It's 2am here but I wanted to get this finished for you guys so hopefully you like it! Apologies for any errors, my eyes stopped working an hour ago.

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Santana POV

This week feels like it's been going so slow. It's finally Wednesday and I'm going to lunch with Michelle. She's been hassling me for the last couple of weeks but I've been too busy to take a proper lunch break so we're going today, I'm just waiting for her to come find me in my office. While I'm waiting, I scroll back through my texts from Dani. I smile at the one I woke up to yesterday morning.

From Dani:
Thinking of you today. Just remember, it's okay to be sad, but it's also okay to remember the good times. Call me if you need anything xo

She's so sweet and the fact that she took the time to send that means so much to me. I'm interrupted from my thoughts by Michelle knocking on my door.

"Hey, you ready to go?" I put my phone in my bag and head towards the door.

"Yeah, I was thinking sushi?"

"That works. "

We're both quiet until we get to the restaurant. Not unusual for me but Michelle normally can't shut up. We've just finished ordering when she starts.

"So.. Bailey mentioned you spent the day with your neighbour on Sunday." That's why she was quiet.

"Yeah, we did. So what?"

"So what's going on there?" She pushes.

"We're friends. I can't hang out with a friend?" I say, not ready to give too much up.

"You can. But I've known you for years and not once have I heard of you letting anyone join you and Bailey on a Sunday." I know she's not going to give up so I decide to tell her about our date.

"She asked me on a date."

"Really, when?"

"We're going to dinner tonight." Michelle squeals, like actually squeals. I slap her arm to get her to calm down.

"That's awesome. And Bailey really seems to like her."

"Yeah, she's really good with him." My phone vibrates and lights up on the table with a text from Dani. I decide not to pick it up straight away but Michelle picks it up instead. I go to grab it back, but she's looking at the wallpaper which is a picture of Bailey and Dani from Sunday.

"Aww this is cute. Is that her?"

"Yeah." I say going to grab my phone back.

"She looks kinda familiar. I know her from somewhere; didn't you say she only just moved to New York?"

"Yeah she did." I say, trying to avoid where the conversation is heading. Unfortunately Michelle can see straight through me and knows im hiding something.

"Why does she look familiar, Tana?"

"She might be kinda sorta famous." I mumble out.

"WHAT?" She yells and people start looking at us.

"That's where I know her. Your new neighbour is Dani Taylor? The singer?" She says, a little quieter.

"Yes. Keep your voice down." I say grabbing my phone back.

"Oh my god. You're going on a date with this girl?"

"Yes. " I say smiling at my friend.

"This is insane. I can't even.. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Because, she's super private and I didn't know what was going to happen. I just wanted to see where things went and then decide if I told anyone. No one else knows so I'd prefer you didn't say anything."

"Fine. But if you guys get serious, you're going to have to introduce us. You know I need to make sure she's worthy of you."

"I think it's the other way around but if we get to that stage, I will, I promise"

Michelle goes to the bathroom so I sneak a quick glance at my phone to read Dani's text.

From Dani:
I made reservations for 8 so I'll pick you up at 7:30 :)

I send a quick reply before Michelle gets back.

To Dani:
Sounds good :)

The rest of lunch was spent with Michelle helping me figure out what to wear tonight. It's easy for me to dress up for family events because I'm not trying to impress anyone but with Dani, I want her to think I look good, so it's making me a little nervous.

I leave work early so I have the maximum amount of time possible to get ready for dinner. I settle on a black and white tiered mini. I grab a quick shower and start getting ready.

Dani knocks on my door right on 7.30. Lucky I'm wearing heels so I manage to keep myself from running to answer the door. When I open the door, I'm speechless. She's standing there in a beautiful coral dress and she looks stunning. We're both staring at each other not saying anything.

"Hey. You look beautiful." Pretty sure I'm blushing now.

"Thanks, so do you."

"Thank you. Are you ready to go?" She asks.

"Yeah just let me get my coat and my bag."

I put on my coat then grab my bag from the side table and head out the door beside Dani. Once I've locked my door, I grab Dani's hand and link our fingers together as we walk to the lift.

"Do you have a coat? You're going to freeze." I say while we wait for the elevator.

"It's in the car; I took it down before I came to get you. I was going to get a driver to take us to dinner, but I thought that I could drive us?" She says.

"I still don't know where we're going so it's probably best that you drive" I joke hoping she'll tell me where we're going.

