You and Me… and Everything in Between
Chapter 14: The Morning After
As the light from the sun slowly creeps inside of my hotel room, I cautiously open my eyes so that I'm not blinded. After I blink a few times to get the morning crust off of my eyelids, I see a mess of blonde hair staring back at me. Heather is still lying halfway on top of me in the same exact position that we fell asleep in only hours ago. Suddenly, all of the events from last night come flooding back to my mind and within an instant, my lips tug upwards into a giant smile.
Last night was such a significant night for so many reasons. Not only did it mark the beginning of 2013, but it was also the first time Heather and I got to see each other after being separated for almost 2 weeks. I know, I know… that might make me sound pathetic and desperate. But trust me, if you had Heather Morris as your girlfriend… you'd totally understand.
Anyways, sorry for the tangent...
Besides that, last night was the first time that Heather and I said "I love you" to each other in a more-than-friends context. Last night was also the first time that we made love to each other… something that I will never forget. Waiting for Heather all of those years was definitely worth it and made last night that much more meaningful.
As I continue to get lost in my own thoughts, I slowly begin stroking Heather's hair while the smile from my face never waivers. As my hands get tangled in golden locks, I feel Heather begin to stir and shortly after, I see those crystal blue eyes locking with mine.
"Hey beautiful," I state lovingly. An instant blush forms on her face. I love having that effect on her.
"Mornin' babe," she replies back as she leans forward to place a soft kiss against my plump lips. "Ya know… I could get used to waking up like this," she continues with a wink.
"Me too!" I respond. "How'd you sleep?"
"Fantastically!" she exclaims. I just smile back at her adorableness. "How bout you?"
"Same," I reply simply. "So… you never told me how you managed to pull off this covert operation of yours…"
"Ah, yes… Operation: Surprise Naya!" Heather starts off.
"Fancy name," I say playfully. Heather just shakes her head at me. "So, Ms. Morris… do tell your master plan," I say with my best British accent. She again shakes her head at me.
"Well, it all started that night at the club… you know, when we almost…" she trails off. I nod because that memory has been vividly etched into my mind.
Heather then goes on to tell me about how she was awake during my morning confession and figured I was just too afraid to tell her I was in love with her. This surprised me because she looked deader than a doorknob when I confessed that to her. I'm not mad that she was awake and didn't tell me cuz honestly, I don't know how that conversation would've turned out. It probably would've been awkward, especially if she wasn't quite there yet, which is the main reason why I didn't say anything before.
"When I heard you say those words, I was just so overwhelmed," Heather states. "I didn't know what to do and I definitely didn't want to just roll over and be like guess what, I'm awake, ya know?" I nod my head and she continues. "The next morning after we talked, I went to see Dianna and tried to get some info out of her…"
"Oh really? And what did Ms. Agron have to say?" I ponder curiously.
"Not a damn thing! That woman is like a vault!" Heather exclaims a little aggressively. I giggle at her antics. "The only thing that she really said was that your love for me was like one of the worst kept secrets since Lucas and Peyton… that's a direct quote!"
"Aw, Di and her One Tree Hill," I state, shaking my head.
"Anyways… then I went home and talked to Ashley, which was a very tedious process…" Heather starts off. "I'm telling you, if you want to have a serious conversation with that girl, be prepared to be waiting for a long time cuz she will milk the conversation until you just want to punch her in the ovaries to get a straight answer out of her!" I scrunch up my face because I'm slightly amused and slightly concerned. "What? I'm just saying…"
"Do I need to call Ashley and make sure that she's still alive?" I ask playfully. Heather lightly slaps my bare shoulder.
"Who's side are you on?!" she questions, pretending to be hurt. I don't answer her. Instead, I just smirk and shake my head. "So, after that whole ordeal, I finally admitted to myself and Ashley that I was in love with you."
A small smile finds its way onto my lips as Heather breaks eye contact with me and starts to draw random designs on my chest with her finger. It's nice to hear her side of things and how she also struggled to figure out her exact feelings for me.
"I think I knew before, but finally saying it out loud was a huge step for me," she says, looking back at me. "Anyways, after you and Ashley went to bed that night, I texted Darren and asked him for a favor…"
"I'm guessing that's where the guitar playing comes in?" I wondered. Heather smiles and nods her head.
"Yeah, I asked him to teach me how to play that song so that I could surprise you," Heather states. My heart just swoons. "After that, for the next week or so, I met up with Darren to get my lessons. Dizzy also helped a little, but she was more instrumental with the New York stuff."
