A/N: I had a struggle with this chapter. Not writing it, but deciding how much was too much. Even though these are characters in a story, they are actually real people walking around life doing the best that they can. If I ever had the honor and privilege of meeting either one of them, I'd like to know that I did them justice.

This chapter is the most important one to me for reasons I hope you discover for yourselves. I'd love to hear what you have to say.

Thanks to everyone who have added me to their lists and for writing the reviews. You have no idea what that means to me.

I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Always Me & You

Chapter 6

Naya and Heather were sleeping peacefully. At 3:00 AM, Heather was overtaken with the distinct urge and painful desire to see Naya's face and see her smile at her.

Should I wake her up? That would be stupid. How did she get all the way on the other side of the bed? I want to hold her again.

Heather stroked her back and gently rustled her hair. For the first couple of seconds there was no response.

"Man, she's out cold."

Then Heather decided to maneuver herself so she could just hold her love in the night's quiet. Heather, as gently as she could, tried pulling Naya towards her without waking her up. Naya stirred, but fell back to sleep.

I'm being selfish…I won't try again to wake her. I gotta pee!

Heather quietly removed herself from bed without causing too much of a stir. She was successful and she quietly walked to the bathroom and closed the door behind her making sure she didn't slam it.

While Heather was in the other room, Naya woke herself up. Confused for a moment she asked, to herself, "Where am I?" She finally put her fears to rest when she realized she was away with Heather.

Where is she? It's too early to get up.

Naya turned over onto her arm and saw the bathroom light was on and the door was shut. Satisfied with that answer, Naya shifted herself so that she was on her back looking up at the ceiling. She suddenly got the urge to hold Heather.

I want to shock her, but what…

Before Heather came out of the bathroom, Naya decided to remove her tee shirt and toss it on the floor on her side of the bed.

"That ought to do it!"

Naya positioned herself in a pose that surely told Heather that she wanted to hold her.

Flush!

"Here we go…"

Heather opened the door and walked into the outer room.

"I'm up," Naya said, nonchalantly.

Heather stopped dead in her tracks and just inhaled the sheer beauty that is Naya.

"I-I-I see that!"Heather wore the biggest smile known to man on her face. She tried to keep her composure, but failed miserably, she asked, "How'd you sleep?" Heather felt her cheeks getting hotter and redder by the second.

Naya laughed and Heather noticed the slight bouncing movement to her top. She then sat up in bed and said, "Get over here. I'm chilly."

Heather rushed to her, into bed, and then into her arms. The warmth of Naya's chest radiated onto Heather.

"Is it hot in here?"

"I wouldn't know," Naya answered, teasingly. "I know one way to alleviate that problem?"

"How?" answered Heather, downright stupidly. Naya mimicked what to do.

Heather suddenly imitated Forrest Gump to show her stupidity. "'ello…My name is Forrest, Forrest Gump…would you like a chocolate?" This made Naya burst with laughter at her lover's imitation thus making her chest rise and fall with each laughing sound.

To redeem herself, Heather lifted her shirt off of her body and insecurely turned to face Naya. Naya took a moment to take in Heather's beauty and then she said, "Say something? Anything, please!"

"You're beautiful!" Heather stared into Naya's chocolate colored eyes wishing to get lost in them forever. Heather caressed her face in the palm of her hand. Right then, Naya let out a moan of excitement.

What this girl does to me, I'll never know.

Searching for permission in Naya's eyes, she received a shock of pure longing and desire. Heather started to bring her hand down Naya's body slowly. Naya moaned again giving Heather the "go ahead". Heather's hand continued it's decent, but stopped right at Naya's collarbone. She leaned forward and received Naya's kiss readily. Right now the two girls were as close to each other in mind and soul than ever before. Naya is usually the aggressive person in these types of situations, but she surprisingly, gave up that role with Heather. Whatever Heather wanted Naya made sure she obliged.

As they continued kissing, Heather's hand continued its decent lower. It stopped right at Naya's heart and stayed there for a few minutes. Breaking the kiss, Heather said, "This is the place I'd like to call 'home'."

With that Naya took Heather's hand and gingerly lowered it until Heather was touching Naya's breasts. Having this experience with Naya was the best ever since Heather was new to the whole art of love making. She'd only had one other partner in the bedroom before Naya walked into the picture. Heather made sure to give each of Naya's breasts the full attention they deserved. Then Naya engulfed Heather's mouth again in a kiss "for the ages!"

