Chapter 16 - Santana's POV

"Goodnight, sweet dreams babe," Brittany mumbled and cuddled into me. She looked so adorable right then. It almost made me want to forget about my confession in fear that she would freak out and leave or something. But this was something that was going to kill me slowly if I didn't tell her.

I blinked a few times and breathed in deeply. "There's something I need to be honest about," I barely let out and glanced at her. She looked up at me with a curious expression as I closed my eyes, the fear starting to take over. She gently tilted my chin towards her. "What is it sweetie?" And that was all it took for my walls that had just risen up to come crashing down.

"I-" I stuttered a bit, "You always ask me what I'm thinking. And as of right now, I'm thinking that..." I stopped; I really needed to just spit it out. I looked at Brittany and she gave me a comforting smile as if to say go ahead. I couldn't help but to think that I was insane. But the look that Brittany was giving me encouraged me to continue. "I'm tired of lying to myself. I really am." I looked down for a moment, and then slowly looked into her gorgeous eyes. "I'm completely in love with you. That's what I'm thinking." I looked back down thinking that I was an idiot. We just made out for the first time not too long ago, it's way too early for this kind of confession. She must think that I'm a psycho. Am I going to need to find a new place to live? I should probably leave the bed, she's probably uncomfortable. Good job Santana. You scared away a girl that meant the world to you. Everything was going well until you decided to fuck it up. Now she will never speak to you again. I glanced down at her and she had yet to look up. "Anybody home?" I whispered. I needed her to say something, anything. I was dying here. She slowly looked up towards me.

"I..I love you too," she whispered, almost as if it were a question. I raised my eyebrows a bit at her. Was she just saying it because she didn't want me to feel bad? "I mean," she continued, this time with a smile on her face, "I love you. I love you!" her smile grew bigger.

"Really?" I asked her. She couldn't be serious. To say that butterflies were invading my body right now was a severe understatement.

"Really really. You just caught me completely off guard. I, I never expected you to say that. I mean, I'm glad you did, because honestly I was afraid to because I had no clue what your reaction would be and I didn't think that you would feel the same because maybe all of this could have just been flirting you know," she took a deep breath then looked up towards me again, "and now I'm just going to shut up because I'm rambling and that is just," she breathed in again, "not...cool." She blinked a few times and gave me a small smile. I leaned down just a little and softly covered her lips with mine and whispered, "I love you baby," I pecked her lips and pulled away smiling. She smiled one of the biggest smiles I had seen, "I love you too!"

She crawled on top of me and brushed her lips over mine just barely, knowing that it killed me when she did that, but that I loved it at the same time. I took her bottom lip between mine and softly sucked on it, which earned a smile from the beauty on top of me. When I scraped my teeth over her lip barely, I whispered out an 'I love you' and she quickly replied with her own 'I love you', well, as good as she could get it out. It was like once we started saying it we just couldn't stop. I ran my hands under the back of her shirt, letting the tips of my fingers gently run over her skin. I felt her run her tongue across my top lip, and I was quick to allow her access. Our tongues lightly massaged each others as her hand made its way up my side. At one point, one of us let out a very quiet moan, but I couldn't tell you which of us was the guilty one. When she ran the tip of her tongue just over the roof of my mouth, I couldn't help but to pull away and let out a laugh. "You know that tickles!" I grinned at her.

"Duh. Why else would I do it?" I shook my head at her with a smile still on my face. She leaned down and pressed her lips to mine. "Love you," she whispered again. "I love you baby," I replied. She then laid her head on my chest and kissed right over my heart. I wrapped my arms tighter around the slightly older girl and kissed the top of her head. How did I end up being so lucky and getting a girl like this? I wasn't going to complain. I noticed her eyelids begin to droop, and I knew both of us had had a long day and that it was time for sleep to take us away. "Sweet dreams baby," I whispered.

"Mmm night honey. I love you," she replied, and I could tell that she was smiling. But hey, who was I to talk. My face was beginning to hurt because I was smiling so damn much.

"I love you," I quietly let out still smiling. I knew that in the morning, I would wake up with a smile still present on my face.

