A/N: Welcome to "Always Me & You". This is dedicated to Ms. Rivera and Ms. Morris. I hope this story makes you laugh, cry, and just know how much I admire, respect, and love these two people. They have helped me in ways that they'll never know and for that I am eternally grateful to them. I appreciate you taking the time to read this and I really hope you enjoy it. Thank you.

Always Me & You

Chapter One

As soon as the director yelled, "Cut! Good job. Lunch!" on the "please tell me you love me" scene Naya turned around to face Heather and gave her a little wave and mouthed, "See you later!" Heather didn't have a chance to respond because she saw her best friend walk away with her head lowered looking at her feet. At that moment, Naya never felt so alone. She wanted to turn back around, run up to the love of her life, and throw herself into Heather's arms. She knew that in her arms is the one place Naya feels safe. A placed she'd like to call home forever. Naya resisted. Instead she just walked away. She walked out to the empty lot and just wanted to break down right there.

"No, Rivera, don't do that here. You're almost to your trailer. You're strong enough!"

Seeing her trailer off in the distance, she, unbeknownst to her, started to jog and then run to it like she was being chased and she wanted to get to a safe haven. Finally she arrived and walked up two steps and reached for the handle. It surprised the actress because of its coldness and made her release it from her grasp. She shuddered at the feeling, but was happy to have had one since just minutes ago she felt like she'd never feel any sensation ever again. Naya grabbed it again, prepared now for the chill, pull it just enough for her and entered. She turned around and locked it. She knew that, above all else, she just wanted peace and quiet. Away from everything! Away from GLEE. Away from memorizing her lines. Away from all of her co-stars. And, at this moment in time, away from Heather.

Since her voyage from the scene and set to her trailer the tears leaking from her eyes had intensified. Even though she always felt bad for crying, thinking that she has nothing to cry about, she was somewhat relieved to finally be able and feel free to express her feelings somehow. To have the opportunity to "get it out into the world" was the most comforting thing to Naya. The scene that she just went through was difficult for both her character and for the actress. In the past few months since the creator, Ryan Murphy, proposed the new storyline to both women, Naya had developed feelings for Heather, feelings much stronger than friendship. She just knew that this realization had nothing to do with the extra time being spent by the two of them. It was much stronger and she knew wholeheartedly that she'd come to that realization despite anything outside force. At first she was petrified to tell Heather how she felt. As time progressed and she had many more scenes with the beautiful dancer, Naya felt like she owed it to Heather and to herself to be brutally honest and let the chips fall where they may. Heather would always be her best friend even if Naya made her little declaration of love.

Wouldn't she?

That terrifying thought lingered in her head for at least five seconds and then she willed it to vanish.

Not knowing what else to possibly do to relieve her emotion from her heart she grabbed a pen and a few pieces of paper, sat down on her couch, and began to write:

Dear Heather,

I am more than compelled to write this to you to tell you that I've met the love of my life…my "songbird" if you will. I found the love of my life in you! Your sunny attitude towards life is just one of the many, many, many, many things I love about you

Hearing my name being called at the ALMA Awards doesn't come close to hearing you say it … it brings chills down my spine and fills me with a new sense of good ole sexual tension and intense sexual anticipation. Please don't misunderstand me when I say that I was more than humbled with the nomination and was thrilled to win the award for "Favorite Female Music Artist", but the prize that I most want is the opportunity to win your amazing heart and your awe-inspiring love!

You see, my life didn't start until I met you! Well, it had started some 25 years ago, but the true and authentic version of my life and what love is baffled me. Looking back on my life before even knowing you, I walked around in a fog, almost robotic state, truly believing that I knew about life, love, and happiness. Well, my thoughts about all of this vanished quickly as I watched you enter the room for the first time. It turned out that, despite what I thought, I didn't know shit! Haha! I literally fell down before you the first time we met, do you remember? Naya Rivera shocked by another person? It's just…just your damn, awe inspiring beauty that gets me every time. You turn on the light in my life. Your sunshine radiates on my heart and my emotions. Just knowing you, Heather, makes me want to strive to be a better actress…no, a better person! You "got jiggy" with my emotions and will always have the greatest fan of your life in me!

