SANTANA'S POV

"Well…her name is Brittany."

I pause. I take a deep breath. Dani grabs my hand and squeezes it. I look at up her and give a tight-lipped smile, thanking her for the reassurance and trying to mask the hurt.

"We have known each other since we were 10. She was my best friend. When we got to high school things changed for me. I started to notice my feelings for other girls, and Brittany was the first person I told. She told me that it was okay, and that there was nothing wrong with me."

I pause, taking a breath trying not to let the tears escape.

"But, when we were 16 I realized my true feelings for Brittany. I convinced her that kissing each other is what friends do, and she believed me. After a while, the whole school found out because I refused to sleep with some of the football players, and I was mortified."

Dani places a kiss on top of my head and runs her hand up and down my arm in a soothing manner.

"Most of my Glee Club friends were cool with it, and Brittany didn't stop talking to me. We made it official shortly after the incident and told everyone that we were together. I was in love. I loved her more than I loved myself."

I shift my head to look at Dani, and I see her looking down at me paying close attention. I pull her hand up to my lips and place a chaste kiss on her knuckles.

"We were together for 3 years before we split. She moved out here with me when I started college and she started taking dance lessons while I was in school. We were happy, until one day Rachel told me that she saw Brittany kiss some guy outside a coffee shop on her way home from class."

I let out a shaky breath.

"We broke up because she cheated on me with this kid name Dylan. Not once, not even twice. They had gotten together 2 weeks after that fucking dance class started. He was her dance instructor. I-I was devastated. I kicked her out and asked her to leave. She moved back to Lima, and according to Rachel, he moved there last year to be with her."

I feel a tear start to trickle down my cheek. Dani notices and brings her finger up wipe it away.

"I was in love with her, D." I let out a sob. "A part of me feels like she is still going to come back. I know in my mind that it won't happen, but my heart doesn't want to listen. I never knew what it was like to be hurt so bad."

"I gave her my everything," I continue, "I was so ready to marry her. But after 9 fucking months of cheating on me, I couldn't forgive her. I haven't spoken to her since I kicked her out."

I pause for a minute letting the tears fall freely. "That's all I have to say about that. There are other things about my past, but I don't feel like getting into that right now."

For the first time since this conversation started Dani spoke. "It's okay, baby. You don't have to tell it all to me right away. We can save the other stuff for another day."

She continues, "You know, you will love again some day." She looks at me and smiles.

I lean up and bring her lips against mine in a soft, passionate kiss. "I hope so." I respond sadly.

After about thirty minutes of lying in Dani's arms she is fast asleep. I can't sleep, so I slowly wiggle my way out of her embrace. I make my way out into the kitchen to get some water and see a cake on the counter. I slightly chuckle to myself, not expecting Dani to be much of a baker. I help her by frosting the cake and putting a few decorations on it. I guess I'll wait for her to wake up before I start eating it.

I decide to pull out my phone and send Rachel a text.

To Rachel: Hey. I'm at Dani's, we kinda had a fight and told her about Brittany. Hope you are having a good time in Lima.

I put my phone back in my hoody pocket and before I even make it 2 feet out of the kitchen I hear my phone ring. I look and see that Rachel is calling me.

Rachel starts firing questions before I even get the chance to answer the phone properly. "Are you okay? What happened?"

"Hello to you, too." I reply back sarcastically.

"Hi Santana. Sorry. But, really. Are you okay?" She asks, concern lacing her voice.

"I think so. It's still hard to talk about." I reply solemnly.

"I know, San." She pauses. "It's only been a year. No one expects you to get over it instantly." She says, trying to calm me down.

I feel the tears peeking behind my eyelids. "It still hurts. A lot. Brittany was the only thing I've told her about. I haven't told her about the shit that happened after she left." I force out as I let the tears roll down my cheek.

"You don't have to tell her everything right away, San." She reminds me. "I can tell that Dani really cares about you, and she wouldn't judge you for any of it." She pauses. "Besides. Look where you are now. You are so much stronger than the 19 year old girl I once knew."

I smile inwardly, "Thanks, Rach. You always know how to make me feel better." I pause. "How is Lima?"

"Oh, you know. Boring as always. It's only been one day and I am ready to be back in New York. What are you and Dani doing for the holidays?"

