A/N: Season's Greetings everyone... in keeping with the festive season here's a new chp for y'all. Reviews are appreciated.

A few months later on the sets of the movie…

"Hi Santana. Do you have a minute?" Rachel asked tentatively

"Yeah. What's going on? Did the schedule get changed again? I swear the next time they do that they're gonna….." Santana started but was interrupted by Rachel saying "No no, it's not the schedule. Umm the dance troupe they'd originally hired had to cancel because of some issues so they had to find a new dance troupe and it was on really short notice and well the producers asked me if I knew anyone and so umm I kinda nominated Brittany…" she trailed off looking fearfully at Santana. Santana felt a jolt when she heard her name. It had been so long since they'd seen each other. After their breakup Santana went through a really hard time but she'd gotten over it and they'd kept in touch over email and few texts on birthdays and holidays.

"So?" She countered with an air of nonchalance "Why would I care about that?"

"Well they're being flown in today and they start shooting tomorrow and I thought you needed some time to I dunno compose yourself…. or something" Rachel finished lamely. Santana glared at her. "I Do NOT need composing or whatever you're trying to suggest, Hobbit. Brittany and I broke up. I'm dating Laura and I'm sure she's dating someone else."

"Ok ok. I was merely trying to prepare you. Don't get mad. Since you've moved on and everything is fine between you two we were planning to catch up for drinks. Kurt and Blaine said they'd come too. But if you think you're not up to it I understand"

"What time?" Santana snarled.

"I was thinking after we wrap up for the day…uhhh… maybe around 8" she stuttered backing away from the brunette.

Santana stalked off in a huff. What was wrong with Berry? Inviting Brittany here, with the whole troupe! She was thankful she was done for the day because she was sure she was absolutely of no use right now. On one hand she was upset that she hadn't been consulted, and on the other, she was annoyed that she was so riled up by Brittany being here. After all, she had Laura, she'd moved on with her life, she was successful and happy. Why was this bothering her?! She headed home and spent an unnecessarily long time getting dressed for casual drinks.

The club was a little loud, music pumping from the speakers and packed with people. Wondering why Rachel chose this place, she looked around hoping to find a familiar face. Suddenly she felt her hand grabbed by Kurt who pulled her to the VIP section in the back. Her eyes took in the producer, the male lead, Rachel, Blaine and a couple of other people she didn't know. But then her eyes landed on her. She had her back to her but had turned around, and blue eyes met brown. "Oh my God Santana! It is SO good to see you!" and before Santana knew what she was enveloped in a tight hug. She was still a little shocked when Brittany pulled away and looked her up and down. "You look great!" she said. Santana just stared at the blonde in front of her. Brittany looked….GORGEOUS! She was fit and tanned and so freaking beautiful Santana could barely breathe. Her hair was slightly different and she dressed a little less whackily in a short blue body hugging dress that matched her eyes, but it was still her…still Brittany.

"Hey Britt! It's good to see you too" she managed weakly. Brittany grabbed her hand and introduced her to the people who were sitting there but she barely registered what the blonde was saying. Her whole being was reeling as if she'd been physically assaulted. What was happening to her?

Brittany smiled at her and sat down leaving her with no choice but to sit beside her. She shot a glare at Kurt and Rachel who were looking warily at her and Blaine who just looked a little thoughtful. Before she knew it, Brittany had turned to her and started chatting. She told her about her work at the dance studio that had just been opened by Mike Chang (who was now married to Tina and who could not make it), she told her about her cute little apartment, they talked about Santana's job and how she was doing. And then Brittany asked her, "so… are you seeing anyone?"

"Ah Yeah I am actually. Her name's Laura and she's a doctor" Santana said thinking guiltily about Laura and how she'd forgotten to call her. She thought she saw a flash of something in Brittany's eyes before she said "She sounds nice. I would like to meet her" and then moved on to something else.

Santana got up. "I'll just be a minute" she said and walked outside. The air felt cool after the cramped noisy club and she just leaned against the wall taking in a couple of deep breaths. Talking about Laura to Brittany felt kinda weird and she wasn't sure why. Still feeling a little confused, she pulled out her phone and called Laura

Hey

Hey yourself stranger

I'm sorry I completely forgot to call you. Some of us went out for drinks after we wrapped up for the day

That's ok. I was on call. I just got off but I need to go back early tomorrow. Want to come over?

Santana paused for just a second trying to push down some conflicting feeling in her

Yeah… I'll be over in 10

The next few weeks flew by in rehearsals and chaos. After the initial awkwardness, Santana found it easy to fall back into her old patterns of friendship with Brittany. The troupe was staying close to Santana's apartment and Brittany would often share a cab with Santana at the end of the day. She'd even had them over to hang out with Laura and everyone had a great time.

Maybe I just imagined it, at the first meeting, Santana thought. It had been a really long time since they'd seen each other and they did share a lot of history so her reaction was perfectly normal. Besides Brittany showed the least interest in her, other than, friendship. She'd heard from Kurt that she was the first and the last girl Brittany had dated and that all her other relationships were men. She guessed that maybe she was just a phase, part of some teenage self-exploration of sorts and that stung a little bit. Her relationship with Laura on the other hand was a little strained, considering they hardly managed to spend any time together with their busy schedules. Santana hoped it would pass and vowed to make it better when she had a chance.

Santana stood on the stage and watched Brittany stretch. She really was beautiful. She always was graceful and lithe but now she had such power on stage, it was mesmerizing actually. She let her eyes travel over her body, especially her long, toned legs, perfect ass and amazing abs. She had just torn her eyes away from her boobs (why the hell did she always work out in sports bras?!), when she focused on her face. Blue eyes glinting with amusement arrested her train of thought. "Like what you see?" the blonde asked flirtingly. Santana flushed and had to suppress the urge to run. She pretended to be nonchalant and just shrugged in response. But she saw Brittany was not fooled by her bravado. She never had been. To make matters worse, this one guy who had also been staring at her stretch came over to talk to her and Santana felt a flash of possessiveness that she hadn't felt in forever. Confused by this emotion, she turned and walked out.

Santana tried to avoid her the rest of the day. That night she went over to Laura's. Later when they were lying in bed spent, Laura turned to her and started playing with Santana's hair. Santana smiled at her but her thoughts drifted off.

Laura propped herself up and asked "Where are you tonight babe?"

"Nowhere" Santana replied automatically turning to look at her

"You've been a little distant lately. Is everything ok?" Laura asked in concern

"Yeah I've just been thinking about this movie thing. It's kind of a big deal and I don't want to ruin it"

"You won't. I believe in you. You sing really well. I didn't know that about you. You should sing more often." Laura mumbled sleepily.

Santana looked at her sleeping girlfriend. She'd only felt like singing in high school, but of late that feeling was coming back to her. She'd sing everywhere she went- in the shower, while travelling and once she'd even hummed in her sleep (according to Laura). She also realized something else, she had been really happy. She hadn't felt elated like this in a long time. And somewhere inside her some part of her knew why but she refused to acknowledge it and tried to fall asleep instead.