At the start of next shift, Brittany strolled in with Quinn and Santana. Their day off had been a eventful one. Santana and Quinn took Brittany around Lima to show her what little the town had.

The Day Before

"This is what you two call sight seeing? A petting zoo?" Brittany stepped into the gated area.

"Like we told you. This is the main attraction!" Santana playfully said as she ran up next to Brittany. "But seriously. This is all we have here. The closest thing would be Cedar Point or Six Flags."

"Come on. You know you think it's cute." Quinn was walking behind them, and on purpose.

Brittany loved animals. Big ones, small ones. You name it and she loved it. She especially loved ducks.

"I hear it." Brittany walked in the opposite direction of where the girls were headed and went straight to the ducks. "Oh. My. God. They're so cute!"

Brittany knelt down to see the baby ducklings closer.

"She likes ducks?" Santana took her phone out to take a picture.

"They're her favorite. Just, keep that in mind."

Santana quickly snapped a picture and took a couple seconds to look at it. Brittany's smile was absolutely beautiful. She set it as her wallpaper then slipped her phone back into her back pocket.

The girls spent about a hour looking around at the petting zoo then they took Brittany to Breadstix, which happened to be Santana's favorite restaurant.

"These breadsticks are amazing!" Brittany couldn't stop eating them. "Why aren't these on like the top ten lists for breadsticks in the world?"

Quinn laughed at the fact that she knew that Brittany would possibly go into breadstick-coma on the way home. After a delicious dinner, they all hopped into Quinn's truck and headed back to her place. As the truck ride got longer, Brittany's eye lids got heavier. She was sitting in the back seat and eventually drifted off into dreamland.

"She's sleeping?"

"Yeah. I'm sure she is." Quinn was stopped at a stoplight and turned back to look at the snoring blonde in her backseat. "Here. Let me do a test."

"And how are you gonna do that?" Santana was looking back now too.

"Pierce. I got kettle corn." Nothing. "There's your answer. She's asleep."

"Kettle corn? Seriously?"

"It's her favorite, San. I bought tons of it when we were deployed. The commissary never had any in stock because anytime they'd put more on the shelves I'd go straight in there and buy it all."

"Interesting."

The two friends continued their conversation until they reached Quinn's apartment. Santana stretched in her seat and grabbed onto the headrest. Quinn got out of the front seat and shut her door. She looked up at the sky and took a second to appreciate the wonderful day she just had with her friends.

"Alright so you got her right Lt? Just gonna throw her over your shoulder." Santana started laughing, only to realize that Quinn was no longer standing near the truck. "Fucker."

Santana opened the back door to find that Brittany was asleep, still in the same position.

"Come on, Pierce. Let's get you upstairs." And it was like Brittany heard her, she got up out of the truck and threw her arm over Santana's shoulders. "With your height I thought you'd be heavier. Weird."

Santana got them in the front door and up the stairs without banging into any walls or railings. When she got to Brittany's room, she opened the door and walked with her over to her bed. Before laying her down, Brittany turned and kissed Santana on the cheek. She felt her cheek get warm instantly, and she knew she was blushing. Santana laid her down and pulled the covers over walking over to the sliding door that led to the balcony outside of Brittany's room. Quietly, she unlocked and slid the door open so she could go outside.

It was a nice night. No wind and not a cloud in the sky. The moon shone brightly over the city now. She leaned on the railing and took a deep breath in. Whenever she came to Quinn's place, she'd spend a little time on the balcony by herself.

I don't know what it is about her. Pierce. It's something about the way she holds herself. The way that she smiles, or the times when she tries to tell a joke but she finds it so funny that she can't stop laughing. Her laughter. It's infectious. From the moment I met her, I was just.. I don't know. Attracted. And I basically forgot about Dani. I was dating her for almost a year. Yet, I'm not a bit sad about it. And I give all that credit to Brittany.

She was brought from her thoughts when she heard the sliding door open. She turned to see that it was Brittany.

"Hey."

"You alright?" Santana was a bit worried, Brittany looked a bit unhinged.

"I'm good. Just had a bad dream, that's all. I needed to get some fresh air."

"I still feel really bad. I knew better than to just bring up Army stuff." Santana looked back at the view now, and Brittany walked up next to her.

"Don't worry about it. It was already popping up the moment I saw Fabray. It'll subside. Honest. Don't take it too hard." Brittany nudged Santana's arm playfully, then shivered. "It's kinda cold out here."

"Nah, I think it's nice. Here." She took off her hoodie and handed it to Brittany. "Put it on. I don't need you catching a cold after only working one shift with me."

"Thanks. But the real question is, how are you doing? You are the one that did just go through a break up." Brittany slipped the hoodie over her head and enjoyed the warmness it brought to her.

"I mean, I'm alright. I'm not super sad about it, but a break up is a break up I guess. I'm not gonna say that I'm happy about it, that'd just sound like me being a dick."

"It doesn't. You're allowed to be happy. I would be. After hearing how she talked to you? I would never do that to someone I was in a relationship with."

"Well that's good to know, you know. For future reference."

Santana turned to Brittany to find that she was already looking at her. When her brown eyes met her blue, it was like her heart stopped. What was seconds, felt like hours. Days. Months. Santana broke eye contact and started to panic a little.

"Well, I- uh.. It's pretty late." She looked down at her watch hoping that it would break the tension of what was now a super awkward moment. "We should get to bed. Gotta be up early to get to the house."

Brittany, looking a bit disappointed, nodded in agreement and walked back into the apartment. She laid back down on the bed.

"You joining me?"

"I don't know, am I? I mean it's your bed."

"True. I just don't really want to be alone after that dream. You don't mind do you? I'm probably gonna leave the tv on too." Brittany was getting comfortable as Santana joined her on the bed.

"I don't mind."

Brittany turned on the tv and slowly fell back to sleep.

Santana couldn't sleep. She mentally punched herself in the face, knowing that she messed up what could have been their first kiss.

And now she was hoping that it wouldn't be her last opportunity.