"Yeah…that's kinda what our fi-… well, I wouldn't call it a fight. I just became withdrawn, as you know how I get when I am upset, and I kind of snapped at her. She said that she's going back to LA for the holidays, but she doesn't know how long she'll be there."

"Well, that's sucky, San. I'm sorry. Maybe you could fly out with her for New Years or something?" Rachel suggests.

"Yeah. Maybe." I pause, thinking seriously about the suggestion. "Hey. I should get going. Dani's asleep in her bed, and I don't want her to think I ran out after confessing all this shit to her."

"Understandable." Rachel says.

"I'll talk to you soon though. Thanks for everything." I say genuinely.

"No problem, San. I'm here for you any time. Love you." Rachel says in her usual chipper tone.

"Love you, too. Thanks again."

After hanging up, I make my way into the music room and grab my laptop and papers and head back into Dani's bedroom. Walking toward the bed I see that she has shifted from lying on her back to curled up on her side, facing the center of the bed. I smile at the sight of this beautiful woman sleeping peacefully. I gently set my things down on the bed and sit up against the headboard. I hear a light snore come from Dani. I try to suppress my giggle as I run my fingers through her hair. She responds to my touch by moving her body closer to me and resting her head on my stomach.

I open my laptop and pull up the document with the list of all the schools I am applying to. I quickly strikethrough the one that I have done so far. Only 5 more to go. Obviously I am applying to NYU, because I already go there and know a lot of the professors, but I need to have some back up options. The other schools I've settled on are: U Chicago, USC, Boston College, Tulane, and Cornell.

I pull open the applications and start to fill out the simple information for them. About half way through the third one, Dani begins to stir. I peel my eyes from the screen and look down to see her looking up at me.

"Mmm. Babe. How long was I asleep?" She mumbles into my stomach, pulling herself impossibly closer to me.

I look at the time on my computer. "Umm like a little over an hour, or so."

Dani groans into my stomach, "Babe, you should have got me up. What were you doing that whole time anyway?"

"I talked to Rachel and worked on my applications. I got three done so far. Three more to go." I smile at her.

"Good." She smiles back at me, and sits up to peck my lips.

What started as a simple peck on the lips very quickly turned into Dani straddling my hips. I drop my hands to her hips as she tangles her hands in my hair. I run my hands up and down her sides as I slip my tongue into her mouth. She willingly allows me take control of the kiss. I unlatch our lips and move to her neck. Dani tilts her head to the side to allow more access to her neck. As soon as I attach my lips to her neck, just below her ear, she rolls her head back letting out a small moan.

"God, babe. You feel so good." She moans out as she roughly pulls my head back so she can smash our lips together again.

I am beyond turned on, and I can tell that Dani is too, I don't think she realizes it, but her hips keep involuntarily thrusting down, meeting my center. I decide that I can't take it anymore and flip Dani over so I am straddling her. She leans up to kiss and suck on my neck. I am trying to stifle my moan as I quickly and gently push her flat on the bed.

I am too horny to drag this out, so I sit up and take off my top and bra. Just as I am about to lean down and kiss Dani, she flips us over so I am on my back. She takes off her tank top and bra, and quickly discards the rest our unwanted clothing to the floor. She leans down and kisses me, hard. She darts her tongue into my mouth and furiously begins massaging it with mine.

After a few more minutes of just making out and feeling each other, Dani moves down to my neck and starts planting wet, open-mouthed kisses. She makes her way down to my breasts and gives them the attention they have been dying for. She takes my nipple into her mouth and bites down aggressively. My back arches and I throw my head back in sheer pleasure, letting a loud moan escape my lips.

"Oh, baby." I moan out. "I need you, now."

She looks up at me, with my nipple still in her mouth. Her eyes are locked on mine. These only makes me more turned on and moan louder. She lets my nipple go with a pop and gives me her signature smirk.

"Patience, babe. I'm getting there." She says as she trails her tongue between my breasts, moving toward my hips. She stops just above my core and plants kisses on both of my hips bones. She continues her movements lower and reaches the inside of my thighs. She takes a minute to lick and nip at the sensitive skin. My hips buck up, telling her I need her, badly.

