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Chapter 2: No One Ever Said It Would Be This Hard [Heather's POV]
When I woke up, I realized that I was alone on the bed. I looked around and found Naya sitting on a chair drinking her coffee with her face all scrunched up as she checked her phone. I couldn't help but smile at the sight. Her hair was pulled up in a messy bun and she was wearing sweatpants and a Volts hoodie. Even then she managed to look like the most beautiful person I had ever seen. Then again, Naya always looked like that to me. I wasn't sure how long I'd been staring at her but Naya suddenly looks up and looks at me curiously.
"Good morning?" she said
"Morning," I said as I stood up and stretched, "Are you on Twitter again?"
Naya took a sip from her coffee and lets out a chuckle. God, that chuckle. I swear to God, her laughter is the best sound in the world.
"Maybe," she replied with a wink, "I ordered breakfast for you. Figured you were hungry."
I looked at the table beside her and noticed a covered tray. I opened it and found my favorite breakfast meal. Chocolate chip pancakes, scrambled eggs and bacon.
"Is the bacon…"
"It's turkey bacon. I asked for it specifically," Naya replied, "Didn't think I've forgotten your favorite breakfast, did you?"
"I love you," I said with a smile as I ate a spoonful of bacon and eggs.
Naya chuckled to herself and returned to her Twitter. I ate quietly while Naya fiddled with her iPhone. Every now and then I'd notice Naya looking at me with a small grin on her face.
"I don't really have anything to do today. Wanna go out and explore the city?" Naya asked.
Before I could answer, the doorbell rung and Naya stood up to get it. I stood up too just to see who was at the door.
"Matt!" Naya squealed as Matt carried her in a big embrace.
"Hey, you," Matt replied as he kissed her.
I rolled my eyes and looked away, desperately trying to hold down my breakfast.
"Stop it!" Naya said as he swatted him away playfully, "Heather's here."
"Oh," Matt said, the smile on his face faltering, "Didn't see you there. What're you doing here?" he continued.
"Came in to town to visit some friends then I ran in to Naya last night," I replied, forcing myself to smile, "Anyways, I should get going."
"What? No!" Naya said, "I thought we were going exploring today."
I looked at Naya and saw that she was pouting. I did my best not to meet her gaze. I knew for a fact that if I did, I was going to cave.
"We'll do it some other time. I'm sure Matt would love to spend some time with you," I replied.
I grabbed my jacket and bag before giving Naya a quick hug. I turned to Matt and gave him an awkward smile before walking out of the hotel room. I heard Naya say something but I couldn't hear her over the sound of my stomach turning.
Less than 5 minutes after arriving at my own hotel room, the doorbell rung. I grumpily opened the door and found a smiling Lea Michele on the other side.
"Lea!" I exclaimed, wrapping my arms around the smaller girl, "What are you doing here?!"
"Well, you told me you were in town and I just had to see you!" Lea said
I ushered Lea in to my room and she sat down on my bed.
"So, what do you wanna do today?" Lea asked
"I don't know. We can always go explore the city," I shrugged.
"HeMo, is there something wrong?" Lea said apprehensively
"Naya's here."
Lea's eyes widened with anticipation.
"And?" she asked.
"We ran into each other at the Blue Dog Café last night," I replied.
"Don't stop. You're killing me here, woman!"
"I told I broke up with Taylor and…"
"AND?!"
"And she asked me to stay the night with her," I said softly.
Lea gasped at my words and a huge smile formed on her face.
"Don't even start with me, Lea," I warned.
"What?! Why? She asked you to stay the night," Lea replied
"Matt's here."
"What?!"
"Yeah. He surprised her this morning. That's why I had to leave her room."
"Motherfucking cockblock" Lea muttered under her breath
"Lea Michele!" I scoffed, laughing a little, "Did your mother not teach you better?!"
"Oh stop it," Lea said, waving me off, "So what's the new plan?"
"New plan? I wasn't even aware there was an old one."
"Keep telling yourself that, HeMo." Lea says with a devious smile
I looked at her with a confused look but she merely shrugs. Before I could say anything, her phone buzzes and Lea immediately checked it.
"I found us something to do!" Lea said excitedly.
"Oh?"
"Jay-Z and Coldplay are having a concert down in Brooklyn. Then there's an after party afterwards. We're going."
I nodded thinking it would be a good idea to distract myself.
