A/N: Thank you all so much for the reviews, I'm glad you're all enjoying it, and I can't say thank you enough.

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Reles: It wasn't that cruel haha and I always have to get a sex and the city reference in so I'm glad you liked it.

Rainezeik: I love me some Blake Lively, which is how she ended up getting put into this haha and I figured it was about time they got a little romance.

Blueaske: Hate is a very strong word lol but hopefully this makes up for it. Glad you loved the song, and I'll make sure to have Kleenex ready from now on.

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Homobo32: I thought about Blake hitting on Naya but I really want this story to be about Heather being the one going after Naya instead of the other way around because I think that happens way to often lol

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Chapter 16 – Full Moons and Barbeques

"I'm glad you finally told her why you didn't call her, even though I don't know why that is." Lea stated as she sat down on her couch next to Naya. "Have you talked to her about it yet?"

Naya shook her head. "If its been over a week and I'm just talking to about it do you really think I've talked to her about it yet?" She watched as Lea shrugged in defeat. "Besides I think it's just one of those conversations you let go away."

"No, this is not one of those conversations."

"It's not like she's called to talk to me about Le so we'll leave it at that."

Dianna walked into the door and sat down on the couch. "You do know how jealous she was of you and Blake right?" Naya gave her a dumbfounded look. "Are you blind? If looks could kill Blake would be ten feet underground right now."

"Why would she be jealous?" Lea and Dianna shared a look, one that they didn't want Naya to know about.

"You were her best friend Nay, aside from Ashley you get her better than anybody."

"Got her better, I barely know her anymore. People change and we've all grown up, I really think you guys are looking too much into this."

A half hour later Lea and Dianna watched Naya leave and get into a cab from Lea's window. Moments after that Jenna walked into the apartment with a grin on her face.

"Our plan is so working." She said as she moved into the living room where Dianna and Lea were still standing.

"Except Naya doesn't want to believe what we all know is true." Dianna said with a sigh as she sat down next to Jenna.

"Let's put them in a room together and we'll see. You know how sneaky Naya is, she could be feeling things that we have no idea about."

Dianna nodded. "I think I know exactly how to do it."

"Dianna Elise, have you been holding out on us." Lea scolded her and she got her answer when Dianna smiled devilishly and raised an eyebrow.

"Girl has to have her tricks when her best friends love life is on the line."

"We're talking about Naya not me." Lea smiled only to be hit in the head with a pillow by Jenna.

"Ladies, lets get our heads in the game, if we aren't fast enough Naya is going to accept James' proposal and then we're really fucked because she would kill us if Heather waited until her wedding day to say something."

"I'll talk to Heather about something and we'll see how it goes." Dianna reached into her purse and picked up her phone dialing Heather's number. After a brief conversation Dianna hung up the phone, grinning from ear to ear. "I'm meeting her at her place in a little bit."

As if on que, Lea's phone rang. "Hello?...Hey, funny you should call right now we were just scheming." Lea put her phone on speaker so Ashley could say hello to everyone.

"Good this means I don't have to call you all separately. What the hell happened the other night?"

"When?" Jenna questioned.

"Naya's show, Heather called me the other day and she would not stop talking about Blake Lively and how she's replaced her."

Dianna couldn't help but laugh. "Was she drunk?"

"That's the best part, she hadn't even had a glass of wine. She was completely jealous, and we all know Heather isn't normally the type to get jealous. All I have to say is whatever you guys are doing, keep doing it."

Jenna shook her head as they got off the phone with Ashley. "The sad thing is we didn't have anything to do with that."

Lea was now beaming. "Like I said before ladies, fate is on our side."

Heather's Apartment – Few Hours Later

"Thanks for having me over." Dianna smiled as she gave Heather a hug before stepping inside the apartment.

"No problem anytime."

Without thinking Dianna flipped the light switch to the living room on. She had spent a lot of nights in this apartment when she visited from L.A. It had practically turned into her second home.

It was something Heather took note of, Dianna had only been over a handful of times, yet she had just reached for the light like it was second nature to her. That's when it came back to her. She remembered Naya carrying her in from the cab and the doorman knowing her name.

"How did you know where that was?"

Diana turned around and looked at her. "Know where what was?"

Heather nodded towards the light switch. "The lights."

"I have been here before Hemo." One thing Dianna was was a good actress, so good that Heather didn't think anything more of it after that. "What's up with you? You have that look in your eyes like your thinking about something."

"When Naya dropped me off the other night I swear the doorman knew her by her first name and from what I can remember she knew him too."

"Are you sure? Maybe you were dreaming."