I don't ever want to think about the possibly of missing out on knowing the greatest person in my world…my best friend…the love of my entire life. If it wasn't for "So You Think You Can Dance?" where you didn't make their Top 20 our lives would be drastically different. (Btw: Those judges were so stupid to let go of you. But you make them regret it every time you dance, Hemo!) I'm not sure if I ever told you that I think it's amazing that you had the opportunity to dance with Beyoncé several times. My girl Beyoncé really knows what freaking talent looks like! Holla!

My life is kinda unimportant, but it all helped me to get to you through doing some commercials spots for K-mart as a young child. After those I landed a role in a sitcom which was subsequently cancelled. Then I did small roles on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air", "Family Matters", and other shows. With time, GLEE came and with it came you!

I don't have a clue as to what you are thinking, I'm sorry! If I know you like I think I do, you're probably thinking how am I so sure of my feelings? As you know I've dated some guys, most of them were jerks, but there were two that were genuine and treated me well. Despite their affections and loyalty I always felt like there was something not right and it withdrew my emotions and my heart from them. Gender doesn't matter. It's the person's heart and how they treat me that truly matters. Heather, in the past two years or so, I've come to know the person that you are and I've gotten to see your heart first hand by the kindness you've shown, the time you take to listen first and then give opinions, and so much more. The moment that I finally realized that you had my heart simply was when you held my hand for the first time in my trailer when we were relaxing between scenes. I cherish the small things. I long to have more of these moments with you. I want the starry glances. I want to see your blue magnetic eyes peering into my mine. I want to feel your soft lips as we exchange kisses in real life and not for the show. I want the honor of calling you, "my girl!"

Okay, now that I've poured my heart out to you the question is can you be with me? Can you make me the happiest woman alive by giving me the opportunity to completely love you? Can we try, just try, to create something that will last the rest of our lives? When this time of our lives is over I don't want to walk away with any regrets. I simply want to walk away with you.

Please consider these words that I've written to you as they come from the deepest part of my heart and soul. I'll wait for as long as it takes if I know that I'm waiting for you. Please know that what I'm about to say I will say over & over again when you feel that you can truly be with me. If I don't say it now, I'll never forgive myself. Heather Elizabeth Morris, I love you. I say that with a heart full of admiration, trust, and loyalty. I say it wanting nothing, but your love in return. I say it with every fiber of my being.

I'll be waiting for you.

Always me & you,

Naya

Feeling like she had accomplished what her heart wanted her to do she folded the papers in thirds and on the front, as neatly as possibly wrote her love's name on it. It simply read: Heather.

She held it in her hands for what seemed like hours. All of a sudden there was an intense banging on the door which brought Naya out of her concentration with a jump. She got up, ran to the door, and unlocked it to see Chris standing there visibly exhausted.

"Finally," he said as he looked at the Latina.

"Hey Chris…I'm sorry, I didn't hear you knocking?"

"More like pounding! What were you doing, my friend?"

"Just thinking…" Naya said with a far off tone to her voice.

"Ah, I see. Are you going to share with me?" he inquired.

"Do you mind, Chris, if I don't? Nothing against you…It's just personal. Did you need me for something?"

"I was sent to tell you that you're needed on set. Naya, no worries. Just know that I'm here if you need to ch-chat!"

"Shit…what time is it? Oh, thanks, Chris. That hour flew by." Before Naya bolted out of her trailer she turned around and grabbed Heather's letter. She planned on sliding it under Heather's door before she went to the costume department and then to make-up.

As she opened the door, she ushered Chris out and said, "I'll be over in a bit. There's just one thing I need to do first! Thank you for understanding."

"No worries…Kisses! I'll let everyone know you're on the way." He waved.

As Naya watched Chris walk away with a confidence that's all his own she ran to Heather's trailer and quickly slid the letter under her door. Naya looked around, after she did it to see if anyone saw her. She didn't see anyone so she quickly ran to get her costume for the next scene, whatever it was. She looked around not because she was afraid that someone would find her putting a romantic note under Heather's door. On the contrary, she looked around for proof of her bravery to actually go through with telling the one person she loves of her true and undying love and affection. Unbeknownst to her there was someone who saw what Naya did. Dianna rounded the corner and stopped in her tracks, turned around, and hid. She didn't want to catch Naya because she would probably not go through with it if Naya had an "audience". Dianna was very happy that Naya finally decided to go forward with the possible budding relationship.

Dianna told herself that she needed to congratulate Naya when they were alone.