"So, uh, where is Cory anyways? Why aren't you with him this lovely NYE?" I asked
"Probably with his family. We really wanted to be together this New Year's but work's got me stuck here."
"Oh. Well I'm sorry you're spending NYE with me"
"What? Nonsense! I'm actually glad it's you as opposed to me spending it alone curled up in my apartment," Lea said with a smile.
I decided to wear a black bandage dress with a pair of black strappy heels. Lea told me to wear red heels but I figured it'd be overkill. We agreed to meet each other and I didn't want to be late so I went there a bit earlier. By the time I got there, people were already starting to flood Barclays center. I decided to get myself a drink while waiting for Lea. I was making my way through the crowd when someone bumped me, spilling a few drops of her drink on me.
"Heather?!"
I looked up and saw a grinning Naya looking at me. I smiled back and fall in to her embrace. I hugged her almost too tightly. She smelled like the ocean mixed with a hint of caramel.
"What are you doing here?" Naya asked
"Oh well, Lea got invites and didn't want to go alone so she invited me."
"Lea?" Naya replied, eyebrows raised, "Like Lea Michele, our Lea?"
"Yeah. She should be here any minute now."
Before Naya could say anything, I felt someone's arms around my waist.
"Hey, you. Getting drunk without me?"
I turned around and saw Lea standing behind me, her arms still wrapped around my waist.
"Lea!" I said, putting my own arms around her in an embrace, "Look who I ran in to!"
I motioned to Naya and noticed Naya's jaw set. Her brown eyes met mine and I noticed something flare in them. Anger? Jealousy? Before I could fully comprehend the meaning behind her eyes, Matt shows up and wraps his arm around Naya possessively. I hiss under my breath, which only made Lea smirk. We exchanged looks and knowing smiles. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Naya roll her eyes and I couldn't help but smile.
"What's going on here?" Matt asked
"Nothing. Heather and I are out for a girl's night," Lea replied.
"No Cory?" Naya asked, a tone of hostility evident in her voice
"Nope. He's with his family and I've got work and now, HeMo."
"Too bad. I'm sure he would've wanted to kiss his girlfriend on New Year's," Matt said as he took a sip from his drink.
"Yeah. Well, Le can always just kiss me," I joked
"A couple drinks in me and I might just take you up on that offer," Lea replied.
All of us break in to laughter except Naya who was glaring at Lea. I looked at the two of them and decided it was best for us to go our separate ways.
"Hey, where you guys seated?" Matt asked before I could pull Lea away
"We have a private suit for after the concert but we're gonna stay at the mosh pit for the concert," Lea replied
"Oh, well, we're just a couple rows behind you then. VIP." Matt said
"Anyways, Matt, we should get going," Naya interjected
"Sure thing, babe," Matt said, "We'll see you guys around"
"Sure," Lea replied with a smile, "See you Naya"
Naya purposely ignored her and walked away, pulling Matt behind her. When I was sure they were out of sight, I smacked Lea lightly on the arm.
"What was that for?" Lea asked
"Do you have a death sentence or something?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Lea said nonchalantly
"Come on, Le," I said, "Tell me you didn't notice Naya killing you with her eyes."
"That? Oh please. We all know she was only doing that because she didn't like it that I was all over you."
"Doubt it," I replied, "Now can we please go get some drinks before we get our freak on?"
Somewhere in between sets, I realized I didn't have anything to drink. I looked around and found Lea singing and dancing with a bunch of people in a corner. I walked over to her and pulled her to the side.
"Le!" I shouted over the music, "I'm gonna go get drinks. Want any?"
"No, I'm good!"
I made my way through the crowd when I heard a familiar melody play. I felt my heart skip a beat when I heard Chris Martin's voice sing the words.
Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart
I continued walking to the bar and ordered myself a drink. While waiting, I felt a familiar hand on my shoulder.
"Hey"
"Hey" I replied, "Where's Matt?"
Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions
Oh, let's go back to the start
Running in circles, coming up tails
Heads on a science apart
"Drinking with a couple of his friends."
I nodded and drank from my cup.
"Can we talk?" Naya asked
Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start
I noticed she was playing with her hands, something she only does whenever she was nervous. I stepped closer to her and took her hand in mine.
"Sure," I said, "You okay?"
"Yeah, I just…I want to tell you something that happened earlier today. Can we… can we go somewhere more private?"
I took her hand and led her to the private suite Lea managed to get for us. I locked the door behind us and sat across from Naya.