Heather looked out the window and sighed. "Yeah, maybe, it was just weird. It feels like I'm missing a puzzle piece. Anyways, what brings you over, not that I'm not happy to see you."

"I wanted to talk to you about your script. I really think you should let Naya read it. You know she's the hopeless romantic one out of all of us."

"I know, I'm working towards it, her opinion has always just really mattered to me, even now." Dianna nodded in understanding.

"What's up with you being jealous of Blake?"

Heather was caught off guard by Dianna's blunt question. "What?"

The other blonde laughed and patted her friend on the shoulder. "We can all see it, except Nay she's blind, so spill it Morris."

Heather got up and looked out the window, she had found herself doing this a lot lately. Looking out the window over the park and thinking, thinking about Naya and life and how she really felt. "I guess I just miss being her friend."

"You are her friend."

Heather shook her head and looked back at Dianna. "I mean, how we were. I wish I could tell you that I got over it, that friends come and go like its no big deal, but not having her in my life was a huge deal. I miss having that person I can confide in, no matter what. I know I have all of you and Ashley and everyone else but it's not the same you know?"

Dianna nodded in understanding. "If you want her to really open up with you again you have to be open with her."

Twenty minutes later Dianna found herself walking into the familiar coffee shop where Jenna and Lea awaited her. "Plan is in motion." She smiled as she sat down at their table.

"Nice work Agron." Jenna high fived her as they all laughed.

It was late when Naya got home from work. The minute she opened the front door she saw Maurice sitting down, his leash in his mouth. "You are far too smart. Let me put my stuff down, change and I'll take you for a walk." At the mention of the word walk his tail started to wag before he ran to his mom so that she'd pet him. "Suck."

Ten minutes later Naya was walking Maurice through the park. She had changed into some workout clothes, a pair of yoga pants and a somewhat baggy sweater to be exact. Even though it was close to 4 am it was beautiful outside. All the leaves were back on the trees, the dim path lights seemed a little dimmer thanks to the full moon that was cascading light over the city and the air was cool but at the same time, just right.

Maurice didn't seem to be too tired yet so she figured she would keep walking. She noticed the lights still on at the rink and decided to go find a spot on the benches and watch people skate. It was a habit she picked up when she wanted to think, get away from all the things that were going on in her world and remember that she wasn't the only one dealing with life. Watching other people do something they seemed to love made her feel better after a long day of work because it reminded her of how much she loved acting and singing.

She was so lost in thought that she hadn't realized loosened the grip on Maurice's leash and a moment later the dog was running ten feet in front of her causing her to run in order to catch up with him. "Maurice!" She yelled as she followed him to where he sat being pet by a blonde woman.

"I'm so sorry," she paused, the sweet smell of Heather's invading her sense of smell, "Heather?" She questioned as she moved around to the other side of the bench.

"Hi." Heather smiled at her as she looked up from petting Maurice. Maybe it was the glow of the full moon or maybe it was the romantic vibe that Central Park always seemed to give her but she couldn't help but be captivated by that smile.

Heather moved over so she could still next to her. "What brings you out here so late?"

She watched as the girl shrugged. "Writers block, even kept me from sleeping."

"For that thing you've been working on relentlessly?" Naya looked over at Heather and then out at the few skaters that were on the rink, rollerblading.

"That'd be the reason. I never realized how hard writing could be."

"Trust me, I know what you mean."

Heather looked over at her with a questioning look. "You aren't going to ask me what it is?"

"You'll tell me when you're ready, I hope anyways. If there is one thing I know first hand it's that writing can't be pushed, it has to come naturally. It's something that's personal and people pushing doesn't help that but just know that if you need help, I'm always here to listen. I know I said that to you before but I mean it."

Heather didn't answer verbally, she simply nodded as they both went back to looking at the people skating. Naya had always given her the freedom to express herself whenever she wanted and however she wanted and right now she couldn't have been more appreciative of that. A few minutes later Heather finally found her voice again. "What brings you out so late?"

"Got off work late and this goober needed to be taken for a walk."

"What happened to not ever having a dog again after Callie?" Heather joked remembering Naya telling her the horror story that was her first dog.

Naya let out a loud laugh as she looked down at her dog. "I hadn't been here long, saw him in a pet store and the little monster won me over. He was definitely the runt of the pack and I figured I need a new blonde in my life." She looked over at Heather with a smile. "He's way cuter than Dianna anyways."

"Definitely cuter than Dianna." Heather laughed as Maurice looked up at her.

"Very true. I just keep running into you at the craziest places." Naya smiled as she sat on her hands to keep them warm.