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The next morning, I woke up to an empty bed. I wiped my eyes and glanced around the room, and realized that there was no Brittany. Of course, the thoughts that rushed through my mind were all negative. What if she regretted what she said last night? Soon after these thoughts entered my mind, I caught the scent of pancakes and bacon coming from the kitchen. I smiled and put each of my feet on the floor and stood up, stretching as I did so. I grabbed the robe from the back of the bathroom door and slipped it on and walked down the hallway, still swaying a bit from the drowsiness. I turned the corner leading into the kitchen and leaned up against the doorway. Standing there in front of the stove flipping over a blueberry pancake, was Brittany with only a long t-shirt and some pink boxers on. She looked adorable. Her hair was still a little messed, and her shirt had ridden up slightly in the back. Walking up quietly behind her, I wrapped my arms around her waist from behind, and after a little jump, she quickly relaxed into my embrace. I gently kissed her neck, "Good morning beautiful," I told the taller girl. She turned her head and kissed my cheek. "Morning gorgeous," she smiled that crooked smile of hers that instantly made my heart melt. I kissed her temple, "I love you," I whispered in her ear while scratching my fingers softly over her stomach. Her face broke out into a large grin, "And I love you!" she pecked my lips, "blueberry pancakes and bacon baby?" she asked, motioning to the plate of bacon already on the table and the plate of pancakes beside her that she had just taken off. I eagerly nodded my head, that was another great thing about living with Brittany. She cooked for us constantly. I cooked too, but a lot of times I wouldn't realize I was even hungry until I smelt her cooking. "You know I'm not going to turn down good food," I smiled and made us each a plate and set them down on the table and made us each a glass of apple juice and pulled her chair out for her. "After you m'lady," I told her with a grin. She sat down at the table and I soon joined her.

Later on that day, I promised Quinn that I would meet up with her for lunch. Brittany and Rachel were heading out to do some errands, and after saying our 'I love you's' we left the apartment at the same time. I walked into the diner to see Quinn sitting at our table already with a menu in her hand.

"Morning J-Lo . Who put extra sugar in your cereal?" Quinn asked with a smirk. "Ohhh, let me guess, Brittany?" she asked, as if it were really a question.

I shook my head with a grin and sat down at the table and told the waitress I wanted a cherry coke. I turned my head back towards Quinn who had her eyebrows lifted towards me. "What?" I asked, appearing clueless.

"You two did it didn't you!" Quinn somewhat yelled out.

"SHH!" I demanded, putting my hand over her mouth and I looked around the room hoping we didn't draw too much attention. Luckily, everyone else was absorbed in their own conversations to notice my friend's outburst. I shook my head again and slowly removed my hand from her mouth. "No Quinn, we did not do it."

Quinn looked somewhat disappointed. "Oh," she mumbled, "well what happened?"

I scratched the back of my neck a little, just to aggravate Quinn who I knew was sitting on the edge of her seat waiting to hear what happened. "Well, we told each other we loved one another." I told her with a huge smile on my face I'm sure.

"You what!" she laughed. "You two are insane! Please tell me that you guys are at least going out now?"

I tilted my head to the side a little. She was so about to yell at me. "Um, no."

Quinn gave me a blank stare. I was counting it down in my head, 5, 4, 3, 2, ...

"You are an idoit!" Quinn shook her head. "You guys are the most dysfunctional non-couple I have ever met."

I simply laughed and nodded my head, "Yeah, yeah."

"So, why aren't you guys together? Really," she asked still confused.

"I mean, we're happy how we are. I don't know," I told her honestly. "Who knows really."

"Obviously neither of you two," Quinn grinned.

"Can we order already?" I asked with a roll of my eyes and a grin.

Quinn continued to shake her head as she ordered her food. "What happens if Ryder or Tina really make a play for her? You technically have no claim so you can't even be mad about it."

"I love her, so yes I can and she loves me so that won't happen. We're happy how we are, there is no point in ruining a good thing. It's like couples that don't get married because they don't need a piece of paper to prove their love. Brittany and I don't need a label to prove we love each other."

"Keep telling yourself that."

"Oh and my ass is not nearly as big and J-Lo's thank you very much!" Quinn and I both laughed.

"If you don't stop with all the pancakes it will be." I reached across the table and smacked my best friends arm, the same smile still plastered on my face from the night before.

TBC…