"You'll find out when we get there" She knows me too well already.

"Fine. I can wait." I huff and she smirks at me.

We pull up to the restaurant and are greeted by the valet. I've lived in New York for years but I normally take a cab everywhere so this is new. She walks around the car and grabs my hand again as we walk in. Such a simple gesture and it's giving me butterflies.

"I've never been here, but I hear the food is amazing." She whispers in my ear.

"Me either. I've heard a few of my colleagues talk about it though." I say.

The maître d' greets us and before Dani has a chance to say anything, she addresses us.

"Good evening, Miss Taylor, we have your table ready for you if you would like to follow me."

She takes us to a table towards a quiet corner of the restaurant. It is so beautifully decorated, I'm curious about who designed it. She seats us and hands Dani and I our menus.

"I'll give you a few moments to peruse the drinks menu and your server will be over with some water." She says and then walks away.

"So I thought we could get a bottle of wine? But we don't have to." Dani says seemingly unsure of herself.

"Wine sounds good." I say making eye contact with her hoping it helps to relax her.

She nods as our server comes over with our water and Dani orders for us.

"A bottle of La Coulée de Serrant."

"Certainly ma'am." He leaves.

"So what do you feel like eating?" Dani asks me

"I have no idea to be honest." I look at the menu. "Everything sounds amazing though."

"We can share something? They have a couple of options for two." She suggests.

"Maybe the chicken?"

"Perfect. So how's your week been going so far?"

"Good actually. Much more chilled than the last few weeks. I actually got a lunch break today."

The server brings our wine and pours it.

"Thank you" we both say.

"Are you ready to order?" He asks

Dani takes the lead and orders for us. When he leaves she goes back to our conversation.

"I know it can be hard sometimes when you're so busy but you have to take care of yourself." She says.

"Awww are you worried about me?" I tease her

"Not at all. Who will help me with my apartment maintenance needs if you get sick?"

"I will do my best to avoid getting sick then." I laugh.

"Good." She says satisfied with my answer.

"But you know, I might worry a little bit about you. Completely unrelated to my apartment needs." She says shyly.

I grin at her. She is so freaking adorable.

"I really like you" I say, biting the bullet.

That makes her smile which makes my stomach flip.

"I really like you too" We gaze stupidly at each other across the table while sipping our wine.

We're suddenly interrupted by a woman and who I'm assuming is her daughter.

"I'm so sorry to interrupt. My daughter, Jessica is a huge fan of yours and she was wondering if she could get a picture"

"Uh.. Just a second." Dani answers.

She looks at me with concern in her eyes. I know she's thinking this has somehow ruined our dinner.

"It's okay" I say.

"Are you sure?"

"I promise." I say trying to reassure her.

Dani gets up and introduces herself to the young girl. She poses for a couple of pictures with her and then asks the server for a pen and some paper so she can offer Jessica her autograph. She is so good with her. Both of their faces are lit up as they interact. A couple of minutes later, Dani comes back to the table.

"I'm so sorry."

"It's okay." I say taking her hand off the table.

"No, I really wanted tonight to be about us."

"Hey, relax. It is all about us. I knew when I said yes to dinner that something like that could happen and to be honest, I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner."

"Okay" she says starting to calm down.

Our server appears with our dinner so I reluctantly let Dani's hand go. The food smells amazing. We got the chicken saltimbocca which came with a variety of sautéed vegetables.

We start eating and I decide to tell Dani about yesterday.

"So I wanted to thank you again for your text yesterday morning. It really helped me to get through the day."

"I'm glad I could help." She says happily.

"I think that talking about her with you has helped so much. Her birthday last year I was a mess but yesterday, I did what you suggested and I spent most of the day remembering good times. I even pulled out some photos to put in to albums for Bailey." I say smiling.

"That's awesome. I'm really happy for you." She smiles back.

We finish our meal chatting away about random things and flirting here and there. I don't even know where the time has gone but our server brings the check and I realise sadly that the night will be ending soon.

The maître d' from earlier suddenly appears at our table.

"Miss Taylor, I'm sorry to interrupt, but I thought I should let you know that there are a few paparazzi out the front. I think they may have been tipped off that you were here. When you're ready to leave, I'd be happy to lead you out the back, the valet can bring your car around."

This is the second time tonight I've seen that panicked look on Dani's face and I really don't like it. She doesn't answer so I decide to answer for her.