Before I know it her lips are attached to my swollen clit. I let out a loud moan and bring my hands to tangle in her hair. She nibbles lightly on my clit before she pulls back taking her tongue and dragging in the length of my slit. She repeats her actions, enjoying the feeling I moan louder. She sticks her tongue in my vagina and begins swirling her tongue around.

"Baby, I'm so close." I pant out, hands still tangled in her hair. She pulls back and looks up at me, making eye contact. She brings her left hand up to massage my breast as she attaches her lips on my clit, sucking furiously. My breath hitches as she thrusts two fingers inside of me.

"Unf. Fuck, baby. Just like that." I moan out, moving my hips, trying to get her in deeper.

"I'm gonna cum, babe." I pant out, quickly. As I say that, Dani curls her fingers inside of me, tumbling me over the edge. "Oh my god, Dani!" I scream as she pulls her fingers out to play with my pulsating clit. She moves her tongue down to my slit licking up my juices as they flow out of me.

Once Dani has finished cleaning me up she makes her way up to me, resting her head on my shoulder. She takes my earlobe into her mouth, sucking on it lightly before whispering, "You taste so fucking good."

"God, that's so sexy, Dani." I say. "But, I am really tired. I don't think I can do anymore right now." I say struggling to keep my eyes open.

"You're fine, sweetie. Go to sleep." She coos as she pecks my cheek.

DANI'S POV

Within minutes, Santana was fast asleep. I know out conversation earlier must have worn her out. I just wanted to show her how much I care about her, and I think I succeeded. But, now I am really horny. My clit is throbbing and I need some sort of release. I hop off my bed and make my way into my bathroom. I turn on the shower and quickly jump in. After making myself cum a few times I finish my shower and step out. I throw on my robe and head out into the kitchen.

I walk over to where I left the cake cooling and see that Santana has decorated it. I smile to myself and cut a big slice. I make my way over to the couch, cake in hand, turning on the TV. I scroll through my DVR and settle on watching The Blacklist, since I have missed the last 3 weeks of episodes.

About halfway through the episode my phone begins to ring. I pause the TV and run quickly into the music room, not wanting Santana to wake up from the loud ringing.

"Hello?" I say quietly, walking back into the living room.

"Hey Dani. How's it going?" The person on the other end says.

"Oh, hey Jace! I'm doing alright. What's up?" I reply.

"That's good. Hey look, I've got to talk to you about something." He says. My stomach immediately drops, thinking that bad news is coming.

"Okay…" I say, urging him to continue.

"Well, social media has been blowing up lately with images of you and Santana walking around New York."

I let out a sigh of relief. "Oh, yeah. What about it?"

"Well, I've been getting calls left and right of people wanting to know who she is, and what the status of your love life is. I guess what I am trying to say is you need to make a decision on what you are going to do about all of this." He pauses. "As in, would you want to go public in introducing her, or just keep it private and admit that you are dating someone, but leave the who part a secret."

I am silent for a minute. "I don't know, Jace. I'd have to talk to Santana about that. You know how I feel about the whole publicity thing." I pause. "It's not that I don't care about her, because I do. I just don't like people hounding my relationship, and I don't want people following her around and all."

"I understand, Dani. Maybe you could do it on your own time. Like not tell the paps, and just do it via your twitter account or something." He suggests.

"You know what. That actually sounds like a good idea." I reply smiling.

"Alright. Well sit on it. Let me know what you decide. I'll talk to you soon." Jason says as he hangs up the phone.

I sit in silence for a minute thinking over the conversation with Jason. I have to talk to Santana about this because it's really her that it is affecting. Breaking my thoughts, I quickly hit play on the remote ready to dive back into my show.

Two episodes later, Santana emerges from the bedroom wearing one of my oversized t-shirts with her boy shorts underneath. She comes and sits down next to me. Realizing I am still in my robe, I quickly tell Santana I will be right back and go to change into shorts and a tank top.

I sit back on the couch with Santana curling into her side as she wraps her arm around me. Just enjoying her company, we decide to put on a movie. This conversation can wait until tomorrow.

A/N: Hey everyone! Thank you for waiting patiently for this chapter. I have been super busy. I have exams all next week, so it will be a bit before I can post again. Please let me know what you think, though! Keep going? Any ideas? Suggestions? Anything. Just PM me or leave it in a comment.