I furrow my eyebrows, trying to keep up with the story, but failing miserably. Sensing my confusion, Heather continues.
"Well… Dizzy was already gonna be in town for a video shoot so she kinda helped me get things set up while I was surprising you," Heather begins. I nod my head and wait for her to fill in the blanks. "When I landed, Nickayla had already left her key with the front desk so that I could get into the room. Once I got word that you and your family were at the party, I snuck into here and set everything up. Afterwards, I met up with Dizzy and gave her the key so she could finish the rest."
"That would explain why her guitar is here… I knew it looked familiar!" I state, knowingly.
"Yes, Sherlock… she was here," Heathers says while playfully rolling her eyes at me. "Anyways, around 2 or so, I texted Dizzy so that she could come here and light the candles and leave her guitar. I figured it would've been a fire hazard if I lit them beforehand…"
I smile at her because it is so true. We would've gotten back to my hotel room, only to see firefighters crowding the hallways and telling us to evacuate the building.
"Anyways, after we got back here… well, you know what happened…" Heather says with a wink.
"Uh yeah… I'll never forget!" I reply honestly, stealing another kiss from Heather. "Seeing and hearing you play that song was just… amazing! I still can't believe you did all of this for me…"
"Naya…" Heather starts off, looking directly into my eyes and lacing our fingers together, "I would do anything for you!"
"I would do anything for you!" I respond back, sincerely.
"You were worth the wait… and I don't just mean last night!" Heather replies. "I am sorry though, that you had to wait all of those years for me… I'm glad you did though."
Heather's eyes begin to water. I gently wipe away the tears begging to fall with my free hand.
"You were more than worth it!" I say as I connect our lips. "Last night was the first time that it actually meant something. I was already blown away by the surprise and the song, but then… to get to experience that with you…" I just shake my head, not needing to finish my thought because she knows exactly what I mean.
Heather starts to gently giggle to herself and I'm curious to know why. I didn't think that I had said anything funny, yet here she is… being as adorable as ever.
"What's so funny?" I question.
"Nothing… I was just thinking about something that Ashley said," she responds. I give her a look that says "contrary to popular belief… I am not a mind reader" before she continues. "That first conversation I had with her after I kissed you, she said something along the lines of making sure we don't interrupt her with our sexcapades or earth-shattering sex… I had no idea how accurate she would be!"
"Oh my God…" I start off, covering my face with my free hand. "That was only after our first kiss and she was already making statements like that!" I state in disbelief.
"I know, right!" Heather agrees. "She is totally cray cray!"
Heather and I share a laugh over her crazy roommate's personality. She totally called it though cuz sex with Heather was completely mind-blowing!
"Hey HeMo… when you said that you thought you knew before that you loved me, what did you mean exactly?" I ask, inquisitively.
"Well… when you first told me how you felt, I started thinking about everything from the first time we met," she states. "All those times our friends would make jokes or the media would speculate finally started making sense. Even after that when we started dating, just hearing those songs you wrote and thinking that you might care about me a little more than you led on made me feel it even more," she continues. "And then when you finally said all of those things while you thought I was asleep, I just knew it! That's when I knew that it had been there all along and I had to tell you. I didn't want to just blurt it out though, which I almost did on several occasions… I wanted to make it special cuz you deserved it, hence the plan…"
"Well, you certainly accomplished that!" I state sincerely.
"So, Ms. Rivera… what would you like to do today?"
"You mean staying like this isn't an option?" I retort. Heather chuckles.
"It can be a part of the day's activities, but I thought maybe we could go out and enjoy the city since we'll only be here a few more days," Heather states. "Plus, I gotta get Dizzy's guitar back to her."
"Yeah, we could do that. I'm looking forward to walking down the streets with you, hand-in-hand for the first time," I say, beaming at her.
"Me too! Maybe we could go on a double date with Dizzy and Darren tonight! How great would that be?" Heather exclaims.
"Wait, Darren's in town too?" I ask.
"Oh yeah… since he knew that Dizzy would be occupied helping me surprise you, he thought that he would fly down and surprise her as well!" Heather responds.
"Aww, that's so cute!" I state. "I'm really happy that they found each other!"
"Yeah, me too! We're still the hottest couple though!" Heather states, matter-of-factly.
"And don't you forget it!" I reply with a grin.
"Well, why don't you text them and tell them to meet us in like an hour or so?" Heather states. "I'm gonna take a shower," she says while pecking me on the lips and crawling out of bed.