"How many are there?"

"Last I checked, 3 ma'am"

"Why don't you give us a few minutes to settle the bill and then just have the valet bring the car out the front. We'll handle the paparazzi." I say.

"Certainly ma'am" she leaves.

It's then that Dani seems to snap out of her panic.

"Santana, I.." I cut her off before she apologises again.

"No, I told you, I knew what to expect. I also told you that when we run in to paparazzi, we would deal with it, okay?"

"Okay." She says nodding at me.

"Good, now let me sort this bill out and we can go." I say standing up and picking up the check.

"Nu-uh. Nice try but I asked you out, I'm paying."

"We had a $170 bottle of wine and you had one glass because you're driving. I should pay."

"No way. I've got this." She says taking the bill back off me. She pulls her purse out and puts double what's owed in the folder before grabbing my hand and leading me towards the door.

Before we leave she gives the maître d' a $100 tip. I'm assuming for offering to help us escape out the back.

As soon as we get outside there are camera flashes and people talking at Dani. She puts her arm around me and ushers me to where her car is waiting. The photographers are asking her questions about who I am and how she's liking New York. She tells them New York has been great up until she was harassed by them while having dinner. She gets me in the car and runs around the other side climbing in. We're driving off before I even realise it.

"Sorry, I should've told you what to prepare for."

"It's okay, I've been in those situations coming out of the court house although it's not quite the same." She puts her hand on my knee as we drive towards our part of town.

"How did you like dinner?"

"It was amazing. The food, the wine, the company. All perfect."

"Good I'm glad." She says giving me a toothy grin.

I put my hand on top of hers on my knee and give it a slight squeeze. The rest of the drive is quiet but it's a comfortable silence.

We're now standing outside my door and I'm contemplating what happens next.

"Do you wanna come in?"

"I do... But I'm not going to" My face falls a little and I look down to try and hide it but she grabs my cheek softly and forces me to look at her again.

"I'm not going to because I really really like you and I think that tonight has been absolutely perfect."

"Yeah?" I say looking in to her eyes.

"Yeah. There's only one thing that could make it better."

"What?" I ask.

It's then that she kisses me. My eyes close instinctively. Her lips are on mine and I can feel fire in my bones. I moan softly when I feel her hands running over my body and I move my arms to hold on to her. My knees are weak and I'm afraid if I let go, I'm going to fall. There is so much passion in this kiss, it's something I've never felt. Our mouths are both duelling for control and I'm so willing to give it up to her. Her tongue runs along my lower lip begging for entrance which I allow. When she slips her tongue in my mouth, I hear a slight moan coming from her. I had been waiting for this for so long without even realising it. We continue like this for as long as we can before we need to come up for air. When we pull back from the kiss we hold on to each other tightly.

"Wow" I say

"Wow" she giggles and then pecks my lips again.

"Wow" I kiss her this time.

"That was definitely worth the wait." She says, caressing my face and moving a strand of hair behind my ear.

"Yeah but I don't wanna have to wait that long to do it again." I pout jokingly.

"Never that long again." She says and kisses my pout.

"Good" I say wrapping my arms around her and nuzzling her neck.

"So tonight was a success then?" She asks.

"Definitely." I kiss her neck. "So are you gonna come in?"

"Don't tempt me." I start slowly kissing my way up her neck.

"There's no one here to interrupt us." She laughs nervously so I know I'm getting to her.

"Nope. Not gonna work." She says trying to sound convincing. She pulls back putting some distance between us.

"Please?" I say pouting. Hopefully this pout thing works in my favour again.

"We've taken things slowly so far and that date and kiss were amazing. Why don't we try to keep everything else going the same way? That way things are bound to be perfect."

"It was a pretty good kiss"

"You're really special to me. I wanna do things right." She says honestly.

"Okay" I smile at her. Where did this girl come from?

She pulls me back into her and hugs me tightly.

"So I'm going to say goodnight and wait until you get inside before going back to my own apartment where I can think about the amazing girl I just kissed"

"Will you text me?" I ask. God I'm needy today.

"Absolutely." She kisses my forehead.

"Okay. I guess we should say goodnight then."

Instead of saying anything, she nudges my chin up and kisses me softly. After a few seconds, the kiss deepens and I'm certain her kisses will be the death of me. We pull back, our foreheads against one another.

"I'll see you soon. Go inside."

"See you soon" I say before unlocking my front door and heading inside.