A/N

Ratings and disclaimer from the first chapter apply.

Chapter 3.

Santana swallowed hard as her eyes met Brittany's. Standing this close she could really see how incredibly blue her eyes was and how easy it would be to get completely lost in them. It took every ounce of willpower she had to take a step back and away from Brittany's arms. She took another step back to recompose their personal space. Brittany realized she'd been holding her breath and as Santana backed away from her she slowly exhaled.

"I'm so sorry Santana, I didn't know you were right outside the door." she said when the air returned to her lungs.

"It's okay, I didn't mean to stumble all over you." Santana said afraid to meet the blonde's eyes again.

"It's okay..." Brittany didn't know what else to say.

"Well, I think I'm gonna go to bed." Santana said.

"Yeah, me too." Brittany replied.

Santana looked up and met the blonde's eyes again.

"See you tomorrow." Santana said and turned to leave but stopped. Slowly she turned around again.

"I had a really nice time tonight. It was great talking to you..." she just had to say it.

"I had a really nice time too and I also enjoyed talking to you..." Brittany replied.

She wanted to give Santana a hug goodnight but didn't know if she should but as Santana looked up and met her eyes again she took a step closer and gently pulled the other woman in for a hug. Santana was surprised by Brittany's actions but it only took her a split second to hug her back.

"Goodnight Santana..." she whispered.

"Goodnight Brittany..."

Brittany had only intended to give Santana a quick hug but for some reason she still had her arms around the other woman. Both women silently realized that they'd hugged for way longer than a 'normal' hug between friends but still they didn't let go of each other.

Brittany again felt a new wave of emotions running through her and honestly, it scared the hell out of her. She slowly started to pull away and Santana instantly followed her lead and pulled back as well.

"See you tomorrow." Brittany repeated Santana's previous words and walked out of the kitchen leaving a very confused and a little flustered Santana behind.

"Yeah... see you tomorrow..." Santana mumbled to herself as her mind tried to figure out just what the hell was happening.

She pulled her hands through her hair and then headed out to the guesthouse in the backyard where she'd be staying.

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Brittany brushed her teeth before she walked into her and Nathan's room where her fiance was snoring violently. She crawled into bed and gave him a push so he would turn over and hopefully stop snoring but unfortunately the turning didn't help. She sighed and laid back down on her pillow, staring up at the ceiling.

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Santana undressed, brushed her teeth and crawled into bed hoping sleep would claim her quickly but she wasn't really surprised when it didn't. There were too many thoughts running through her mind for her to even think about falling asleep. She'd never met anyone that had made such a strong impression on her so fast before. She'd never met anyone like Brittany before...

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Brittany couldn't sleep. The last time she looked at the digital clock on the nightstand was 5 minutes ago, 4.26 am was flashing back at her. She sighed and shoved her still snoring fiance for the umpteenth time. His snoring wasn't the reason for her insomnia though, Santana was. The brunette FBI agent just wouldn't leave her mind. She thought about the agent thing, she still couldn't get over how impressed she was by it. That wasn't all she thought about though, her mind kept wandering back to when Santana had touched her arm on the swing but mostly to the incident in the kitchen where Santana literally stumbled into her arms. Her breath had caught in her throat and she'd felt all tingly. Then the goodnight hug... She really hadn't planned for it to be so long, it was definitely way longer than a quick hug between friends and definitely longer than a hug between two people who just met. Then there were all these new feelings that confused the hell out of her.

When Nathan begun snoring louder than ever that night, she'd had enough. She got out of the bed and put on a pair of sweat pants and a hoodie and walked downstairs. The kitchen clock showed 4.51 am. It was ridiculously early but she'd given up any chances of sleep for this night. She put on some coffee and walked over to the window fronting the back yard. Sitting in the swing with a large blanket wrapped around her was Santana.

When the coffee percolator had finished Brittany poured two large cups of coffee and walked out to the back yard. Santana looked up when she heard the creaking from the back door and couldn't help but smile when she saw the reason for her insomnia walking towards her with two cups in her hands.

"Hey..." Brittany started.

"Hey.."

"Coffee?" she asked.

"Oh yes please!"

Brittany smiled at Santana's enthusiastic answer and handed her one cup.

"Can I join you?" she asked.

"Of course." Santana answered and made space for the blonde on the swing.

"So you couldn't sleep either?" Santana asked and took a small sip of the warm beverage, closing her eyes as the taste of coffee slipped down her throat.

