Ok, sorry for the wait, this was the first chapter that wasnt written before so im only just getting back into the swing of the writing. I dont know if its any good and there probaly a good few mistakes, but this story is only a bit of fun so ... anyay enjoy...

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During our practise the next day, Brittany acted as if nothing had happened, she was still the same, cold, self she'd been since I'd met her. I decided that if she wanted to ignore what happened the night before then so would I.

I was getting better at the steps and timing, Brittany was getting me to practise the moves I knew on my toes so I knew what it would be like in heels. We'd been dancing for four hours when my feet started throbbing and I started to get hungry.

"Don't put your heel down" Brittany instructed as she started to show me a new move.

"I didn't" I tried to say, but she ignored it.

"Stay on the toe. Just listen to me"

"B can we please stop for lunch now, I'm starving and we've been practising for like four hours" I whined, not noticing the nickname I'd given her.

She looked at me for a moment before sighing and saying, "yeah, come on, we'll eat up at the main house"

"Thank god," I threw on my coat and we ran up to the main house through the rain.

Ten minutes later we were sitting in the restaurant in the main house eating a late lunch, the room was practically empty and the staff had started setting up for dinner.

"Santana, about last night-" Brittany started.

"Brittany you don't have to-"

"No I do, I was a complete bitch to you and all you did was check to see if I was ok, I shouldn't have done that. So I'm sorry, and again, thanks for asking, like I said, not many people here would do that for me"

"B its fine, really"

She smiled at me.

"What" I asked smiling back.

"Nothing, I just-.. I like when you call me B, nobody's called me that since I was a little girl, its nice hearing it again"

I blushed, "Sorry I didn't even notice I was saying it"

"Its fine, like I said, I like it" she smiled at me and went back to eating. "oh and Santana, I'm sorry I've been not so nice to you, its honestly not who I am, I'm… I can be protective of Quinn and when I saw you with Karofsky and then you knew Quinn and Puck's secret, well, I had to make sure you wouldn't hurt them"

"Brittany, really you don't need to apologise"

"Still, I am. So, lets start again; Hi, my names Brittany S. Pierce." She stuck her hand out for me to shake.

I took it, "Santana Lopez" I smiled at her.

After a relatively peaceful lunch, we headed back to the studio. I took off my coat and Brittany went to put on some music.

"Hey Santana, I wanna try something different" she shouted across the room as she put on a slower tempo song than the one we'd been dancing to before, than turned and walked over to me.

"Sure, what is it?"

"Your timing is good, and you're starting to get the moves now, but its not enough, the steps aren't enough, you have to feel the music" she stated, "watch, its not on the one, its not the mambo, it's a feeling, a heartbeat" she placed her hand against her heart, "Ga-gong, ga-gong" she imitated her heartbeat. Brittany nodded her head at me as if to tell me to try myself, so I did.

I mustn't have been doing it right because Brittany took my hand and placed it over her own heart, "don't try so hard… close your eyes" her fingers tapped against my hand replicating her heartbeat. We started dancing to the music again and I could feel what she was talking about. I opened my eyes, I was dancing surprisingly well, I smiled and looked up at Brittany and she was smiling too.

"Good San" she smiled sweetly.

I smiled back at her, my smile got bigger when I heard her call me San. We looked into each others eyes and I couldn't look away, her eyes were so blue and so beautiful, we slowed down our dancing so much that we weren't even dancing anymore. I quickly glanced at Brittany's lips before looking into her eyes again, we both started to move forward, slowly, when all of a sudden a loud, up tempo song started up on her I-pod. We pulled away from each other as if we'd gotten an electric shock and Brittany went to switch off her I-pod. I could feel a blush creeping into my cheeks.

"I can see why you love dancing so much" I stated, trying to break the awkward silence as Brittany looked for another song, "I never realised how intense it could be"

"Mm, dancing's been my life for as long as I can remember, it's a form of release for me, a safe haven almost. Dancing allows me to escape the real world, to think, to be myself. It's the only thing I've ever been good at really"

"I'm sure that's not true B, I bet you're great at lots of things"

She just smiled at that, "what about you, what to you, is what dancing is to me? If that makes sense" she laughed.

I smiled at her, "I used to sing, that was my thing, I used to sit in my room for hours and sing, I wrote a few silly songs too, nothing was ever good though"

"Do you not sing anymore?"

