February 17, 2013 – Brittany Pierce grabs lunch solo

I'm standing in line waiting to order my turkey sandwich, scrolling through my Instagram, my usual lunchtime routine, when I hear this booming laugh, and I know that laugh belongs to only one person.

"Oh my god Brittany?" I hear from across the restaurant.

"Mercedes hey! What are you doing here?" I ask.

I find out that Mercedes is here with Santana Lopez the same girl I have not been able to get out of my head since I realized that she and the girl I saw in the Chinese restaurant and the coffee shop were the same person. Mercedes has to leave to take a phone call, and I decide to tell her what I have been dying to tell her about her music. When I tell her how great I think she is, she turns right around and compliments my choreography, I can't believe she is here complimenting my choreography. This is nuts. I feel so appreciated and admired, I don't know whether this is just her being nice or if she really feels this way.

"How did you learn to create dances like that?" She asks. It takes me a few seconds to stop staring at her plump lips so that I can register that she is speaking to me. Just as I am about to answer Mercedes walks up and says she has to run somewhere. If I am being honest I wasn't paying much attention, I was too distracted by the absolutely smoking hot Latina standing in front of me. Before I even know it she is rambling on about having lunch together. Normally if someone asked me that when I have only known them this long I would be kind of creeped out, but with her I can't wait to have lunch with her. I wait a few more seconds to interject because… hell she's just really cute when she rambles.

So we finally sit down for lunch, and it feels like something out of a dream. We talk about me and my dancing, we talk about So You Think You Can Dance, we talk about her record, we talk about where she came from, we talk about Tennman, and paparazzi. We talk about all sorts of things and to be honest I don't think I could ever get tired of talking to this woman. But finally I look at the time and remember I agreed to meet with Mike and Tina for dinner. That's right Santana and I had talked for four hours and now it was 5:00. I don't want to say goodbye, I don't want this to be the last time is see her, so I do something I never would have the courage to do with anyone else…

"Hey Santana, could I maybe have your number. I have to leave to meet some friends but I really enjoyed talking to you and I would kind of like to get together again." I hold my breath waiting for a response. I really really hope I wasn't to forward or spontaneous. Who am I kidding? Of course I was too forward. "I mean you really don't have to I just thought we had such a good time…"

I feel a hand on my hand, I look down and she that she has her hand on top of mine to get my attention. She notices me staring at our touching hands and pulls hers back. I immediately miss it, I want to reach back out for it, and hold it between mine and never let go, but no, pull it together Pierce.

"Brittany? Brittany!" She says a little louder pulling me from my trance. She hands me a piece of paper and I swear my heart stops. "Call me sometime" she says as she gets up to leave.

I watch her walk away, when she gets to the door she turns around and says "it was really nice finally meeting you Brittany."