[Naya's POV]
I woke up to the sound of my cellphone buzzing uncontrollably on the side table. I opened my eyes and noticed I was trapped in an embrace. I managed to turn around without waking up Heather. I just laid there for a few minutes. I looked at her, trying to memorize every little detail. Her hair fell perfectly to frame her angelic face. I nuzzle a little bit closer, inhaling her heavenly sent. Heather smelled like vanilla and coconut. It was one of the many things I loved about her ever since the start. I tried my best to ignore the buzzing of my phone but after a while, it got to me. I carefully freed myself from Heather's embrace and stepped out of the room.
After talking to my manager for half an hour, I went back in to the room and found Heather sleeping soundly. I looked at the clock and figured she would wake soon. I put on a Volts hoodie and ordered us some breakfast. I got myself pancakes and assorted berries and fruits. As for Heather's, I made sure to order her favorite. Her breakfast order was something engraved in my mind after all the times she had slept over at my house and vice versa. I desperately wanted to wait for Heather to wake up so we could eat together but sadly, my stomach won and I ate my breakfast without her. After eating, I went on Twitter. It'd been too since I was last online so I decided to check up on some things. After a while, I looked up and saw Heather looking at me with a smile on her face.
"Good morning?" I said
"Morning," Heather said as she stood up and stretched, "Are you on Twitter again?"
I took a sip from my coffee and let out a chuckle. Even after all this time, she could still read me so well.
"Maybe," I replied with a wink, "I ordered breakfast for you. Figured you were hungry."
She looked at the table beside me and saw the covered tray. She opened it and I couldn't help but watch her reaction from the corner of my eye.
"Is the bacon…"
"It's turkey bacon. I asked for it specifically," I replied, "Didn't think I've forgotten your favorite breakfast, did you?"
"I love you," she said with a smile as she ate a spoonful of bacon and eggs.
I chuckled to myself and returned to my Twitter. I did my best not to look but I couldn't help it. Every now and then, I would sneak in glances and pass of the smiles forming on my face as a result of something I read. Truthfully, I hadn't even refreshed the page.
"I don't really have anything to do today. Wanna go out and explore the city?" I asked.
Before Heather could answer, the doorbell rung and I stood up to get it. I heard Heather stand up to see who it was.
"Matt!" I squealed as Matt wrapped his arms around me.
"Hey you," Matt said as he kissed me, taking me by surprise.
I pushed him away, not wanting to make Heather uncomfortable.
"Stop it! Heather's here," I said, moving away from him.
"Oh," Matt said, the smile on his face faltering, "Didn't see you there. What're you doing here?" he continued.
"Came in to town to visit some friends then I ran in to Naya last night," Heather replied with a smile "Anyways, I should get going."
I took one look at her and saw that her smile was strained.
"What? No!" I said, "I thought we were going exploring today."
I heard Matt scoff in the background but I ignored him and walked towards Heather.
"We'll do it some other time. I'm sure Matt would love to spend some time with you," she replied.
She pulled me in for a hug but it was clear that she was avoiding my gaze. Why? A wave of worry came over me. I turned around and saw Heather awkwardly hugging Matt. Then without another word, Heather rushed off. I called out to her but it seemed she didn't hear me…or didn't want to hear me. Matt wrapped his arms around me and I couldn't help but feel slightly annoyed.
"What was that for?!" I hissed
"Woah," He replied, arms rose in defense, "What did I do?"
"You all but pushed Heather out the of the room"
"She was cock blocking! I wanted to spend some alone time with you"
"She's my best friend. She wasn't cock blocking," I said
Matt sighed and stepped closer to me.
"Look, babe, I don't want to fight. It's New Year's Eve," he said
I let out a sigh. He was right. There was really nothing to fight about. I melt into his embrace and Matt tightens his hold. I felt him kiss the top of my head but somewhere in the back of my mind, a part of me was wishing I were in someone else's arms.
"So, I was thinking, after New Year's Eve, we can go to Boston and spend some time with my family. My dad's been bugging me to bring you there," Matt said.
"Babe, you know I have episode to shoot"
"Go back a few days late. A lot of those episodes are Brittana heavy and you can't really film Brittana without Heather"
"Wait, what?" I said, breaking free from his embrace.
"Yeah. Ryan called me this morning," Matt said, "He said Heather's boyfriend called and asked if Heather could go back late. Said something about a surprise vacation"
"Oh"
I just stood there completely dumbfounded. Heather told me that she and Taylor had broken up yet Matt was telling me something that implied otherwise.
