As always, thanks for the reviews and story alerts! Hope you like where this is going. Just to let you know, I like including the other cast members in the story but you won't get too much background or much of a story line with them. After all, this is a "HeYa" fic not an "everyone in the cast of glee" fic. Hope you don't mind ! Review, Review! Xx
Chapter Three – A love letter
"Great job tonight everyone, I'm so proud of all of you, the tour has been fantastic and I thank you all so much for working your asses off. Now, go on and enjoy your two week vacation because when we get back to paramount we're going to have to work harder than ever!" Ryan pulled the group in for a hug and shooed them on their way.
It was almost like a tradition, after every show the cast would all come together and listen to Ryan shower them with praises. It was a nice change to see him so laid back and happy. He was usually a mess and all over the place trying to make sure everything was going smoothly on set back in LA.
"Naya, Heather! Before you girls go I need to talk to you. Do you have a sec?" Ryan called out as the cast all headed for the bus.
The girls looked at each other nervously, wondering what he wanted to talk to them about. Is it possible he already knew about them? Did Lea see them and say something? Everyone knew that she couldn't keep a secret if she tried. A look of panic covered the girl's faces.
"You look like I'm about to tell you that you're fired, calm down girls this isn't anything terrible." Ryan assured the two girls and their faces relaxed and now they were just curious as to what this was about.
"Now, I know I usually don't let you guys in on the script until you read it, but in this situation I think I need to. I want you both to be prepared and I need you to listen carefully to what I'm about to say." Ryan looked at the girls for confirmation and they nodded.
" I know you two are best friends and are stuck to each other like glue but I need you to cool it with the press. If you are going to spend time together it needs to be discreet and we need to keep the paparazzi from seeing you at events together unless the whole cast is there."
The girls looked at each other in shock. Why was Ryan doing this? They we finally getting back to normal, even more importantly they had finally shown their feelings for each other and get interrupted TWICE while trying to explore these feelings and now Ryan is telling them that they basically can't be seen together in public. You have got to be kidding me.
Heather looked at Naya almost in tears and she could see the rage forming in the Latina's eyes.
"Why are you doing this? What could we have possibly done to deserve this?" Naya threw her hands up in the air in protest and started pacing back and forth between the two of them
"Ryan please tell us you're kidding, you can't expect me to just cut Naya out of my life. It's not fair, she's my best friend" Heather pleaded, all the while thinking to herself that that Naya was going to run again. She decided to take a softer approach and try and talk calmly to Ryan, unlike her Latin counterpart.
"Girls, listen. This is important. I didn't say you have to be separate, you just need to make the press think that you're spending time apart. Trust me, there's a reason for it. If you want to spend time together take these two weeks and get away for a while. If that's something that you want then make it low key and make sure you fly out in the early morning. Arrive separately at the airport and don't tell anyone other than immediate family where you're going."
Heather looked at Naya who was now just staring straight at Ryan with disbelief. She turned her attention to Heather and gave the girl a small reassuring smile.
"What do you think HeMo, do you want to get away from all the madness for a while?" Naya asked bluntly.
"Where would we go Nay, the paparazzi follows us everywhere?" Heather asked, now with a little flint of excitement in her eyes.
"Girls! Ryan interrupted, " I have the perfect place. I have a beach house outside of Hawaii, you girls can go there, spend two weeks soaking up the sun and just relaxing. It's on a small private island so no one will bother you, the only people there are the staff that I personally handpicked so you're all set with privacy." Ryan looked to the girls for their approval
"What do you think H? It sounds like fun to me" Naya looked at Heather who seemed to be processing the idea.
"I'll call my mom on the bus ride over to the airport. Nay, looks like we're going to Hawaii!" Heather barely finished her sentence when she was tackled by her best friend. They held each other tightly but decided to let go when they remembered that they weren't alone. They may be close but holding on to each other for too long may appear strange, even for them.
