I would like to point out, the reader who caught my one detail about the night between Kehau and Santana, kudos to you. It comes into play in this chapter.

The next morning, Santana woke up in pain. Her shoulder was a lot more sore than the day before which didn't surprise her but it did scare her. If there was anytime her teem needed her, it was now. The team was in a really good place to start BIIFs and she wanted nothing more than to be healthy enough to at least play at 80%.

But of course, 100% was ideal.

She got up from the bed and headed to the kitchen to look for some ibuprofen and get the newspaper to read about their game. It was still pretty early so her parents were still asleep and so she went as quietly as possible.

"Fuck, I gotta eat before I take medicine." Santana put down the ibuprofen bottle and made herself a cup of water. It was a hot morning, so the cold water felt great. Walking outside, the wind felt nice so she decided to sit down and take some time to read the paper on the porch before she went back inside.

Honoka'a 3, Konawaena 2:

Senior Brittany Pierce's two-out double in the fifth inning plated sophomore Wehi Guzman with the event winning run at Honokaa's Parks and recreation field, capping a three-run rally and giving the Dragons West Hawaii's No. 1 seed in the BIIF Division II tournament.

With runners on second and third and one out in the fifth, Guzman stroked a two-out double to center field, scoring junior Kama Tolentino (2-3) to tie the game. Then leadoff batter Rachel Berry struck out, setting the stage for Pierce, who doubled to left and gave Honoka'a a 3-2 advantage.

In the circle, Berry went the distance to earn the win for the Dragons (5-3). She gave up six hits, striking out four and walking one.

Konawaena senior Kehau Salvador, who also pitched a complete-game six hitter, suffered the loss. She struck out four and walked one.

It all felt like a dream. Santana looked back on her freshman year season, when the team was at each others throats. The upper class-men were very territorial over their spots and when the underclassmen came in and started taking it, it didn't work well. The drama was never ending, and the seniors would sabotage games just to make the new players look stupid.

And now, senior year. Everything has come full circle and the team is finally ending on a high note. It was the first time that every player had a batting average that wasn't .000 and there were zero dramas within the team. Santana looked down at her phone and saw that it was almost 10 am. She went back inside to wake up her sleeping girlfriend so that they could start their day.

Brittany had woken up when Santana went outside to the kitchen. It was st

ill pretty early for San to wake up but she knew that it probably had to due with her shoulder and so she decided to give her some space.

She grabbed her phone and dialed Quinn's number.

"Hello?"

"Hey Q. You busy?" She could hear other people in the background and she knew that Quinn was probably at her aunty's house for lunch or something.

"No, I'm good. You okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine I just had a weird dream." Brittany's paused for a second. "San's outside, and I figured that this was the best time to call you before it starts to eat at me during the day."

"Go on."

"So... In the dream. It was Santana and Kehau. And I know, I know that what San told me was true. I trust her. I believe her but in the dream it told me a different story. That she didn't pull away and the more I think about it, the more I can't shake the fact that when we talked about it? She didn't tell me that she pulled away when Kehau kissed her. Maybe it was just because she was panicking or maybe it was something else but I want to believe her. I really do."

"But you can't."

"I guess it seems that's way. I trust her, but in this certain situation I guess I just don't believe her. Honestly, I'm just trying to move past this. I don't wanna dwell on it or anything anymore." Brittany sat up on the bed and leaned against the wall. "I love her."

"If it bothers you that much, you need to talk to her. Don't keep this bottled inside. Remember what happened the last time?" Quinn's voice cracked. "Don't keep this bottled, Britt. For both of our sakes."

"She's coming. I gotta go Q. I'll text you later okay?" The screen door had just closed.

"Yeah yeah go. Text me later. Love you."

"Love you." And she hung up.

Santana walked into the room and saw Brittany sitting up, smiling at her. She made her way over to the bed and handed the newspaper to Brittany.

"Front page status babe. You came in clutch yesterday."

Brittany read over the article and smiled. "This is pretty awesome. Did you take medicine for your shoulder yet?"

"I was gonna wait for you so we can have breakfast before I take my medicine. If that's okay?"

"That's perfect babe let's go."

Later that Sunday afternoon, Brittany left to go home so that her girlfriend could spend the rest of the day with her dad who was flying back to the mainland that night.

These were the types of days that Santana hated. Her dad was her bestfriend and for him to be away for majority of the year really sucked. And not only did this time suck the most, she has to be injured on top of it.

As per Lopez tradition, her dad barbecued meat on the grill while the girls prepared the rest of the food. The mood was heavy, because no one wanted him to leave but they all understood that he had to.

They went about the night as usual, and as always Lani was taking Keola to the airport herself to save her daughter the heartbreak of watching her dad walk away.

"I'll be back before you know it okay? I promise. But there is something I have to tell you." His voice got really soft, as he grabbed his daughters hand.

"It's a deployment, isn't it." She looked up at him. "I had a feeling. This trip was a little longer than usual."

"Yeah it is. Afghanistan. Which means I'm gonna miss..." His voice broke. "I'm gonna miss graduation."

Santana's heart grew heavier. Her dad has missed birthday's and other special occasions. A few family reunions and a couple funerals. But never did she think he would miss her graduation.

"I'm sorry baby girl. I was trying to get out of it."

"It's okay dad. I understand." She hugged him. "You guys better get going. There's construction on the way to Kona and you know how long people take to drive on Sundays."

"San I.."

"No dad, it's okay. Honest." She stoked up and gave him a hug. "I love you so much."

"I love you too baby."

He put his bags in the car and she watched as her mom reversed out of the driveway. She waved bye one last time as they drove up the road. Santana didn't know how to feel. It was like she was numb, yet the pain was still there. Her das had been on a deployment once before, and it was the hardest thing she had ever been through.

Santana pulled her phone out of her pocket and opened a new message to Rachel.

Rach... Afghanistan.

She slipped her phone into her pocket again after pressing send and jumped in her truck and drove up the road.

Rachel was on skype with Quinn when she got the text from Santana.

"Oh fuck." Rachel rubbed her hands together.

"What's wrong babe?"

"San's dad is going back to Afghanistan. I gotta get to Britt's. We have to go find her. I love you. I'll call you later."

Within ten minutes, Rachel was on Brittany's front door step. She rang the doorbell and Brittany opened the door.

"Whatsup Rach?" The look in her eyes scared Brittany. "I was gonna talk to her about it I promise. Quinn probably told you yeah?"

"Told me what?" Brittany mentally slapped herself. Quinn didn't tell her.. "Whatever it is, you can tell me in the car. Right now, we have to find Santana. I'll explain on the way."