AN: Okay first off; I know I haven't responded to reviews – just haven't had a chance; I did read them though so thanks to everyone who left one; I will reply hopefully this week some time.

This is the chapter you've all been waiting for. I doubt it's what you were expecting but hopefully you won't be be disappointed !

Without futher ado...

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"Right, well I'm bored." Brittany announced, shutting her laptop as the episode of America's Got Talent they had been watching drew to an end and climbing off the bed.

"We can watch another episode." Quinn suggested with a shrug, relaxing back into the mound of pillows she was leaning again.

"I think I've just about had my fill of that, thank you." Brittany replied as she placed her laptop safely on her dresser. "Come on Q, lets do something fun."

"Like what?" Quinn fought futilely as Brittany tried to pull her up off the bed.

"I could give you a hair cut?"

"Yeah, because I'm going to let you near my hair again." Quinn shot down the idea.

"It was five years ago on a dare, when are you going to let that go?"

"When I can no longer remember the trauma of waking up to finding my hair two inches shorter and in a completely lopsided."

"Fine, no haircut." Brittany conceded "What about makeovers."

"What are we, twelve?" Brittany just shrugged and looked at her imploringly. Yeah they were probably too old for it, but it would be fun.

"Fine." Quinn sighed, though Brittany knew her reluctance was just a show. "Who's doing who first?"

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"So how was your date with Selene?" Brittany asked as she applied a ice-blue eye shadow to the inner corner of Quinn's eyelids, referring to the girl Quinn had gone out with the previous night. Quinn shrugged.

"Fine,"

"You think you'll see her again?"

"Probably not." Quinn sighed dejectedly.

"What?" Brittany prompted her to explain the sigh

"It's just..." Quinn hesitated "Okay, I'm going to say something and you're not allowed to repeat it." Brittany nodded for her to go on "It's not that I mind being alone as such. I mean I don't necessarily even want a relationship right now; and I have you guys and I'm ok with my own company, but I miss like having someone to lay with on the couch, or to kiss or..."

"Touch." Brittany provided and Quinn nodded. Coming to terms with her sexuality in tandem with her reserved upbringing had made Quinn generally uncomfortable with physical affection. Even hugging Brittany or Santana was rare for her, and they had been friends with for years. She always worried someone would read too much into a hug, or touch, or that they wouldn't consider it appropriate even when they were the ones initiating it. If it was someone she liked she worried they would know, if it wasn't she worried they would think she did; anything; hug or handshake, she worried. She also always cringed when she met peoples whose immediate way of greeting was a hug or a kiss. Yet despite this, Quinn longed for that touch, for someone to wrap their arms around her and for her not to need to wonder what it meant. The last time she could remember that feeling was with Rachel; though that had taken time to build up to too.

"It's pathetic, I know."

"No it's not, honey." Brittany replied gently "It's understandable. Intimacy is hard for you, and you haven't been in a relationship since Rachel; it would make sense that you miss it."

"It's not just intimacy though...I really miss sex. Sometimes I wish I could do the whole one night stand thing." Quinns attempt to lighten the mood and side track the conversation with such an uncharacteristic statement wasn't missed by Brittany, but she didn't challenge it. It was a few moments, while Brittany applied a black liquid eyeliner to Quinn's upper lids before she replied.

"You know; and don't get completely freaked out by this; if you ever wanted to fool around or what ever, I'd be up for it." Quinn raised an eyebrow; judging the seriousness of the offer but unable to reply since Brittany was now applying lip liner to her lips. It wasn't news to her that Brittany found her attractive; and there had been this one drunken conversation when they were back in Lima, but she had never made quite such a straight forward offer before. Quinn's own feelings weren't exactly contrary to the idea either. She didn't feel that same attraction that she had felt with Rachel or some other girls she had liked; but Brittany did have a certain appeal to her. "You know me so it's not like you'd have to be exposing yourself to a stranger," Brittany continued to explain "and it would be fun. There'd also be no pressure for a relationship or anything else that you're not ready for. We could even just make out or whatever if you're not up for full out sex." Brittany shrugged "Think about it; it's entirely up to you."

After capping the gloss she'd just finished applying, Brittany picked up the mirror on the dresser and held it up "All done." she announced proudly. After giving Quinn a moment to admire her handy work, Brittany put down the mirror and held out a pot of foundation to the other blond. "My turn!"

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Brittany didn't bring up the suggestion again for a while; knowing that with Quinn you had to pretty much go slower than snails pace most of the time. She had spoken to Santana about it though, and received her girlfriends blessing. Santana had been fine with it, more so when she learnt the suggestion was just for a friends with benefits rather than full on relationship. Though it had been quite a while, it wouldn't be the first time that Brittany would have a partner outside of the relationship; her only concerns were if they did get more serious and how it would affect Rachel. They decided not to mention it to the singer until they knew if Quinn would even take Brittany up on the offer, not wanting to cause needless upset.

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It was just past two in the morning and Quinn was once again on the graveyard shift at the hotel when the topic was raised again. She had just finished checking in the last booking for the night and seeing there was no one else around, decided to visit Brittany in the kitchen. Giving Charlie; the night Chef, a brief smile as she passed she went over to the drinks station to make two steaming cups of coffee, filled with caffeine rich goodness before continuing on to the back room where she found Brittany sitting on a crate typing on her phone with an ear bud connecting it to her ear.

She handed Brittany the steaming mug and the blond took it gratefully, pulling out the bud and Quinn could hear faint music filtering from it. Quinns eyebrows rose in surprise when the other blonds phone pinged to indicate a new message – she had assumed at that time of the morning Brittany was just fiddling on the internet or something.