As I see Heather's naked body in front of me for the first time in the daylight, I have lost all of my motor functions. I guess from my lack of response, Heather turns around to find my mouth wide open and blatantly gawking at her flawless body. A smirk appears on her face before she says something.
"Um, Nay… you okay over there?" Heather asks, teasingly.
I feel my eyes start to blink uncontrollably as I blankly nod my head. Heather walks back over to the bed and uses her hand to lift my jaw off of the ground. Feeling her skin against mine again, I finally break out of my stupor and kiss her hungrily, wrapping my arms around her and straddling her on the bed. As I pull away, it's her turn to stare at my chest, in a similar fashion like she was last night.
"Um, Heath… are you okay?" I state, mocking her.
"Much better now…" she states, locking her lips with mine. "Why don't you tell Darren that we'll meet up with them in like 2 or 3 hours…"
"I think I can do that…" I state, totally aroused. I quickly grab my phone and shoot Darren the shortest, yet most understandable text possible before throwing my phone somewhere in the room. "Now that that's settled… how bout we go take a shower together and conserve water," I say seductively.
"You had me at shower!" Heather says while pushing off of the bed with me still on top of her.
Heather then manages to get to a standing position with my legs wrapped around her waist. As our lips meet again, she carries me to the bathroom, never breaking our kiss. The fact that Heather can pick me up so effortlessly is so fucking hot! I'm definitely gonna get used to this new aspect of our relationship.
After a couple of hours and several rounds later, Heather and I are finally dressed and meet up with Darren and Dizzy at Gray's Papaya to grab some hot dogs and catch up.
"So… I take it that everything went well for you ladies last night…" Dizzy states.
Heather and I look at each other and begin to giggle. I'm sure if my skin was a lighter tone, you could see the blush all over my face, especially thinking about everything that happened last night… and a few hours ago. Heather's face is turning beet red and her ears aren't too far behind.
"I have no idea what you're talking about Diz…" I respond, trying to be aloof. It doesn't work though cuz Darren and Dizzy give me a look that says "yeah, right…" or "bullshit". "Anyways, do you guys have anything planned for tonight?" I say, trying to change the subject.
"No, not really. What did you have in mind?" Darren asks.
"Well…" Heather says, her skin finally returning to its normal color. "We were thinking that we could do a double date thing, like maybe drinks and bowling?"
"That sounds splendid!" Dizzy exclaims. "We can set teams and finally have a true winner since last time that chick that plays Marley tricked us all!"
"That's for damn sure!" I respond. "Me and Heather will be Team Heya… that's what our fans refer to us as." Heather smiles and nods in agreement.
"What about you guys?" Heather asks.
"Hmm…" Darren thinks out loud. "How bout… I got nothing."
"Way to give up there, Dare!" Heather states sarcastically. Darren just laughs and shrugs his shoulders.
"What about Team Double D!" Dizzy responds. Heather and I both smirk at each other. "Not like that, you silly goose! I just meant because both our names start with a D, that's all!"
"Sure… I'm sure that's what you meant!" I say playfully.
"It is!" Dizzy replies. "I mean, the other thing is true too, but I wasn't referring to that."
Heather and I both raise our eyebrows and tilt our heads in unison as we stare at Dizzy's chest.
"Really?" Heather and I say at the same time.
"Uh guys… could you maybe stop staring at my girlfriend's chest?" Darren asks while giggling.
"Oops!" Heather and I say in unison. Darren shakes his head.
"Did you guys realize that you both had the same facial expression and did the exact same thing as you were gawking at Dizzy's boobs?" Darren says incredulously.
"What can I say… we're a team! That's just how we roll!" I respond playfully, giving Heather a quick peck. She smiles.
"You guys are seriously too much!" Dizzy interrupts. "And don't worry babe… these double d's are just for you!" Dizzy says with a wink. A slight blush appears now on Darren's face and it's adorable. He leans over and kisses Dizzy.
"Alrighty, now that that's settled… let's go!" Heather yells in excitement.
After playing 4 games of bowling, Team Heya proved to be victorious, winning the set 3-1. Hmm… that reminds me… Heather still owes me a striptease and I have to wash her car in an outfit of her choosing. I'm sure those activities will be much more entertaining now that we have been fully intimate… several times might I add. Afterwards, the 4 of us settled in for a nice dinner and just enjoy being in each other's company.
Dizzy informed us about the video shoot she was gonna be doing while in town. She said that it was for that song "Troublemaker" that she sung at the bar that one night. Apparently, her and Olly go way back and grew up together in England. Anyways, he decided to shoot the video in New York and since Dizzy co-wrote the song with him, he asked her to be his object of affection in the video.