Heather laughed once again. "Who knew a city this big could really be so small."

"For real." They went back to their silence for awhile before Naya finally spoke again. "About what I said the other night, after the show." She looked over at Heather for a minute before looking away. "I was mad at you and hurt as hell but I want you to know that not talking to you wasn't easy for me."

"Yeah way to drop the bomb on a girl." Heather sort of laughed a little to let Naya know she was being light hearted. "You were never in the way, you never had to leave and you said it was just two weeks but I don't blame you for not talking to me, I wouldn't have talked to me either." She half laughed as she looked in front of her instead of at Naya.

"Crazy how two weeks turned into five years." She looked up at the sky as if some cosmic force was going to help her.

"It was hard, Taylor moving in and not having you around anymore. It was like giving up one thing for the other and that's what I wanted. I don't know what I was thinking back then, not telling you he wasn't moving in, I can't imagine how that felt and I'm sorry."

Taking her eyes off the nights sky Naya looked at Heather and she could tell, even in the dark, those crystal blue eyes were telling her the truth. "I think I always knew that, but it sucked, I felt like my best friend had been keeping this huge secret from me, like she couldn't trust me."

"I never didn't trust you, I just don't think I trusted myself. I was being selfish and I want you to know that if I could go back and change it I would."

"It's getting late, I should get him and I back home to bed." Naya wasn't sure why this was what came out of her mouth but she wasn't sure how to process the information that Heather had just told her. She stood up and took a hold of Maurice's leash. "Apology accepted." The words just came out as she looked back at Heather who was sitting on the bench looking like a small child whose candy had just been taken.

She watched as her friend looked up at her with a big grin. Heather jumped from her seat on the bench and wrapped her arms around Naya's waist, pulling her into a tight hug.

"I'm having a barbeque this weekend, you should come, if you're not too busy."

"I think I can make a break in my schedule for a Naya Rivera barbeque."

"Sounds good."

They both started walking different directions and Heather had to admit that this might have been her favourite New York memory so far. As she walked home she couldn't help but feel lighter, and more relaxed.

Finally getting to her apartment she made her way upstairs. Taking off her jacket she hung it up in the closet before moving towards her living room. She didn't bother turning the lights on as she made her way over to the large window. She looked out over the park with a smile on her face before looking across the park so where she figured Naya's house was.

Walking over to the fireplace mantle she grabbed the remote for the stereo and turned it on. Naya's voice filled the apartment as Heather moved back to her spot at the window. She smiled at the thought of Naya's outfit tonight, she had always thought the girl looked amazing in sweats because that's who she was. As much as she was an incredibly gorgeous superstar when she was in sweats she was the down to earth Naya that only her close friends knew and loved.

Naya's Barbeque

Heather rang the doorbell and it didn't take long before someone was opening. She smiled once she saw James.

"Hey Heather, come on in. Glad you could make it out." He moved aside to let her in.

"Thanks, me too. It's been way to long since I've had some Rivera cooking." He laughed and told her that everyone was out back.

As she walked through the house and out the back door, she smiled when she opened it and was hit in the face with the incredible aroma of Naya's cooking. The sound of Adina Howard's freak like me filled the backyard. As she moved down the back steps she saw all of their mutual friends and a few other people that she didn't know and Blake. The backyard was small but there managed to be a deck and hot tub as well as some grass for Maurice to play on.

Then there was Naya standing by the barbeque, a beer in her hand as she swayed with the beat of the music. She watched as she brought the beer bottle to her lips and Heather had to admit that the woman was gorgeous, People magazine had definitely gotten that right. She waved at Lea, Jenna and Dianna who were sitting with Blake as she bee-lined for Naya. By the time she reached her the girl had the lid of the grill open and was flipping steak and burgers, vegetarian ones on the top rack for Lea and Dianna. She still had her beer in one hand mouthing the words to the song as she kept moving with the beat.

Heather couldn't control herself as she moved behind her and started to move with her. "Anytime of day, its good for me." She sang in Naya's ear causing the girl to lean her head back and laugh as she moved into Heather a little.

"Hey glad you could make it. How's the writers block?" Naya asked as she turned around, closing the lid. As soon as she did she saw the wine bottle in Heather's hand. "You know you should come over more often." She joked as she gave her a hug.

The blonde laughed. "I'll have to remember that and it's better thankfully."

"Make yourself comfortable, the girls are all sitting over there. I think you met Tyler before, the other guys are some of James' friends and a few of my friends but I'm sure they'll introduce themselves.

An hour later Heather was sitting at the patio table next to Blake, a beer in her hand. "So how'd you two meet?"

