Authors note: sorry its took me a while to upload another chapter, i wanted to watch season 4, i hadnt watched glee in ages before season 5 so i wanted to watch season 4 cause i had read other fanfics and got really confused but im all casught up now so i will continue writing

thanks for the reviews and views - hope you enjoy this chapter ive written it as santana's POV hope you all like it i will continue to drop POV chapters into the story if you all like it

Santana's P.O.V

Dani had seemed a little on edge all night, I tried to persuade her to go home early and that I would cover her shift but she was having none of it. She was always pretty assertive but tonight something seemed different. She wasn't her usual chatty self with customers, if anything she was quiet and acting really strange. Every time the diner door opened her eyes shot straight over to look at the person who came in or who had left.

We both had a 15 minute break together so I took her out back and we sat outside chatting for a while

"Are you sure your okay to be working? You look horrified every time that door opens, you're clearly not okay and don't tell me you are Dani I know you're not. Your dad won't come looking for you I'm here I will protect you" to reassure her I grabbed her hand and looked into her eyes "Trust me there's no way he's taking you away I've just got you so there's no hope he's taking you now" She looked at me and smiled, god that smile, it just melted my heart. "I do trust you San, I'm glad you where there to protect me" she was obviously scared to death of her dad but he won't hurt her when I'm about "whatever way you look at it he can't win! He either beats up a teenage girl or gets beat by a teenage girl – so it's his choice" Dani laughed at me I knew I couldn't take her dad on but I had to reassure her I couldn't show her I was also scared to death "I don't think you'd be able to take him San" I smiled and stood my ground "oh I would, id go all lima heights on his ass, he wouldn't know what hit him!" Dani laughed properly for the first time tonight and that smile again "It's good to see you smiling again, right we have to get back to work now" I helped her up from the curb and before we returned to the diner I grabbed her hand and pulled her in for a kiss "He can't hurt you now, I'm not going anywhere and I'm not going to let him." Dani hugged me and I swear it was so tight I'm surprised she didn't break my ribs!

The rest of the shift went by like a breeze, Dani seemed to be more herself now and her smile was now on full beam. We had a few familiar face's drop by, on my first break I rang Rachel and Kurt to tell them what happened I asked them to drop a bag of my stuff round to the diner so that I didn't have to leave Dani to grab it later. When they came in Dani and I where both busy waiting tables so they took a seat and waited on us. But it just had to be a coincidence that Brody dropped by the diner the same time that Rachel was in, it was like he was kinda stalking her. I saw him head to her table and I excused myself from the table I was waiting on and rushed over to stop him "wow where do you think you're going plastic fantastic!" He pointed over to Rachel "I just want to talk, I miss her" I shook my head and pushed him towards the door "I don't think so man whore, your gonna turn you tightly toned little ass and walk right outa hear because the chef doesn't like trouble, so unless you want a meat cleaver chopping down on your man-hood id advise you to leave right now!" he eventually gave up and left.

I went to talk to Rachel and Kurt they seemed shocked at the way id just spoke to Brody but he broke Rachel's heart and her trust so I got Finn to break his little plastic face, it only seemed fair. "thanks for bringing me this over, I didn't want to leave Dani she's been acting a little strange all night all night, I told her id stay at her's for a few days until she's feeling up to it. He hit her quite a smack, she had told me to hide but I couldn't leave her there to deal with her dad alone, he took it too far hitting her so I had to step in" Rachel kept looking over at Dani "Rachel don't keep staring at her she's gonna know ive told you guys, I wasn't meant to say but I needed you guys to know where I was and that I hadn't disappeared off the earth!"

Dani saw us sitting talking and came over "hey guys what brings you guys here" I hope they don't drop me in it by telling her I asked them to come "we just came to see you guys, it was a bit of a boring night out with the NYADA guys so we decided to leave early and grab a coffee on our way home" all I could think was Kurt you little star! – he knew rightly I would kill him if he let slip what I was up to. "oh alright, god it must have been bad if you left early you usually love being out with the other students" All I had going round in my head was - Think fast Kurt, if you don't every issue of vogue you own is getting shredded! "We do love going out but we need a bit of an early night, long day at college and all that"

Dani nodded and after a few goodbyes she returned to work "thanks guys she probably would have been pissed if you two knew" they both nodded and after a few more minutes of discussing arrangements for the next week or so they said their goodbyes and left.

In next to know time the Diner was closing up and our shift was over, it was early morning and the sun was just coming up over the top of skyscrapers and illuminating the streets "right so the plan is when we get home we get changed out of these stupid monkey suits, I make us something to eat and then we go to bed" Dani nodded "Mmm that sounds good, if you want food though we are gonna have to stop by a store and pick some up cause I didn't get time to yesterday I was too busy being spoilt rotten by some beautiful brunette with gorgeous big brown eyes" she laughed and continued walking, I had to admire her after leaving home at like 16 and surviving alone all this time I had to give her a bit of credit because I wouldn't have lasted a week!

"alright then what do you want to eat?" Dani shrugged "I dunno I really want pizza but im craving some fried rice and spring rolls" I laughed "you such a weirdo who eats pizza and spring rolls together!, I think we should swing by that Chinese next door to your place and if you want pizza there's an Italian place right there" Dani nodded and after grabbing a pizza and getting to the Chinese outside Dani's apartment we got what Dani had wanted , I wasn't fussed on what I ate at that stage of the day I could probably eat a horse!

We spent a couple of hours eating and just chatting in general "how do you feel now?" I could see her starting to yawn and her eyes could barely stay open "my cheek is a bit sore still and I hurt my shoulder falling but apart from that a good sleep would help" I took a look at her cheek and It still looked really bruised "yeah it still looks pretty raw, il get you a few pain killers for the pain in your shoulder then you can head to bed" she looked up at me "are you not coming to bed too?" I looked over at her and her little brown puppy dog eyes where glaring straight at me "I was gonna sleep out here on the couch" Dani came over to the kitchen and took the pain killers with a drink of water. She put the glass down and grabbed my hand "you're not sleeping on a beat up old couch when there's a perfectly good bed right in there, c'mon"

It didn't take long for us both to fall asleep it had been a long 24 hours, hopefully the next 24 would be a bit less hectic