there a way to react to reviews on FF?

Santana doesn't really like Holly Holiday. Sure, she respects her, because not many women are so open about being confident with their sexuality and Holly is very confident, but she still doesn't like her.

When Brittany suggested they should talk to Holly, Santana panicked.

Quinn is within her safety zone.

Fuck, even Kurt is.

But Holly is a complete stranger who loves tacos too much.

They talk and they sing in front of the glee club, and it's peaceful. The way Brittany is smiling makes Santana's heart leap.

Holly knows.

That's a third person.

That night, Santana can't sleep. Maybe it's because Brittany's not lying next to her or maybe it's because of what Holly's told them.

Either way, it has something to do with Brittany.

Most of the time, she's thinking about Brittany.

Santana knows she loves her. She's admitted it to Kurt, and by doing that, she admitted it to herself. If only she could admit it to Brittany.

But what would happen?

They don't talk about feelings. Even after they sang the song with Ms. Holiday, they didn't talk about feelings. But Brittany wants to, and she's been more open lately. She's told Quinn and Santana about her parents and Brianna and the three of them have been closer. Santana doesn't want to judge Brittany's family, since she has no idea what to think of Brianna. They've never met, since Brianna moved to Columbus before they even got the chance.

Brittany probably talks about this with Artie. With Artie, feelings are involved, and even though Santana keeps saying she doesn't want to do the whole feelings thing, she slowly starts to realise that she might be wrong.

This relationship with Brittany is the highlight of her life.

Imagine a relationship with Brittany with feelings. Santana's pretty sure she's in love with Brittany.

Brittany watches Santana go.

She closes her eyes and falls back against the lockers.

Santana loves her.

Santana loves her. And it isn't one of those "aw friend, I love you" love, it's actual romantic love. It's the love Brittany's been feeling for Santana as well, but she never dared to think about it, because why would she?

Santana said they wouldn't do feelings, so Brittany bottled everything up. Now, she let it all go. She wasn't lying to Santana when she said she wants to be with her as well, but now that there are feelings involved, it will be cheating. Brittany will not cheat on Artie. She remembers the look on his face when he thought she was cheating on him with Mike. She does not want to do that to him.

She feels her eyes watering.

That's the downside to feelings. They tend to hurt.

"Brittany?"

Brittany's eyes open and Quinn is standing next to her. Behind her, Sam is waiting for his girlfriend. Quinn looks worried.

"Hey Quinn."

"What happened? Is it Brianna?" Quinn asks, but Brittany shakes her head.

No. Brianna is still doing well in Columbus, and the other day, Brittany's mother was talking about moving to Columbus after all, but right now that doesn't matter. Santana left.

"Okay, then let's walk to the field together. Sam told me you got extra practise. Santana and I are being summoned by coach as well." She waves to Sam.

Brittany agrees and they make their way to football and cheerleading practise.

Santana doesn't show up.

"I'm sorry, Santana."

"There's nothing you can do, Kurt."

A week passes like that. Quinn feels like she's in the middle of a crossfire.

Santana has told her what happened, and Quinn thinks it's the best to not interfere, but her two best friends aren't speaking to each other. Brittany watches Santana from afar, and Santana avoids Brittany's gaze.

"What is up with our quarterback?" Sam asks her, but Quinn doesn't know what to tell him. The Cheerios are as confused as the Titans about Santana's behaviour.

Really.

The quarterback and the head cheerleader are both stuck in a rut. It's as if they broke up.

Well, Santana feels like they did.

Quinn doesn't want to interfere, but maybe she should.

"Oh no, Fabray, I know that look," Santana rolls her eyes when she sees one of her best friends approaching.

"Let's get straight to the point-"

"And I also know that overly sweet tone in your voice. What do you want?"

"The other day I saw Brittany trying to talk to you, but that didn't go well, cause the next thing I see is you being pissed," Quinn says.

"Oh no, this is an intervention," Santana rolls her eyes.

"Yes, this is, but I have to go to class now, so meet me in the choir room in three hours. You better be there."

Sometimes, Santana hates Quinn.

She should've known.

"Santana?"

Brittany S. Pierce entered the choir room with grace, her letterman jacket tied around her waist, so that she can show off her cat shirt. Those little things are typically Brittany and those little things make Santana love her even more.

"What are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here?" Santana asks, but she already knows the answer. Quinn tricked them, as she usually does. So when Brittany tells her that Quinn asked her to meet her in the choir room, Santana isn't surprised. She also isn't surprised when Quinn doesn't show up.

After a while, it clicks for Brittany.

"Oh…"

"This is ridiculous. I don't need it," Santana turns to leave, but Brittany grabs her by the arm.

"Wait, Santana. We need to talk. I know you're only being so cold-hearted to me because I rejected you," she says, sounding desperate, "And I am sorry for that, but this is not a nice thing to do, Santana. I want to be your friend again."

"Oh yeah?" Santana breaks free out of Brittany's grip, but she doesn't leave. Instead she turns around to face Brittany and Brittany takes a step back when she sees the look on Santana's face. "What kind of friendship would that be? I told you I wanted to be with you. I begged you to love me back."