"S?" she asked as Brittany typed a reply.

"Yeah, she's just about to fall asleep so she's saying goodnight." Quinn nodded silently. "I was watching an episode of 19 and counting." Brittany said, offering her friend an earbud in invitation. Quinn took it, reluctantly squashing onto the edge of the crate where Brittany had shifted to make room. The pair watched in incredulous horror at the antics of the oversized family for a few minutes .

"Madness." Quinn muttered as she reluctantly removed the earbud and paused the video. "I had better get back to the front desk."

"Mmm, I have to start breakfast prep soon anyway." Quinn stood to leave when Brittany stopped her.

"Q? Have you given any thought to my suggestion?" Quinn flushed, not needing to ask which suggestion Brittany meant.

"I..." stumbled over her words as she tried to think of what to say. She had thought about it; auite a lot actually, and though she wanted to agree, she wasn't sure if she could quite bring herself to do it. Brittany stood too then, their proximity suddenly feeling much closer. "I don't even know if we have that sort of chemistry." Brittany tried to read what Quinn meant by that; if it was mere reluctance or an excuse to say no because she didn't want to go down that road. But Quinn wasn't moving away, which she took as a good sign.

"Do you trust me, Quinn?" Brittany asked then, softly. Leaning into Quinns space so that she was close enough to feel the other blonds breath on her face. Quinn gave a tiny nod, only her eyes giving away her apprehension. She still wasn't moving away though. Glancing passed her, Brittany quickly checked they weren't visible to the kitchen before closing the small space and her lips meeting Quinns. Her free hand came up to the blonds neck, guiding the kiss. It lasted all of fthree seconds before Brittany pulled back. Quinn met her best friends ice blue gaze.

"Let yourself have fun Q, there's nothing to stop you but yourself." Brittany said as she let go of Quinns neck and took a step away.

"Maybe." was all Quinn said before heading out of the room and back to the desk. Sighing to herself, Brittany turned her attention to the store cupboard, assembling the ingredients to make muffins for the breakfast buffet.

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"So I kissed Q last night." Santana just about choked on her mouth full of cheerios at Brittany's unexpected announcement. The pair of them were sitting down to breakfast; Brittany having just gotten home from work while Santana was about to head out. Rachel had left already, having an early morning dance rehearsal for a recital she had coming up.

"God B, lead in to something like that." Santana groaned once she had finished her coughing fit.

"With what? 'So you remember how we spoke about Q and I becoming friends with benefits?'"

"Yes." Santana exclaimed exasperatedly

"Sorry." Brittany shrugged apologetically. "Yeah, so we kissed."

"Okay, I guess it's time to tell Rachel." Santana wasn't really looking forward to that. She wasn't sure how her girlfriend would take it, but knowing Rachel it was likely to be an over the top reaction.

"Not yet; Quinn hasn't quite made up her mind." Brittany explained the events of the previous night...or technically morning. "I just felt like she needed that extra push."

"Mhmm, you really want this."

"I do. You know how long I've considered something like this, and I think we could have a lot of fun."

"Do you think she'll agree?"

"I don't know." Brittany replied honestly. "I think there's a good chance of it though."

"Well it'll be nice for you if she does; and Quinn deserves some happiness and fun in her life too. Maybe she'll even lighten up and let her hair down a bit more once she's getting some."

"San." It was half warning, half exasperation, but Santana just shrugged; and Brittany let it go; she did have a point after all. "If this starts to become a problem for you or anything, you'll let me know right?" Brittany wanted to be sure; they had just gotten back on track since getting to New York and Santana was getting up to date with her coursework, the last thing she wanted to do was mess it all up by sleeping with Quinn. Were it not for the fact that Quinn herself had said she wasn't wanting a relationship, Brittany wouldn't have even suggested it; she didn't want the added pressure of another relationship neither on herself nor her relationship with Santana. Friends with benefits however was a fairly safe risk, it was different because it was Quinn. And at least unattached sex with others was something Brittany and Santana had done in the past so she felt she kind of knew what to expect.

"Like I said before, of course I will. I'm not the suffer in silence type." Brittany didn't contradict her; though she was well aware that Santana would suffer in silence if it meant keeping her happy.

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AN: I know, I know, friends with benefits? What happened to a relationship? And where's Faberry? (Yes I'm certain at least a couple of you are still holding out for it!) ;)

Really, realistically I couldn't make anything more than friends with benefits work for Q and B right now; trust me I tried; but I couldn't see Brittany even considering that while she and Santana were still mending. I am finding this an interesting dynamic to work with though; since on a friendship level the two are already very close (despite Quinn's natural reserve).

As for Faberry...I never said they'd get together first! ;) Actually, it nearly did happen but then I realised it wouldn't work to try progress to the others later if I did it in that order. There are definite plans for Rachel and Quinn to get back together though, but now was not the time, the current plan is once we've looked at QB develop a bit, and a bit of Brittana drama I've got planned then Faberry will start to come together again. (though don't hold me to this exact schedule because my plans seem to change quite regularly; as proven by over 15 chapters that I've written over the years that now sit in the reject pile because they no longer fit)

As always, I really want to know what you guys think? What do you think of the friends with benefits idea? Is Brittany really that prepared for what she's starting? How did you find Quinn this chapter (I don't know if anyone else identified with her on worrying about people reading too much into touches and hugs etc but I definitely did!) Let me know your thoughts, comments and suggestions and whatever you do; Please review!