Sweetie Pie's Bakery

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"Hey"

"Oh my God, Santana! Hi!" Rachel waved at Brittany, who was staring open mouthed from the kitchen, pointing furiously at the phone and mouthing Santana repeatedly

"You told Jess."

Her eyes widened comically and she winced at Brittany "Um...what?" she asked casually

"How does Jess know about Lily, Rachel?" her voice was stern, and Rachel bit her lip

"We told her...?"

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"Hey, what did you say to Quinn?" Brittany frowned as Jess caught up with them outside the apartment building

"Nothing, just that I'm proud of her for moving on so well" She smiled with a shrug, and Brittany wrapped an arm around her shoulders

"Although I admit that this has been a perfectly enjoyable evening..." Rachel pouted "I miss Santana. I mean, I know we won't be able to hang out with them both again. But, I just miss seeing her."

"But what can we do? She won't even come out of her apartment, let alone talk to us!" the blonde's shoulders slumped and Jess frowned

"I'm sorry, but I don't even get why all of this is happening! First they were together, then Santana was being an arsehole, then they just suddenly weren't together after practically being girlfriends?" she threw her arms up in frustration, and Brittany and Rachel exchanged a worried glance. Jess frowned, pointing furiously between the two girls "What was that? That look?"

"What?"

"Nothing!"

"No, tell me." Jess insisted "There's something more to this. I get that Santana has commitment issues or whate-"

"Oh, Santana has the mother of all commitment issues!" Brittany interrupted, shaking her head incredulously, and Rachel nodded knowingly as they began to ascend the stairs to their apartment

"Santana hasn't always been like this, with the commitment issue and the messing girls around and hot and cold thing." She shrugged,

"Right. So why is she now?" Jess shook her head questioningly, and Brittany unlocked the apartment with a sigh

"Okay guys, let's get comfy. Rachel, you're telling the story." Jess frowned, taking a seat on the couch, Brittany perching beside her, while Rachel lay across the armchair.

"So, Santana hasn't always been like this. With the commitment problems. If anything, the complete opposite. Right, let's start at the very beginning. A very good place to start." She smiled, and Jess scowled impatiently at her while Brittany rolled her eyes, and she blushed "Sorry. So, a week after I met her, Santana met this gay girl called Lily. And she was just...completely smitten. She raved about her all the time, Lily this, Lily that. She didn't talk about anything else. They started dating, and after like three weeks, they were already girlfriends. Because they just...gelled. They fit perfectly, it was fairytale romance. They were perfect together; in love after like, a month. If that, they were in love after like two weeks! Lily was Santana's whole world, and they were both just so happy together. When we met Brittany a few months later, she thought they were already married."

"They were like newlyweds." Brittany chipped in

"Yeah. Lily was everything to Santana. She wasn't just her girlfriend, she was her best friend, her confidante. She knew everything about San; she knew her better than I ever will. Santana would have trusted Lily with her life, and given her life for Lily. She would have done anything, she was absolutely head over heels, completely devoted. It wasn't like she was Santana's first love, at least I don't think so, but she was her everything. They just worked; Santana would talk about marriage and Lily wouldn't even bat an eyelid, Lily could mention forever and San would just smile fondly. Like, it was just a given that they were going to be together. Forever. And they were both over the moon with the idea. They were in love." She shrugged simply, and Jess frowned, leaning forward