"Completely randomly, we were both at Carlos' café and we bumped into each other. We realized who the other was and started with small talk which turned into a two hour conversation. We've been friends ever since and that was right around the time she moved out here. Are you alright?"

Heather nodded as she took a swig of her beer. "I guess I just feel replaced, not that I blame her." She had no idea why she was telling someone she barely knew this but it was out there now, no going back.

"Between you and I, she could never replace you. When I first met her and we got close you're all she talked about and it was the sweetest thing."

"I'm sorry for being jealous of you two."

Blake looked at her with a shocked expression. "You were jealous of Naya and I?" Heather nodded. "You definitely don't need to be jealous but regardless, no worries, no harm done. I'm going to help Jenna clean up."

Heather watched the girl go inside, silently seething as she looked over at Naya and James goof around. Thankfully Dianna and Lea chose now to come back over, leaving Jenna inside to help clean.

"Are you done being jealous yet?" Lea asked as if it was the most exhausting thing for her to watch.

"No, but at least now I know how she always felt watching Taylor and I."

As the day faded to night people started to leave, including James who had to go to work leaving Naya, Heather and Dianna alone together.

"Just like the old days." Dianna laughed as she helped Naya clean up the backyard.

"Yeah so what do you say I crack open that bottle of wine Heather brought with her and we can take a break. The least I can do is give you alcohol for helping me clean." Both Heather and Dianna nodded their approval as Naya went inside to grab the bottle.

A bottle of wine and three garbage bags later, Naya's backyard was clean. Dianna had left to go home and get some sleep since she had an audition in the morning leaving Naya and Heather alone.

"I should probably head home soon too." Heather said as her and Naya walked back inside.

"You're welcome to stay the night if you want. I know you don't live far but the offer is there."

"I'm good, thanks though, someone needs to feed Zach." Naya giggled slightly, the alcohol starting to take affect.

Heather waited for a second, thinking about what she was about to do. "I've been writing a script." By now Naya was looking for something in her fridge but Heather's comment made her turn around. "It's a romantic comedy, I pitched the idea to some people awhile ago and they told me to go for it. Which is part of the reason I'm in New York, makes meetings a lot easier."

"Hemo that's awesome, I know you've always wanted to do a more behind the scenes thing." Naya looked back at the fridge and then back at Heather. "I know you said you have to leave soon but how about one more beer, we can sit outside and you can tell me about it?"

Heather nodded. "Sounds good to me." Naya handed her a beer.

Once outside they sat down on the deck chairs, Maurice asleep between them. They spent the next hour talking about the script and enjoying their beers. "Would you read it? Let me know what you think? I've let Di read it but you know how she is." Naya laughed as set her beer down on the table in front of her.

"Yes I do and I'd love too." Reaching into the pocket of her jeans Heather pulled out a small jump drive. "I'll go get my computer."

Naya went inside to get her laptop and Heather realized how nervous she was. Her palms had gotten a little sweatier. Before she could get a grip Naya emerged from the house with her laptop. Without thinking about it any longer Heather uploaded the file to Naya's computer.

"There it is, my little baby." Heather laughed and put her jump drive back into her pocket.

"If I know you, it's amazing and I can't wait to read it. Thanks again for coming today, it was nice to see you without it being by accident." Both girls stood up and headed back inside towards the front door.

"I missed me some Rivera cooking so I couldn't resist."

Naya laughed and Heather felt time slow down as she watch the girls head tilt back slightly. Her neck stretching back ever so slightly but enough for butterflies to well up in her stomach. "What do I have something on my face?" Naya asked bring Heather back to reality.

"Hmm? Oh no sorry, lost in space for a second. You look good Nay." Naya felt her cheeks get warm and she knew for sure that she was blushing. Leave it to Heather Morris to make her blush like a fool. People told her she looked good all the time but it was always different when it came from the blonde standing in front of her.

Once they said their goodbyes and Heather left Naya decided to go down to her neighbours for a little questioning.

"Agron, where is you at?" She asked as she walked inside without knocking.

"Kitchen." She heard the girl yell from down the hall. "What's up?" She asked once Naya was in the room.

"She let you read her script?"

Dianna smiled. "About time she told you."

"Could have told me."

Dianna shook her head. "I promised her I wouldn't but I have been trying to get her to tell you for awhile now, glad she finally did."

"Why do you have that look on your face."

"What face?"

Naya rolled her eyes. "You're I'm up to something face."

"No its my 'you need to go read that script' face."

"Why?"

Dianna paused and took a deep breathe, a smile creeping over her face. "Because it's about you and her."