It was a lazy Saturday for Naya, she didn't have any other work or public obligations this weekend so she was taking time to just relax, little did she realise how boring relaxing can get after a whole day of it. The only thing keeping her sain was knowing that Heather would be coming over any minute.
Naya impatiently sat at her kitchen counter strumming her fingers on the table, every few seconds leaning back on her chair to look at the front door, sighing loudly when there was no sign of her girlfriend's angelic face.
Just as she gave up and laid her head down on the counter top she heard a knock on her front door. Her head lifted straight away, Heather must have misplaced her key Naya thought as she raced to the front door. She missed Heather when she wasn't around; even when it was just for a few hours she couldn't bear to be apart from the woman she loved.
Naya grasped the doorknob with a huge grin on her face ready to embrace the blue eyed beauty waiting on the other side. Naya swung the door open, "Hey Bab-MUM!" Naya spluttered out with a look of horror across her face.
"Oh there she is, hi sweetie how are you?" Mrs Rivera pushed her way past her daughter who was still frozen on the spot. "Your father and I were in the area so we thought we'd surprise you!" Walking in from the car behind her was a large, slightly balding Puerto Rican man. "Hey Nay, how are ya hun" Mr Rivera exclaimed as he walked inside the house, kissing his daughter's cheek as he passed.
Naya, still with a look of utter shock on her face slowly closed her front door. What were her parents doing here? And now when Heather was about to come over? See there were many reasons why Heather and Naya kept their relationship a secret, and why they couldn't tell anyone, especially Naya's very Catholic parents. As she turned to walk into the lounge where her parents had made themselves comfortable she quickly ran over things in her head. The little love note Heather had left on the fridge had been put into a draw- check, Heather had taken her toothbrush home with her last night- check, and the photo of the two of them looking very loved up in the lounge room was-FUCK!
Naya raced into the room where her parents were currently sitting, the photo was in the opposite corner with some flowers, they wouldn't notice unless they went right up to it, crisis averted for the moment. Naya wiped her forehead; she was in a right state. Trying to shield this she slapped on a smile and began with the usual pleasantries. "So mum, dad how is everything? How's grandma?"
Just as Naya was starting to settle into listen to her Mother speak she heard a key turn in the door and footsteps. Her heart stopped, in all the confusion of removing traces of her girlfriend's existence she had neglected to remember her girlfriend was on her way over!
"Naya" Heather shouted as she put her keys into her bag. "Babe I'm here, where are you?" Heather walked through the entry way, "don't make me come find yo-"Heather cut off as she rounded the corner into the longue room. Peering at her were six sets of eyes, those of her mortified girlfriend and the other two sets were an older Hispanic couple looking perplexed. Heather, being alot brighter than the character she portrays quickly assessed that she'd walked into the middle of a family gathering.
"Hi!" Heather shrieked with an awkward wave. "Umm, I'm Heather" she giggled out.
Naya snapping back to reality realising that she had better smooth this situation over quickly. "So mum, dad you remember Heather right? My best friend, she works with me on Glee?"
Still unsure of what had just taken place and still overly cautious, Mrs Rivera addressed her daughter, "Not really, and you know there's so many blondes on that show I can't remember!" she shot a look up to Heather. "Who do you play, the substitute teacher?"
Heather uncomfortably laughed, soon realising that Naya's mother was not joking, nor did she look like the joking type to Heather. "Um no" Heather choked out not sure how to answer the question. "I um play Brittany".
"Yes dear, but which blonde is that" Mrs Rivera huffed.
"Well" Heather took a breath planning her words carefully. "I'm, I mean Brittany's, the one that's umm, dating...Santana."
"Oh" Mrs Rivera stopped and looked up disapprovingly to her daughter. "Yes, Naya did fill me in on that storyline. Needless to say, I haven't been watching the show of late". Mrs Rivera looked at her husband for approval; this was met with an eye roll.
Naya let out a sigh, she knew how her Mother felt about her portraying a lesbian on tv, how could she ever tell her it wasn't just for tv. Although she never said anything, the snide comments from her Mother always hurt her deeply. "Yeah, so Heather just came around so we could run through a scene"
Mrs Rivera raised her eyebrow, more than likely imagining a sex scene. Naya saw this and responded quickly, "A dance number scene, Heathers an amazing dancer and I'm, well I could use some help." Naya grinned as this wasn't a complete lie; Heather did often help her with dance rehearsals, what her Mother didn't know was how many times those after hours dance rehearsals had turned into sex. Naya let out a little chuckle at the thought.
"So it's great you and Dad stopped by but you understand we have alot of work to get through Mum." Naya smiled at her Mum, she knew the only way to get rid of her parents was to play nice, "So how about we do lunch during the week, I think I should have a free day? I'll call and let you know?" Naya said with the sweetest, butter wouldn't melt in my mouth smile.
For the first time since she arrived Mrs Rivera broke into a smile. "That sounds lovely sweetheart, I'll look forward to it".
"Great, ah me too! Well I'll show you two out, I'm sure you have plans for tonight". Naya said as she ushered her parents to the front door.
"Nice to meet you Heather", Mrs Rivera called as she passed by. "Yes you too" Heather sweetly replied.
Naya shot Heather a look as she led her parents out, both girls smirked at each other. Heather lightly tapped Naya's bum when her parents weren't looking. "See you later, love you both" Naya called as she waved goodbye to her parents. With a final smile she slammed the door shut with a loud sigh. Both girls stood staring at each other, they quickly broke out in laughter.