"God this is good. Thank you for this." Santana said and took another sip.

Brittany smiled as she sipped on her own cup.

"You're welcome and no, I couldn't sleep either. Nathan is snoring like... I don't even know what to compare it with. Let's just say it's really loud."

Santana chuckled.

"I gave up about half an hour ago and came out here hoping that maybe the swing would rock me to sleep eventually."

"Oh... I'm sorry, I can go back inside if you want to try and get some sleep." Brittany said and moved to get up from the swing.

"No!" Santana all but shouted.

"I-I mean, no. That's not what I meant, I've already given up on sleeping and it's morning now anyway so... Please stay..." Santana said softly.

Brittany met her eyes and could only nod. Santana gave her a small smile when she sat back on the swing. The morning air was a little chilly so Santana offered a piece of her blanked to the blonde which she accepted.

"How long are you staying?" Brittany asked.

"I'm going back home in the afternoon." Santana answered.

Brittany nodded and felt her chest tighten at the thought of not spending more time with Santana. They've only just started to get to know each other.

"Are you and Nathan staying longer?"

"Yeah, we've got three weeks' vacation coming up so we'll be here for a couple of days." Brittany said.

"I work one more week then I have two weeks off. I can't wait." Santana said and smiled.

Santana really had the most infectious smile, Brittany couldn't help but smile back.

"Any vacation plans?" the blonde wondered.

"Not really, I'll probably spend a couple of days at mom's cottage but other than that I haven't made any direct plans." Santana said and took a large gulp of coffee.

Their very easy conversation about anything and everything were starting to die down and slowly the effect of their lack of sleep started to take its toll. Santana had sunk further down into the cushions of the swing and was now half-sitting, half-lying with her head on the large pillow she'd brought with her. She was very close to falling asleep, Brittany had already dozed off sitting, her head slightly tilted back. Seconds later Santana was asleep as well.

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Anita was the first one up the next morning, or so she thought. It was a little after 8.30 am when she walked into the kitchen to put some coffee on. She was surprised to see that the percolator was already on and apparently the coffee was done.

"This is strange..." she mumbled.

Jack was still asleep and the rest of the house was quiet. She walked over to the window and peered out into the backyard and was very surprised with what she'd find there. Her daughter, sound asleep in the swing and her soon-to-be stepdaughter equally asleep with her head leaning against Santana's shoulder. It wasn't a very large swing, definitely not suitable for a two-people-sleepover, not if you'd want to sleep somewhat comfortable. The positions of the two sleeping women would most definitely leave them with very sore necks so Anita made her way out there to wake them up.

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When she reached the sleeping women and saw the look of complete and utter peace on her daughter's face she contemplated whether she should let them sleep. She thought about it for a second but decided that they would probably be grateful for escaping a sore neck so she should probably wake them. Then she glanced over at the sleeping blonde who looked just as peaceful and decided to leave them be. She tiptoed back into the house and poured herself a cup of coffee.

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20 minutes later Santana started to stir. She moved to stretch her arms but her right arm was stuck. She turned her head and warmth filled her body at the sight of Brittany sleeping against her right side with her head on Santana's shoulder. Strands of beautiful blonde hair had fallen down on her face and before Santana knew what she was doing her hand was moving towards Brittany's face and then she gently tucked blonde curls behind her ear. The movement made Brittany stir and Santana quickly removed her hand hoping the blonde hadn't noticed her previous actions.

Brittany slowly sat up, stretched out her arms and yawned.

"I fell asleep.." she mumbled.

"Yeah... me too." Santana said and also stretched her arms now that her right arm was no longer occupied.

Brittany turned and looked over at Santana and it dawned on her that she'd been sleeping against Santana's shoulder. She noticed a small damp patch on Santana's sweater, on her shoulder where she had been asleep a minute ago and embarrassment filled her. She'd drooled on Santana in her sleep.

Oh my God let me die now...

Her hands flew up to Santana's shoulder and started to rub at the spot as if it miraculously would make the drool disappear. Santana looked at Brittany questioningly.

"Brittany? What are-"

"I drooled on you in my sleep! I'm sooo sorry, I'm so embarrassed..." Brittany burst out while she frantically rubbed the spot on Santana's sweater.

"Wait, what? Brittany?" Santana grabbed Brittany's hands to stop her. The blonde looked up and met her eyes.

"Hey... it's okay. Really, it's no biggie." Santana said softly and slowly released her hands.

