A/N OK so I know I already updated today, but I've had a lot of interest for chapter 3 so here it is. Guys I have to ask you to trust where i'm going with this. I know me killing Heather in the last chapter may have been difficult for you to read, believe me it was difficult for me to write, but I have an idea and I ask you to bear with me. After all what's Ya without the He ;) Thanks. Enjoy.
What happened next, I don't really remember. I knew my mind went blank, and my legs went weak beneath me. But the sound that seemed to ring out in my ears, was the sound of something breaking. I didn't know it then, but I came to realize later that it was my heart breaking in the exact moment I lost the woman I loved. Everything after that is a blur, because I fainted.
When I opened my eyes again, I was lying in a hospital bed of my own. My head was hurting and I felt an indescribable pain in my entire being. I wondered in those moments, if all of this could've been a dream. If I was the one in hospital, maybe i'd had the accident and Heather was OK. I gave myself hope, I had to, the reality was too painful.
She'd always been the better person, saw the good in everyone and tried to be nice to everyone. I wasn't much unlike her myself, but I did posses a few of those bitchy Santana traits, which made her the better person. I loved Heather with all my heart and soul. There's nothing I wouldn't do for her. Nothing I wouldn't give up for her, and I had given things up. My family had found it difficult when they found out we were together, even on screen, they didn't like to see the intimacy between our characters, but when they found out that Heather and I had feelings for each other, outside the show, it'd put a strain on my relationships with my family members.
I was deep in thought, reliving the past, thinking about everything, when a doctor came into my room, followed closely by Lea and Dianna.
"You're awake, good to see." Dr Partington said as she came nearer to my bed.
Lea and Dianna came around the other side of my bed, and Dianna took my hand in hers.
"Naya, I know you had a big shock, and now you're probably wondering what you're doing in here. What do you remember from what happened?" The doctor asked me.
I had this really big headache and all I felt myself wanting to do was sleep, go back into my dreams, and have this all be a nightmare. Because right now, I'd lost Heather and I was in a mental abyss. I needed to hold on to my hope.
"Um ... I don't really remember much, I was ... standing outside Heather's room when I saw her heart monitor flatline and I heard .. the doctor inside pronounce that she was dead. My minds a little fuzzy, uh .. I remember feeling weak, my mind went blank and then ... that's it. I don't know. Doctor what's going on?" I asked.
The doctor exchanged a glance between Dianna and Lea before looking back to me.
"You blacked out Naya, we tried to move you but you had a fit. Now we're not sure exactly what caused the fit yet, but we have been running some tests. Right now I have you on a drip to keep your fluids up and i've given you some pain relief. You managed to bang yourself up pretty bad during the fit."
She took a breath and my mind began to race. What was happening? Everything was changing.
"Naya, I want to keep you here for observation. Probably just for 24 hours, then when I get the test results, if they're all clear, you can go home. How does that sound?"
"I don't have a home, ... not anymore." I replied automatically. I hadn't even intended to say anything, but before I realized, the words were out there.
"Heather was my home. Is it true? Is she really gone?" I asked as tears began to escape and roll down my cheeks.
I felt Dianna's grip on my hand tighten then, and I looked at her, then at Lea before returning my gaze back to the doctor.
"Yes, I'm afraid it is true. We won't know for certain until we have the results of some tests, but we believe that she suffered a bleed and by the time we had knowledge of it, it was too late to do anything about it. I'm so sorry for your loss." the doctor replied.
I felt my heart then, it felt like it was breaking even more. I couldn't face this. I couldn't have these people take away my hope. I couldn't have lost Heather, surely.
"I'll leave you be, if you need me, you have your buzzer." and with that she left the room.
There was an eerie silence in the room after she left, like no-one knew what to say or do. Then Lea shifted from where she was, and came around to the other side of my bed. She grasped my other hand in hers and raised it to kiss the back of my hand.
"Naya, I'm so sorry sweetie." she said.
I just squeezed her hand.
I couldn't believe this was happening. My heart felt like it no longer existed, my mind raced and my whole body felt limp. Not only had I lost Heather, I'd lost Hope. What did I have left now?