"When we get on the bus I'll have my assistant get everything set up for you. Once we get back to LA, go home and pack and then I'll have you on a plane first thing the next morning" Ryan said looking confident and very pleased with himself.
The girls were so excited, jumping up and down and talking about what they were going to wear, how many bathing suits to bring and how they couldn't believe they were going to Hawaii together."
"Ryan, wait!" Heather called out before Ryan had gotten too far
"Whats up HeMo?" He said cheerfully.
"You never told us why we had to stay away from each other in public; I mean you said there was a good reason?" Now realizing that her best friend had a point, Naya turned her attention to Ryan as well. She was just as interested in the answer as the blonde was; they both looked at Ryan hoping there would be a good reason.
"The fans are getting their Brittana kiss this season." He smirked and turned away heading towards the bus.
The girls looked at each other with wide eyes. There was no way this was happening; they stood there, stunned, positively frozen with disbelief. The thing that they had fought so hard for was actually going to happen. The fans were going to be ecstatic. There would be madness.
They now understood Ryan's wishes to be discreet, if any of this leaked out there would be more people hounding them than ever. Keeping themselves out of the public eye was going to be that much harder now that they we together, or were they even together? Either way this wasn't going to be easy
"Girls, come on! The bus is waiting." Ryan called.
The girls sprinted down the hall and out the doors towards the tour bus. Being the last ones on, they figured they would sit together on the ride to the airport, clearly they were mistaken.
"Naaaaaya, come sit with your little bee! I feel like I haven't talked to you all day" Kevin whined and pulled the brunette into his lap.
She looked over to Heather who was being pulled in the opposite direction by Harry. "Get over here HeMo, you can sit with me!"
Heather and Naya glanced at each other mournfully. They couldn't catch a break; all they wanted was to be with each other with no interruptions.
"I think you girls can survive an hour ride to the airport without being next to each other." Dianna said jokingly. Everyone laughed and started to settle in to their own conversations. Every now and then Naya would glance back and Heather, winking at her or smiling sweetly.
Kevin was talking about one of the dancer girls on the tour, apparently she had taken a liking to him and he just needed someone to brag too. She tried her hardest to listen but all she could think about was Heather. Caught up in her own thoughts, she almost didn't realize that her phone was vibrating in her pocket. She pulled it out and smiled when she saw the blonde's name across her screen.
HeMo (: - I don't like being away from you. ):
Nay Nay – I know babe, me either. It looks like we're not gonna be sitting on the plane together either..
HeMo (: - Yeah, with all those people on the plane that we don't know we have to be careful. I really am dying to talk to you about everything today.. there's so many things I want to say…
Nay Nay – Maybe there's a way we stil can..
HeMo (: - What are you up to Rivera? ;)
Nay Nay – Let's write to each other, you know everyone usually sleeps on the plane anyway. We can write all of our feelings down and when we're done we can have a signal or something and then go to the bathroom and switch letters
HeMo (: - Like looooove letters! (:(:
Nay Nay – Exactly, that way we can still "talk" I said we'd talk tonight and i don't forget my promises to you Ms. Morris. So, sound like a plan?
HeMo (: – Sounds perfect, Nay.
Nay Nay – Hey Heath..
HeMo (: - Yes Nay?
Nay Nay – I love you.
HeMo (: - I love you too (:
The cast had arrived on time at the airport and everyone grabbed some last minute snacks and magazines before boarding the plane. Everyone was scattered around the first class cabin but they could all still see each other. Heather sat with Dianna two rows down from Naya and Kevin, everyone else was behind them.
It was about an hour into the flight and the adrenaline had finally been drained from the cast. They were drifting in and out of sleep or relaxing with headphones in. All accept the two girls. Heather turned around and gave Naya a wink, which was the signal to begin writing. When they were done they would turn off their overhead light letting the other know they were ready to exchang. They both began pouring their feelings out onto sheets of paper.
Naya's POV
Dear Heather….
