"What! When? Are you okay?" Instantly Darren's arms found themselves wrapped around his friend.
"So the muffins, are you upset about it or is it because you're realising you still love him and all that because you always make muffins when you like someone and you're unsure about how they feel." Darren said.
Heather returned the hug and whispered in Darren's ear.
"I'm in love." she whispered.
Darren thanked god that they were wrapped up in a hug so that Heather didn't see his heart break in his eyes.
He never would have stepped over the line but hearing that Heather was single now gave him a small glimpse of hope.
"Then you should call him honey because making muffins this early in the morning is not good." Darren said.
Heather pulled back and looked at Darren as she shook her head.
"I have nothing to say to him." Heather said.
"Oh? Who have you fallen for this time Hemo, you little love machine." Darren said smiling.
The blonde couldn't help but smile at her best friend.
"Just a person with a name who's handsome and hot and so incredible funny." Heather said.
Darren sat listening with a smile on his face even though all he wanted was to curl up in Heather's bed and go back to sleep.
Heather laid her head in Darren's lap and felt him run his hands thru her hair.
"You don't have to tell me who it is if you don't want to right now anyways but I can assure you that whoever it is would be crazy not to feel the same way about you." Darren said.
Turning her head Heather looked up at Darren and smiled from ear to ear.
"Who knew you were so sweet at almost 5 in the morning?" Heather said.
"The better question is, who knew I could actually speak this early in the morning. I'm just glad we have the day off tomorrow." Darren said.
Heather nodded and closed her eyes, Darren's fingers softly running thru her hair still.
"So when did you and Taylor break up and why didn't you tell me?" Darren asked.
Turning once more, this time Heather buried her face into Darren's hip.
"About three weeks ago, I didn't feel it anymore. I didn't say anything because I didn't really want to talk about it, it was what it was but I wanted to be absolutely sure that I was doing the right thing." Heather said.
The blonde's hand was now running up and down the brunette's leg.
"Makes sense, but you know I'm always here for you, even when you're wishy washy about things." Darren said.
Darren felt the girl nod on his leg which caused him to smile and lean back against the pillows.
"I can't wait for tour this summer so we can cuddle all the time." Darren said.
He felt Heather smile.
"We better be getting our cuddle on all summer Hemo, I don't care if you have a new boyfriend by then." Darren said.
They both laughed and Heather leaned up.
"Do you mind if I take a quick shower? I'm hoping it'll help me sleep." Heather said.
Darren feigned hurt.
"What are you saying? That I don't help you sleep?" He asked.
"You can help me sleep in a different way, you know what they say." Heather said and winked at him before getting up and she could have sworn she saw Darren's cheeks turn a little pink.
"Ten minutes, tops." she promised before walking into the bathroom.
After about five minutes of waiting for Heather, Darren decided he didn't want to fall asleep without the girl next to him so he got up and headed for the kitchen.
Biting the inside of his lip he stood and looked at the dishes that were left from Heather's late night baking.
It was only then that he realised he was barely clothed but decided it was too early for him to care.
He ran the hot water and let it fill up the sink while he pressed play on Heather's ipod that was still in it's docking station from earlier.
Not long after that Heather emerged from the bathroom only to find Darren absent.
She smiled as she cracked the door open just slightly and looked into the kitchen, she couldn't see much but she could hear him sing.
Walking over to her bedside table the blonde picked up her phone and called her other best friend.
"It's 5 in the morning, this better be important." Naya said on the other line.
"You're ass still hasn't gone to bed ya drunken party animal." Heather said.
Naya laughed on the other line.
"I told Darren tonight that Taylor and I have broken up." Heather said.
"Did you tell him you want his hot kisses and lovemaking?" Naya asked.
Heather laughed.
"No, he has no idea but right now he's doing my dishes so I guess that'll be a good reward." Heather said.
"You can do it Heather. You've been talking about it non stop for three weeks, go get your guy. Yes this is the extent of pep talk you're going to get right now because I'm going to bed. Love you, see you on Monday." Naya said.
"Love you too drunky." Heather said.
With that both girls hung up the phone and Heather turned her phone off before putting it back on the bedside table.
Quietly she opened her bedroom door once again and crept down the hall.