"Nope. Right, lets get back to it, the shows in five days after all" I said, hoping Brittany would get the hint and end that topic of conversation.

"Sure, from the top, remember to feel the music this time" she smiled at me, and in that smile I could tell she understood, she didn't know why I'd stopped singing, yet she still understood it.

That evening at dinner, while my family talked about how their day had gone, I found myself thinking about Brittany- I couldn't believe we nearly kissed, or had I imagined it? Was it just me leaning in or did she too? I was sure she leaned in too- my thoughts were interrupted by my father calling my name.

"Sorry Papi, what were you saying?"

"I was just asking you what you did with yourself today, and while we're on it, yesterday, I haven't seen you much these last two days Mija"

"Oh, well, I've just been wandering the grounds, taking dance lessons, getting to know Kurt and his friends,-"

"Dancing lessons?"

"Si Papi"

"I thought you couldn't dance San" stated my mother .

"That's why I'm taking lessons Mami" I snapped.

"Santana, you do not speak to your mother in that tone of voice" retorted my father.

"Sorry…. Lo siento Mami"

"That's fine baby" my mother replied.

"So Santanita, who's your dance teacher?"

"A girl called Brittany Papi, she's very good"

"I'm sure. Just don't spend too much time dancing Nina, there's a lot of other things you could do, maybe get that Dave to show you around, get to know each other some more. He seems like a great guy"

"I'm sure he is Papi, I'll think about it. I told Kurt I'd meet up with him again tonight, so, may I be excused now, I'm finished eating?"

"Of course, Rachel, are you going too?" asked my mother.

"Sin Mami, I'm going to go for a walk in a little while, I haven't been down to the lake yet and I hear its beautiful" my sister answered.

"Bye Mami, bye Papi, later Rach" I shouted over my shoulder as I left the restaurant, I really should be given an award for my ability to lie to my parents.

I met Brittany back at the dance studio and was surprised to see she wasn't alone, Noah and Quinn were there also.

"Hey" I shouted into the room as they hadn't noticed I'd arrived.

"Hey San, I thought I'd bring Puck and Quinn tonight so that you and Puck could practise dancing together and Quinn could give you some pointers?"

"Ok, cool" I smiled.

"Great, so we're going to go from the top, come stand here with Puck. Great now you place your hand here and hold his hand with the other, great ok, just remember today, its not gonna be great first time around but that's ok, Puck leads differently to me"

"Got you"

"Ok, Quinn, can you turn on the music please" When the music started Noah straightened up and we then started dancing.

"Not bad little miss" Noah whispered to me. I smiled at him and looked down at my feet.

"Head up" Brittany said from where she was standing beside Quinn, "Ok, guys stop. Santana, you've got spaghetti arms, this.. is Pucks space, that … is yours, you don't go into his space, he doesn't go into yours, you've gotta hold that frame. Quinn start it again, watch your posture San." The music started again and Brittany stood behind me, she placed one hand on my shoulder and the other on my lower back, goose bumps spread through my body and I prayed she didn't notice. We started dancing again only this time I did better. Brittany made sure my posture was correct and Quinn gave me tips on how to work with Noah.

"Thanks guys, see you later" Brittany said as Noah and Quinn left.

"You're getting good you know, really good actually" she told me.

"Thanks, its just your awesome teaching skills" I laughed.

"Yeah I am awesome" she smiled.

"And arrogant too I see" I smiled so she knew I was joking, she was about to reply when a Kesha song started playing really loud.

"Sorry, I've got to answer that" Brittany told me.

"Go ahead" I started packing up my water bottle and picking up my coat.

"Artie, I told you I can't….No… Artie, its not right.. yeah but-.. no…. not tonight.. I've lesson and I cant blow them off… no… Jenna's there Artie, you should just- .. excuse me?... you wouldn't-…. Artie this is my life you're talking about here… fine tomorrow… yeah I know… I know, she told me last week… last time.. ok… bye"

I listened in to the one sided conversation. Brittany was quite for a while after she put her phone away. It had been so quiet that I jumped when she finally spoke again.

"Hey, do you want to hang out tonight?" she asked softly, I could see her eyes had tears in them when she turned to me.

"Sure" I smiled, I didn't know what was going on between Artie and Brittany, but I knew it wasn't right- and so did Brittany.

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