Chapter 3

Standing in front of the bathroom mirror she turned her head to the side a little and ran her finger tips over her neck. She shook her head as a slight smile played across her lips as she looked at the purple mark. Her roommate, the one who gave her the hickey had left for a weekend away with Rachel earlier that morning. As Santana walked out into the quiet apartment she decided to head down to the pool having nothing better to do.

Picking up her phone she checked it for any new messages, there weren't any. For awhile she laid out by herself, relaxing and soaking up the sun before finally calling Quinn and a few other of her friends. While she waited her mind drifted to earlier that morning.

She laid silent, eyes still closed as the girl in her arms was still fast asleep. They weren't in a relationship, they just enjoyed each other's company. Some might say too much but neither of them was concerned with the opinions of others. There was a playful banter about them that had started the minute they met and since then it had only grown. Gently she rubbed Brittany's lower back and when the girl started to stir she kissed the top of her head.

"Morning beautiful." Looking down she saw the girl's smile contagious smile, instantly she smiled back at the girl.

A muffled. "Goodmorning," came from the girl in her arms. Moving her head Brittany looked over at the clock. "Shit." She groaned and started to get up, kissing Santana's cheek as she did. "I have to get ready and go pick up Rachel before she has one of her crazy mood swings. You know what happens if someone is late by a single minute." Santana nodded with a slight laugh, Rachel was pretty crazy at times.

As fast as the Brittany got up she found herself lying back down on Santana. "Not so fast! You're going away for a whole weekend what am I going to do?" Santana laughed as she held onto Brittany.

"It's okay you won't go emo and lonely in a weekend you have friends, call them." It was Santana's turn to kiss the other girls cheek but she did so with a pout and let the girl go.

An hour later the two were standing outside their apartment in front of Brittany's car. "You should let Rachel drive so you can keep me company while you're stuck in the car." Brittany smiled and rolled her eyes and gave the girl one last 'see you later' hug. Santana watched her get into the car and pull out of the drive way and at that moment as she watched her fade into the distance, a weekend seemed like an eternity.

As she walked back inside she couldn't help but wonder what it was about Brittany that had her feeling things she never had before. It wasn't like her to miss someone this way and it certainly wasn't like her to care if someone she wasn't even dating was going away for the weekend, even if they did live together. The feeling had started the first night they had started talking even if it was only over a computer. She didn't understand it then and she certainly didn't understand it now.

That was a little over an hour ago and she still hadn't received a single message from the girl. She hoped having her friends over would help but she knew she was doomed to be thinking about the girl no matter who was around. Finally Quinn and a few of her other friends showed up. They all jumped in the pool and Quinn insisted on them playing some water beer pong.

Not to long after Santana jumped in, her phone started to ring. Groaning she debated on whether or not to get out and check it. Then she remembered who it might be and as fast as she could she was out of the water, phone in hand. She smiled as she read who the text was from before opening it. It read- baby will you be my corona and lime - laughing to herself as she started to reply the phone rang again, this time it read - I miss you already, and Rachel's singer is surprisingly worse than yours-. She rolled her eyes with a laugh and replied to both, - and I can be your main squeeze... I miss you too. We're hanging by the pool but its not the same without you here. I'll take that as a half compliment, sucks for Rach but I know how irritating her Broadway songs can be-.

Waiting a minute there was no reply so she jumped back into the pool for a bit. Twenty minutes later her friend Lindsey called out to her again and held up her phone. Climbing out of the water she dried off and laid down on the hammock under the shade to cool off. She closed her eyes feeling rather comfortable but that didn't last long. Quinn came out and pointed to her hickey. "Who gave you that?" She asked with a laugh. When Santana didn't answer Quinn laughed a little harder and smiled knowing whom the culprit was. "What'd you do to deserve that, that thing its nasty, in a completely good way though."

"Get back in the pool, Puck wants you to beat him at beer pong." Taking the bait Quinn grinned and jumped back into the pool leaving Santana alone with her thoughts.

A Few Days Ago

Brittany was out with some friends for the afternoon and when Santana got home from work she was super tired so she decided on taking a nap. Having things to do later that evening. She texted the blonde and asked her to wake her when she got home. Without any problems Santana drifted off to sleep almost as soon as her head hit the pillow. An hour or two later, she wasn't completely sure, she felt a weight on her bed. Slowly turning around she smiled as she was met with a beautiful orange rose and a beautiful girl. "Hey sleeping beauty, I seen this and it reminded me of you so I got it." The girl whispered and moved a little closer to her room mate and kissed her forehead. "Hey there." She replied with a bit of a hoarse voice from being asleep. It was her turn to move a little closer and as she did she picked up the flower and set it on the night stand before she buried her head in the crook of her room mates neck and placed feather light kisses there. Then she placed a few kisses on the girls jawbone and wrapped her arm around the other girls waist.

"Take it someone had a good nap." Brittany smiled. "Miss me or something?"

"Of course I did." Sighing softly at the feeling of the blondes fingers running of her lower back just barely she gently sucked just below the girls pulse point before raking her teeth over the same spot.

Brittany bit the corner of her lip and ran her fingers over the back of Santana's neck. "Someone is definitely in a mood." A slight smile appeared as she continued to bite her lip.

"Nah, just touchy feely." Santana smiled as she looked at the small purple mark she left on the girls neck and then decided to play nice as she laid her head on the girls chest. Even though she knew she had to get up she didn't want to, Brittany's soft caressing of her arm and back felt way to good to make her stop.

"I'll have you know you're getting pay back for that one." Brittany kissed her forehead before lying her head back down on the pillow.

"Looking forward to it." Smiling at the kiss the girl just gave her she turned her head and placed a kiss a spot on the girls chest just below her collarbone where her own head had just been laying.

They had stayed that way for awhile and now Santana wished even more that Brittany was laying with her instead of on her way to LA, if she wasn't there already. She couldn't fathom the fact that they barely knew each other, in respect to time and yet they had gotten so close. To her it felt like they had grown up together and had been best friends since the day they were born. Even though she didn't want a relationship and to her knowledge neither did the other girl she knew that no matter how hard she tried to resist it they were just a sprinkle more than friends and room mates. Looking down at her phone there was no new messages but just as her attention drifted over to the pool her phone rang and before she could read who it was from the message was open. As soon as she began to read the message she smiled and the rest of her night played out that way, for the most part. Messages every couple minutes causing her to have a perma smile. She never left her phone out of reach. If the girl had to be away Santana was glad they still had some form of communication. All the while she still couldn't get over how crazy it felt to feel this way about someone she barely knew.

TBC…