"And I do."

"But you still rejected me. You chose that… that boy over me. You don't love him."

"Who says that I don't!" Brittany yells back. For the first time, she's not the calm, sweet girl, "You do not get to decide what I feel and who I love. Goddamnit Santana, I love you, but I am with Artie and I am not planning on breaking up with him. I'm happy with him and as my friend you should support me. Quinn does."

"Quinn is not in love with you," Santana grumbles, "When she's not with us, she spends her time getting lost in those big fishy lips. With her, it's different. We can't be like that, Brittany. We can't pretend I never told you I loved you and move on. We can't go back to gossiping about the glee club and braiding each other's hair. We are over."

Brittany's eyes start to water, but she doesn't leave. "Santana, we are never over."

Santana wants to tell them that they are, but honestly, deep inside she knows that there's a bit of truth in what Brittany said. They're still Brittany and Santana. They are only a bit lost right now.

But really, what would happen if they're friends again? They love each other, but they won't act on it? Do they go back to only sleeping together? Sure, Santana misses waking up next to Brittany, but they can't go back to that. Those stupid feelings prevent them.

"Look Santana, I want to be your friend again. I don't care if it's going to be awkward. I'm willing to take that risk for you, because you deserve it," Brittany moves closer to Santana, and she seems relieved when Santana doesn't move away, "We are never over, you got that? And I wasn't lying when I told you I love you. If Artie and I were ever to break up, I hope you'll be there for me. Friend of girlfriend, I take either."

Santana sniffs and- oh, she's been crying the entire time. Great.

"Please, take that risk with me, but then again, should our friendship be a risk?" Brittany asks, and she looks so earnest. This girl. She wouldn't hurt a fly. That's another thing Santana loves about her.

"Okay?" Brittany reaches for Santana's hand.

"… Okay," Santana cries out and she takes it.

Artie and Brittany break up a couple of days later. Quinn is holding a crying Brittany. Santana sits next to them, frozen.

This was supposed to be a happy moment. She has dreamt of Brittany breaking it off with Artie. But in her dream, she would come over to Santana, kiss her till they both can't breathe, and Brittany would tell her she loves her. That she has always loved her.

Ever since their talk in the choir room, Santana tried not to act on her feelings, and Brittany didn't act on hers. It was a bit weird in the beginning, since the attraction is obviously there, but both girls realised that their friendship was more important.

And that's why she's as heartbroken as Brittany about Artie and Brittany's break up. Her best friend is crying. The girl she loves is crying.

Dating her will come later. For sure.

But first, Brittany needs some space.

Playing with Artie on the team is awkward. Brittany is pretty sure she never loved him, despite what she told Santana, but she really did like him.

Artie wants her back. He's even serenaded her in order to make her go to prom with him, but Brittany doesn't want to go to prom with him. She's planning on dancing with everyone's dates, so that will be fun. She's very looking forward to dancing with Mike again, and she also hopes Santana will be asked to the prom very soon so that she can steal her away as well.

Santana almost started dating David Karofsky, but in the end, Karofsky wasn't worth her time.

But the whole dancing with other people's dates isn't the only thing Brittany has planned for prom.

"Kurt, hey! Wait up!" Brittany runs after Kurt. She's just finished practise, so she's still a bit sweaty, but she didn't have time to shower. She needed to see Kurt as soon as possible. Ever since Kurt came back to McKinley, she's been thinking about this.

Kurt turns around to face her.

"Yes, Brittany?"

"So, remember how we once dated?" Brittany starts, and Kurt immediately looks around. No one has heard them anyway.

"You are not here to ask me to go to prom with you, because like I said during the dress shopping, I've got that covered."

"Oh no, don't worries," Brittany says sweetly, "I already have a date: everyone's dates! But I do need to ask you about prom."

"The dress is fine, Brittany. I managed to get it for half price after all."

"No, Kurt. I need your help with designing something. You're very creative, and so am I. We will work perfectly together."

Of course, Quinn is the first to notice the posters. She keeps track of this entire race since she's part of it, so when she stops mid-sentence, Santana doesn't think too much of it. It's probably another prom queen challenging Quinn to the crown. Quinn is still not over Zises trying to take over.

Santana's right, though. There's another upcoming queen.

"'Vote Brittany S. Pierce from Prom Queen'," Quinn reads aloud.

Santana takes a look at the posters as well and does a double take.

"Brittany is running for prom queen?" she asks, surprised. She looks around for more posters, but she doesn't get an answer to the question she wants to ask.

"It looks like it," Quinn says, looking unhappy. Brittany might be her friend, but it's still the crown Quinn's after.

But… who is running with her for Prom King?

I hope you don't mind I skipped the hurt locker, but I can't do that scene justice and I want to keep it as it is, since to this day, it still takes me breath away. Naya and Hemo, thanks for everything.

And how "canon" is this canon rewrite now? Hmm, I don't know, but I am not going to let Dave Karofsky break both my ships in fanfic as well.