Once she was close enough she wrapped her arms around Darren's waist and kissed the top of his shoulder.
"Put your arms around me, what you feel is what you are and what you are is beautiful." she sang softly into his ear.
Setting the last bowl into the rack Darren smiled and turned around in Heather's arms, wrapping his arms around the blonde's lower back.
"Do you want to get married and run away?" the brunette sang back with a smile.
It was then that their eyes caught and neither could look away.
"Took you longer then ten minutes honey." Darren said.
Finally blinking Heather shrugged.
"You didn't have to do the dishes you know." Heather said.
"I know but I wanted to stay awake so I figured why not." Darren said before letting out a soft yawn that made Heather's heart melt.
"Come on, let's get your butt back to bed." Heather said.
Darren could only nod as he felt the blonde's fingers intertwine with his own.
Five minutes later they were back in bed.
Heather laid down on her side and faced Darren who was lying on his back, arms around his best friend.
For her part, Heather had her arm over Darren's waist and was softly scratching up and down his side.
"Why are you staring at me?" Darren asked, eyes still closed but a smile evident on his face.
"Just thinking." Heather said.
"Thinking what? It's too early to be thinking." Darren said.
Heather was silent for a moment.
"Wondering how you'd react to something." she said finally.
Her voice was soft and gentle and Darren realised she wasn't joking around like she normally did.
"What would that something be?" Darren asked and opened his eyes and looked at Heather.
Without another word the blonde leaned in and softly brushed her lips over Darren's.
It was soft and sweet and it didn't last nearly long enough.
Not even long enough for Darren to register what was really going on and kiss Heather back.
"That." Heather whispered her lips barely grazing over Darren's as she spoke.
Darren let his body take over, he finally gave in to something he had been pondering about for the longest time.
Their lips met again and this time the kiss was filled with more hunger and passion.
Darren felt Heather's hand grip onto his hip as he ran the tip of his tongue over the blonde's bottom lip before softly biting it, pulling it back ever so gently.
He let go and placed a soft peck on the girls lips before pulling back and looking into crystal blue eyes.
"Wow." was all Heather could say at first.
"It's you." she finally managed to say causing Darren to snap out of his gaze.
"Me?" Darren asked.
Heather nodded and drew a heart on Darren's abs.
"That's why I didn't tell you about Taylor right away. I didn't want to hurt you like that. It wasn't that I was unsure of how I felt about you, I was unsure how you felt about me and I needed to know that I was making the right decision for both of us. I would never want to jepoardize our friendship." Heather said.
Darren kissed her.
"You made the right decision." he told her.
Heather smiled.
"What made you go for it? Darren asked, running his fingers up and down Heather's back under her shirt while pulling the blanket up to keep his girl warm.
"I couldn't resist anymore. Watching you sleep, in a total non creeper way, I just, you're so handsome and hot. Then your voice cracked after I told you about Taylor and something in me just knew. By the way, you taste like blueberries." Heather said.
Darren let out one of his hearty laughs.
"I may have snuck a muffin while you were in the shower." he said.
"Definitely glad I made those muffins." Heather said smiling before leaning in and kissing Darren again.
"Mmm, me too." Darren said before closing his eyes, the time finally taking a toll on his body.
"I have wanted to kiss you for so long." Heather admitted as she laid her head back down on Darren's chest.
Moving his hand up, Darren touched Heather's chin with the tips of his fingers, lifting her chin up.
He kissed the tip of her nose first before placing another soft kiss on Heather's lips.
"Those blueberry muffins were good but nothing could taste better than you." he said.
"In that case I better be getting lots of kisses from now on since we are now a couple." Heather said and kissed Darren's collarbone as she felt him hold her closer.
"But for now we should get some sleep. I've kept you up long enough and I want to have as much energy as I can when we wake up so I can kiss you and make love to you all day." Heather said.
Placing a kiss on the top of the blonde's head Darren nodded and mumbled something that Heather took as agreeance.
"This time don't even think about getting up, I may have been warm from the covers but I wanna be warm from your bodyheat this time." Darren said.
"I promise." Heather said.
After saying goodnight with a passionate makeout kiss the couple drifted off to sleep.
Both content and glad that they were finally where they wanted to be.
With each other.
The End