"Yeah. So I figured maybe you and I could do the same thing."
I nodded without fully knowing what was going on. I was still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Heather had lied to me.
"Hey," Matt said, wrapping his arms around me, "Can we please not talk about work right now? I came all this way to be with you, you know."
I rested my head on his chest and buried my face in the crook of his neck.
"Alright. What do you wanna do?"
"We can just lounge around this afternoon. I made dinner reservations for us somewhere special. Afterwards, we're headed to Brooklyn!"
The day passed by pretty quickly. Matt and I spent the entire day in bed watching movies and goofing around. Before I knew it, we were both getting ready for dinner. He booked a separate room for himself so I prepared on my own. I wore a body hugging black one shoulder dress paired with blue stilettos. Just when I was about to text Matt, the doorbell rung. I opened the door and found a dapper looking Matt dressed in a grey tuxedo carrying a bouquet of roses. In all honesty, I think roses are overrated but I couldn't help but smile at the gesture.
"You look even more beautiful tonight, Nay," Matt said
I gave him a chaste kiss and took the flowers from him.
"I'll leave these here," I said, holding up the flowers, "Wouldn't want them freezing in all this snow"
Matt laughed and I allowed myself to smile. He helped me put on my coat and we went on our way.
Matt was very tight lipped as to where we were headed. He even made me close my eyes in the taxi ride. After around 20 minutes, we finally arrived at the restaurant. Matt got us reservations to Brushstroke, one of the best sushi places in New York. The maître d escorted us to our table, which was in a private lounge. He got us a private lounge normally used by 25 people but tonight; it was just the two of us. Matt pulled out my chair and assisted me before sitting down.
"So what's the special occasion?" I asked as the waiter filled our glasses with champagne.
"It's New Year's Eve and I want my girl to feel special. What's wrong with that?" Matt replied
I raised my glass to him and we toast. The food was divine. It was hands down one of the best dinners of my life. Just when I thought dinner was over, Matt signals the waiter to bring something in. The waiter comes over and brings in another bottle of champagne and tempura ice cream, which is basically ice cream on deep fried tempura batter.
"I didn't know they had those here" I said, pointing to the dessert
"No, they don't. I had them specially made for you."
"Well, isn't that sweet," I said.
I wrapped my arms around him and gave him a chaste kiss before hugging him tightly. Matt broke away from the kiss and before I could react, he was down on one knee.
"Naya Marie Rivera, in all my years, I never thought I would find someone whom I could ever want to live with for the rest of my life. But all of that changed, when I met you," Matt said, "So, would you do me the honor, of being my wife?"
[HEATHER'S POV]
"Matt proposed to me, Heath," Naya said.
My heart stopped. Did she just saw what I thought she said? Matt proposed? My head was spinning and I could feel my insides turning. I was going to be sick.
"Please say something," she begged
"What…what did you say?" I choked out
I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
Naya opened her purse and pulled out a small black box. I closed my eyes, refusing to recognize the oncoming truth.
"I…I said yes," she said softly.
I felt the tears forming in my eyes but I held them back. I dared open my eyes and look at her.
But tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing our tails
Coming back as we are
Our eyes met. I didn't know what she saw in mine because an entire spectrum of emotions was going through my body. Anger. Jealousy. Hurt. Pain. Happiness. Regret. I was too late. She chose Matt just like I had chosen Taylor nearly 3 years ago.
Nobody said it was easy
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start
Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ah ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
The song ends but before either of us could say anything, the countdown began.
10, 9, 8
Naya stood up and walked towards me.
7, 6, 5
She knelt in front me and took my hand in to hers.
4, 3, 2
Naya placed on hand on my cheek, forcing me to look at her.
1
Her lips are on mine. I hesitated at first but soon my judgment is swayed and I kiss her back. Our kiss was rough, powered by years of sexual tension built up between us. It was raw and passionate but at the same time, I could feel the tenderness behind her touch. I closed my eyes and pulled her closer to me. I was beginning to seem desperate…only because I was. I wanted nothing more than to be able to taste her and remember her sweet taste. I wanted to remember how she felt like. How her lips felt against mine. How her hand felt tangled up in my hair. How my heart felt like it could jump right out my chest any second. I savor each kiss, each touch knowing this would be our last. She tries to pull away but I hold her tight knowing that as soon as this kiss ends, she would belong to someone else. Then again, maybe, she was never mine to begin with.
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