Chapter 2:

Again I own nothing, I just dream.

Naya looks up to see Heathers eyes staring back at her and with a small grin appearing on her tear stained face she asks in a tone not much louder than a whisper "Naya, did you just say you love me too?"

Naya slowly nods her head, "I've been in love with you since the first day I met you."

"Why didn't you say something? Why are you only telling me this now?" The blond asks wondering if her best friend would have told her a year ago that she was in love with her would she have been able to accept that? Would she have been ready to leave Taylor? She knew exactly why Naya hadn't said anything, it's the same reason she didn't. She didn't want to lose her best friend. The two of them have grown so close and honestly Heather didn't know she was in love with Naya until a few months ago. The girls had always been close during the first year of filming but season two was different their characters were becoming more significant and dating other people and there were less and less "two-shots." Heather began to realize she had feelings when the writers started teasing people with the idea that Brittany and Santana were fooling around. She realized how much she missed Naya and it actually bothered her to see Naya becoming so close with a few other cast mates. Heather was jealous and then when they filmed the scenes where Santana confesses her love to Brittany, Heather couldn't help but feel for her and want to be with her. But she just kept telling herself it's just a show, we are acting. This is not real. Naya doesn't really love you, she is acting.

Just then Naya speaks up. "Heather I didn't say anything because I didn't want to ruin what we had, you're my best friend, you had a boyfriend and you were happy. That's all I wanted for you, I wanted you to be happy. And besides I didn't know what to do, I have never been in love with a woman, hell I don't even think I have ever been in love. The way you make me feel I have never felt that before. I had no idea what to do. I just know that seeing you and being around you made me happy and made me feel like I was someone important."

Heather takes Naya's chin and tilts it up so she is looking into those gorgeous brown eyes, she leans forward and kisses Naya gently. It was a quick kiss but both girls were now smiling as they seemed to be a little more at ease with one another. Heather finally speaks up "Naya, you are important, you're the most important person in my life and I want to show you that every day. I want to make you happy and I want to be there for you and spend every day together, I want to fall asleep next to you every night and wake up to you every morning, not just on tour." Heather lets out a big grin, "I want you to feel important because I love you. I know it won't be easy, I know it will be confusing, I mean that's all I have thought about. But I want to be with you, I want to make it work with you."

Naya listens as Heather tells her how much she has thought about this and can't help but think that she has put a lot more thought into this than just randomly confessing her love for the Latina. That she is serious, she actually loves her, she wants to be with her. Naya honestly knew she loved the blonde but she never though that she stood a chance so she never gave it a real thought. She never thought of how people would respond or how things would change. Oh God, what will the media make of this? Did Heather even want to tell people, does she want to tell people? What about their families? Heather and Taylor were together forever and her Mom loved him, she is going to hate me. All these questions started to fill her head and Heather could see the look of panic in Naya's eyes.

"Nay? Are you alright?" Heather asks snapping her out of it.

"Huh….. what?...yeah I'm fine. Heather I love you, I am just not sure what to do, how to do it, or anything. I mean this is all so new to me. Do we keep it a secret? What about our families? The show? Are we even together? I'm kind of freaking out here, I mean normally it's no big deal if I'm dating someone, but I've never dated a woman or my best friend before and I don't want to do something or say something that will ruin our careers or our relationship," Naya rambles.

Heather lets out a chuckle, "okay, calm down, this is all new to me too you know and since when have you ever been this nervous about anything, where's that cockiness that I love so much, where's that I don't care what people think attitude?"

Naya speaks up quickly, "It's different with you, I care about you I don't want people to talk badly about you or hurt you in anyway."

"Protecting me already huh? Is that how this is going to be?" Heather gives her a little nudge.

"Yes, Heather," Naya says bluntly.

Heather pulls Naya into a hug and kisses her on the forehead, "its okay we will figure it all out. We have a lot to talk about and we will figure it all out because all I want is you. I want a chance to make you happy and as far as everyone else is concerned they will know what we want them to." Heather lies down with the Latina in her arms and holds her close to her gently kissing her head several times, "it's going to be okay."

They must have fallen asleep like this cause all of a sudden Naya is awakened by rustling around in the front of the bus. She gets up carefully managing not to wake up the beautiful blonde who looks so peaceful sleeping next to her. Walking to the front she sees Dianna tossing things out of her suitcase, it is obvious she is looking for something.

"What did you lose?" Naya asks.

"Oh so nice of you to talk to me now," Dianna says with a glare.

"What?" Naya asks, "what is your problem D?"

"I waited for about an hour last night for you to text me to tell me Heather was okay and finally I gave up and came in and you two were both sound asleep all cuddled up together. So I am assuming she is okay, and thanks again for letting me know," Dianna snorted.

"D, I am sorry, we got talking and we fell asleep, yes she is okay. She broke up with Taylor and was upset about it. She just needed to talk and then she was exhausted and fell asleep." Naya walks over to Dianna, who has turned her back to her while still looking through her bag, wrapping her arms around her waist and resting her head on the back of her shoulder.

"Wow, so she broke up with Taylor, why?" Dianna asks as she turns around and hugs Naya. "And why are you so cuddly this morning, your only cuddly when you're upset about something or exhausted and you just woke up so I know you are not tired."

Naya pulls away from the other blonde and starts to walk towards the bathroom "I think you should wait and ask all these questions when Heather wakes up I don't think it's my place to say anything right now. Maybe the three of us can go get breakfast together and talk?"

"Is everything alright? I mean you said Heather was okay right? Naya?" Dianna just shakes her head as Naya walks away from her and into the bathroom without responding. Naya knew she had to walk away or she would tell her other best friend everything and she didn't know if that is what Heather wanted they really didn't get a chance to discuss how they were going to handle this or who they were going to tell, but Naya knew keeping this from Dianna was not something she could do. Dianna is the only person that knew Naya ever had feelings for Heather. Dianna had noticed how upset Naya would get when they would go out and Taylor and Heather were together, or how sad she was when Heather would go spend time with him. She actually caught Naya crying the day they filmed the episode that Santana told Brittany she loved her. The brunette had left set as soon as possible heading for her trailer because she knew she was going to lose it and when she passed Dianna on the way the blonde knew something was wrong so she followed her back to her trailer. When she walked in Naya was in tears and when she told Dianna why, she thought the blonde would turn and run, but instead she just hugged her and told her everything was going to be alright and that things have a way of just working out. Ever since then when things got hard she would always receive a little smile or a wink from Dianna when she needed a pick me up and Naya was grateful. She knew that Dianna would pick up on something so she decided to take a shower while she was in the bathroom hoping either Heather would wake up or Dianna would have left by the time she came out.