"I'm really embarrassed..."

Santana nudge her playfully.

"Really, it's okay. I take it you slept okay then?" Santana said playfully which made Brittany nudge her back.

"Like you said, it's insanely relaxing."

Santana laughed.

"Come on Newfie, let's go back inside." Santana joked and got up from the swing. Brittany's jaw dropped and she looked at the brunette.

"You did NOT just say that?" Brittany said and got up from the swing. Santana was a few feet ahead of her grinning from ear to ear, obviously pleased with her witty remark.

"You did NOT just resemble me to a Newfoundland dog?"

"What? They drool too." Santana smirked and winked then took off towards the house when the blonde made an attempt to grab her.

"You! Get back here!" Brittany yelled after the brunette who had now reached the back door and continued to sprint towards the kitchen.

Anita who was still sitting by the kitchen table, reading a newspaper almost had a heart attack when Santana came flying through the kitchen door. Five seconds later Brittany came flying through the door her aim set on Santana but when she saw that they weren't alone she stopped herself and just gave the brunette a deadly stare. Santana couldn't help but smile, the blonde looked absolutely adorable.

"What in God's name is up with you two?" Anita asked bewildered.

"Nothing mom." Santana answered completely innocent.

Brittany didn't want to tell Anita that she'd drooled on her daughter, she was embarrassed enough already so she let it drop for now but she would definitely find time for pay back later. When Santana met Brittany's eyes they told her just that.

"So, do you mind telling me why I found both of you sleeping in the swing this morning?" Anita asked.

"I mean it's great that you two seem to get along so good already but surely your beds must be more comfortable than that garden swing?"

"I couldn't sleep last night so finally I gave up and brought my pillow and blanket to the swing, hoping I could get some sleep there. Then Brittany came outside a while after me and she couldn't sleep either so we just started talking and then, somehow we both fell asleep." Santana explained as she poured herself a fresh cup of coffee.

"Do you want one?" she asked Brittany.

"Yes please." The blonde answered.

"And just now, we were just goofing around." Santana said with a shrug and poured Brittany a fresh cup of coffee too. Anita nodded.

The kitchen door opened and Jack entered followed by a very hung over looking Nathan. He walked up to Brittany and kissed her on the cheek.

"Morning babe." he said, Brittany flinched.

"God Nathan how much did you drink last night?"

He smelled like an alcohol distillery.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to drink that much it just sorta happened." Nathan tried to explain.

"Yeah well go take a shower and brush your teeth please." Brittany ordered.

"I've already brushed my teeth." Nathan said.

"Well, brush them again." she said and waved her hand in front of her nose to whisk away the smell of his old alcohol breath.

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Nathan did what his fiancee asked him to and when he returned they all ate a huge brunch that Anita had made, then they all helped clean up the house before they went outside to relax in the sun for a while. Brittany kept casting glances at Santana who was taking a nap in the sun-lounger, she knew she should stop but she couldn't help herself.

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A couple of hours later Santana put her bag in the trunk and walked back to the front porch where her mother, Jack, Brittany and Nathan was standing to say goodbye.

"It was so nice to finally meet you Santana." Jack said and gave her a big hug.

"You too Jack, hope your knee feels better." Santana said as they parted.

"Thank you, I have the best 'nurse' to look after me." He said and put his arm around Santana's mother.

Nathan stepped forward and gave Santana a quick hug.

"Really nice to meet you Santana, hopefully we'll see you again soon."

"Yeah, it was nice to meet you too Nathan. Take care."

Anita gave her daughter a long hug.

"Call me when you get home."

"I will mom."

Brittany really wanted to say goodbye to Santana alone but since neither of the other three made any attempt at moving she had to do it in front of them.

"Well, it's been so nice getting to know you. I hope we'll see each other soon." Brittany said and gave Santana a small hug.

The moment she felt Santana's arms around her she was certain that their hug would've been a hell of a lot longer if they'd been alone and she couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed.

"Yes, I'm sure we will. Have mom give you my number so we can keep in touch." Santana said.

"I'll do that."

Brittany walked back next to Nathan who put his arm around her. Santana couldn't help but flinch when she saw it but shook it off quickly.

"Okay then, thank you so much for everything. I'd better get going but I'm sure we'll see each other soon." she said to everybody.

"Call you later mom, love you." Santana said as she got into her car.

"Love you too honey. Drive safely!" Anita said and waved as Santana pulled out of the driveway and took off.