Author's Note: Thanks to everyone who's added this story to their favourites and alerts. I had no idea this would get so popular so I want to say a massive thank you! Hope you enjoy this chapter, even if it isn't very long. Guest starring Nerd!Santana ~ KennyEchelon.

The night before camp, Britt and I had a sleepover.

I helped her bring her stuff inside, more excited than I probably should have been. I grinned at her, her sleeping back smooshed into the side of my face. When everything was inside, Brittany gave her mom a hug then waved after her as she drove off. "Bye, Mom!" she called.

As soon as her mom had disappeared round the corner she jumped into the house excitedly. She grinned and hugged me and the weird feeling came back. I wanted to kiss her so bad but my mom walked up before I had the bad sense to act on those impulses.

"Now your father and I are going out tonight so I've left snacks out on the kitchen table. San, you know where the DVDs are and if you need anything just text me" Mom said. Britt replied with a thank you and I beamed at her. Just before Mom left, she took me to one side.

"No funny business, okay?"

My heart shot into my mouth. What exactly did she mean by that? Unless she'd gained mind-reading powers overnight, she couldn't have guessed what I was thinking… right?

"I know exactly how much alcohol is in the liquor cabinet and I will know if anyone else comes over so no house parties okay? I know you're probably going to behave but just reminding you."

I agreed to follow her rules, not admitting that Brittany was my only true friend and there was no way I was going to let any fakers into my house with her there. There'd be the awkward questions of where we'd met and I still don't want them to know about my dance classes, that, and the fact that Britt is a bit of a daydreamer so she wouldn't realise if they were being bitchy. Her particular brand of random was not compatible with their personalities.

As soon as the parents had left, I dragged Britt over to the Lopez family DVD collection. It was kind of extensive because when Dad finally gets time off work we have movie marathons together. I'm not proud of the fact that I've seen all three Lord of the Rings and all six Star Wars movies so many times I can practically quote them from memory. Not that I'd admit that to anyone though.

I barely managed to stifle a grin when she flicked through the multiple cases and finally rested on my Sweet Valley High box set. The girl had good taste. "Can we watch this please, San?" she asked and I replied with a quick 'of course'.

She went into the kitchen to make the popcorn while I set the DVD player up. Mom had given us permission to sleep in the front room that night so we didn't have to worry about moving. I suppose she thought I was going to be less bothered about inviting people over when there were mattresses all over the floor. And the mess would only be in one room instead of two.

Five minutes later, Brittany re-emerged with a mixing bowl full of popcorn. "This was the biggest bowl I could find" she blushed. "That's fine" I replied, stealing a kernel and popping it into my mouth. I pressed 'play' on the start menu and the DVD whirred in its slot.

Multiple episodes later, we'd ended up painting each others' nails. I picked bright red but Britt wanted all the colors of the rainbow with extra sparkles. Of course, I couldn't say no so I unearthed bottles I hadn't used in years. While we were waiting for the paint to dry she saw a particular DVD cover.

Her eyes sparkled.

It was a particularly violent and gory horror movie. Rated R, I had never been allowed to watch it but even the trailer made me shudder. "Can we watch this please?" she said, grabbing it and holding it in front of her face.

I tried to protest, but she pulled the puppy dog eyes on me and I caved. "Okay, but don't blame me if we're up all night" I said, giggling nervously at the thought of watching it. I may pretend to be badass but scary movies are not my favourite.

"We're probably gonna be up all night anyway" she smiled. Butterflies invaded my stomach but I forced myself to calm down. I was already scared; I didn't need my feelings for Britt making me feel even more on edge.

It was only five minutes in before I was clutching a pillow to my chest. I could tell Brittany was amused but she didn't say anything.

All of a sudden a spirit with blood pouring down their chest jumped out and I screamed. I clutched onto Britt's arm so she put her other arm around me. We sat there cuddling for ages; I didn't want to let go and I don't think she did either. I occasionally jumped so she squeezed me tight.

It took me a while to get to sleep seeing as I kept thinking I was going to be hacked to pieces and decapitated by a pretty solid ghost. I turned off the DVD and put it back on the shelf while Britt got changed into her unicorn pyjamas. I got changed and I was self-conscious as sensed her looking from the corner of her eye. I didn't mind too much though.

We got into bed and I curled up on Britt's chest, my cheek feeling her heartbeat which was slightly faster than usual. I fell asleep with her stroking my hair to stop me from repeating the movie in my head.

My mom and dad got home an hour later and looked inside to check on us. Apparently they looked at each other and agreed it was best not to disturb us but I was completely out of it so I didn't notice.

I woke up the next day still holding onto Britt as if my life depended on it.