We also talked about Glee and my album and how close we are to being done with it. Dizzy and I had been recently talking about what song would be my first single and what kind of video treatment we would want to do for that. There are a couple of songs that are the frontrunners. I also have a lot of ideas on how I want the video to be set up. I guess when this break is over, we'll dive deeper into that and make some final decisions. After dinner, the 4 of us went to the local watering hole and threw back a few.
And now, it's morning time again and I'm lying in bed with my beautiful girlfriend. As I wrap my arm a little more firmly around her waist and bury my face into her neck, I notice that something is off. Instead of smelling Heather's normal scent of vanilla and honey, I smell coconuts mixed with pears maybe? As I tentatively open my eyes, I see a cappuccino-colored shoulder with some type of Japanese symbol in blue ink in front of me.
"Dizzy?" I state with confusion. "What are you doing in my bed?"
"Actually, you're in my bed because we're in my flat," Dizzy responds.
As I gently lift up my head, I notice the surroundings in front of me are actually the contents of someone's room that is not mine. I forgot that Dizzy had an apartment in New York whenever she's here doing business.
"I didn't know you had tattoos," I state out of curiosity.
"There are a lot of things you don't know about me…" she states sleepily.
"Touché… by any chance, do you know where my girlfriend is?" I ask, finally getting back on track.
I then feel a slight pressure against my abdomen. As I take a peek downward, I noticed a pale arm wrapped around my stomach before I hear Heather's voice.
"I'm right behind you babe," she mumbles into my back. "By the way, thanks for caring enough to ask about my whereabouts after you asked Dizzy about her tattoo."
By Heather's tone, I know that she's just messing with me. I grab her hand and bring it to my lips, pressing a soft kiss to her knuckles. I feel her giggling vibrate against my back.
"Wait… where's Darren?" I question.
"He's behind me, although he looks a little lonely," Heather states.
I lift my head up to see what she's talking about and sure enough, Darren is almost at the edge of the bed with no blanket, facing away from the group. The rest of us are all cuddled up together while he is just a sad little panda. Poor Darren.
"Darren, don't be shy… come spoon with us," Heather says while grabbing his arm and getting him to turn over.
"Oh fine…" Darren says, tossing his arm over Heather and me. "This isn't weird at all, by the way…" he says sarcastically.
Heather chuckles again and I join in with her. I then turn my attention back to Dizzy.
"So Diz… how exactly did we end up here?"
"Well… after we left the bar, we came back here because it was much closer than your hotel. Plus, I didn't want to sleep on your bed after all of the wild and crazy shenanigans that you and Heather probably got into last night," Dizzy states frankly.
"Hey…" I say a little offended. "They have maids that change the sheets on a daily basis, thank you very much!"
All I hear is Heather snickering behind me.
"Ah ha! So you do admit that there was a reason for the maid to change your sheets this morning!" Dizzy states, proudly and matter-of-factly.
"I… wait, what?" I start to say. Dizzy just looks at me with a smirk on her face. "Alright, you got me… you damn Brits are so sneaky!"
"Thought so…" Dizzy states, victoriously. "Anyways, instead of crashing on the couch or in my spare bedroom, everyone decided to suffocate me in my bed and that's where we are now," she states, solving the mystery of how we ended up here.
Satisfied with her answer, I swiftly turn around so that I can face Heather. As I'm doing so, I see the arm Darren has draped over us find Dizzy's and their fingers link together. I smile at the sight and place a tender kiss to Heather's temple.
"I'm going back to sleep," I state, just in case anyone cared.
"Amen, sista… me too!" Dizzy states in her hood-like British lingo.
Although waking up with several other people in bed with me was a bit shocking, as long as Heather is next to me… I really could care less. I smile in content as I close my eyes and replay how amazing the past couple of days have been before sleep takes over.
This is definitely going to be a good year!
Author's Note:
Hey guys! Sorry that I couldn't get this to you sooner, but it's here now! Hope you all enjoyed it, although I know it doesn't top the last 2 chapters. Anyways, thanks for all of your reviews, especially the guests that I can't send a PM to thank personally. Thanks again for reading, and as a bonus, I might be posting a Heya one-shot either later on tonight or sometime tomorrow. If any of you guys watch MTV and are familiar with the show Friendzone, then you can kinda guess what the story will be about. Until next time!
Songs Used:
Troublemaker by Olly Murs (honorable mention)
Disclaimer: I own NADA! (otherwise known as NOTHING!)