"Mhmmm," Naya moaned inside Heather's kiss.

Heather pulled back totally aware of what she was doing, "Am I hurting you?"

"God no. This feels soooo good. You don't mind me helping," whispered Naya, seductively.

"Not at all." Something Heather knew for sure was that there was a time to be funny and crack jokes and there was a time to be serious and attentive to Naya's needs. And that time was happening at that moment for Heather.

They started kissing again. Once again their tongues were going back and forth in their mouths hoping to satisfy each other's longings and desires.

Right then Naya screamed, "Ahhhh…I want you!"

With that permission, Heather found herself moving forward to be on top of Naya. She wanted to become one with her gorgeous Latina. She didn't want there to be any space between them. Naya realized now that Heather was on top of her so her hands could also go on their own journey over Heather's body.

They began at Heather's head, brushing the strands of hair that were going into her eyes. She travelled lower and massaged her entire back as Heather was kissing her and massaging her belly button. No one had ever done that to Naya and she knew that Heather was going with the ideas that she thought would make Naya happy and truth be told, this move of Heather's was adding to Naya's excitement. Naya then went lower and hovered over Heather's waistband.

Breaking the kiss for only a moment, Naya said, "Those need to come off." Obeying her every demand Heather quickly took off her pants and tossed them on the floor.

"All of them."

"You sure?"

"Yes," Naya said, panting with lust and adrenaline.

Heather removed her panties as well.

"Now it's your turn!"

Naya took everything off in one movement and tossed them aside. Now they were both naked and all of the restraints were lifted. Heather straddled Naya's waist and just took her into her heart and her mind.

"You're beautiful!" Heather exclaimed with a tear in her eye. Naya reached up to brush away that tear. Then she pulled her back on her. Naya continued her journey and grasped Heather's butt with both hands and just stayed in that position for a second.

"So are you!" Naya said with a tight squeeze. This excited Heather so she bit Naya's neck and left an imprint in her skin.

'Ah!" Naya sang out.

"You okay?"

"Yes, do that again!"

Naya's excitement level was raised again with Heather's second imprint on her neck. Naya's whole body shuddered and she had her release. Panting afterward, she whispered, "Thank you."

"That's what I want to do for the rest of my life!" Heather said and smiled widely. Naya stroked her face, tenderly.

After a few minutes of kissing, both women fell back on the bed in complete exhaustion. Their hands and hearts were entwined together.

They laid there totally delirious with happiness and love.

"Hey, Nay," asked Heather, "what do you dream about?"

Naya broke the hand holding flipped onto her belly to look at Heather's face.

"What do you mean?"

"What do you want for your life? What do you dream about?"

"Well, in terms of family…I want what all girls want, ya know? The white picket fence, the kids, the dog, and you…the person of my dreams," Naya said, looking up at her. "I want the kind of love that I've been missing in my life. I want a sense of totality. Completeness. Feeling like I belong to someone."

"You now belong to me…if that's alright?"

Naya leaned up and kissed her again and then asked, "Are you sure?"

"What now?"

"Are you sure you want me?" asked Naya who looked sad for a minute.

"Where is that coming from?"

"I dunno. I know I started all of this. I think about what would have happened if I hadn't. Would we still be 'here' together?"

"Naya, you're my best friend. You should know that I don't pick up on the subtle clues. I need to be smacked upside the head sometimes. And that's what you did! I'm glad you did it. I was having the feelings you had also, but I didn't know what to do with them. We were in the same boat…" Heather looked at her and continued, "Now I don't know if I would have the 'balls' like you. But I've never been happier being 'here' with anyone else."

"I do have big ones!"

That's my girl!" Heather chuckled.

"Also … a dream of mine is to win an Emmy award."

"Really? That's great! For GLEE?"

"Yea, I think we're doing some great work and I'd like to see the show be honored for it through my nomination."

"Yes, we are…You know?"

"What?"

"Now that we're a couple, in real life, we can have the writers go deeper into the storyline for Santana & Brittany, if you want."

"A couple, huh?"

"Absolutely. What...we aren't to you?"

"I just like when you say it!"

"Well, you know what I think?"

"Um, no…What?"

"I think that the trophy is as good as yours!"

"Really now?"

"Absolutely, babe, I believe in you!"

That simple statement made Naya realize that Heather was the real deal. She cursed herself for not telling Heather how she felt sooner in the friendship. But what's done is done. She was just so happy to be with her right now.

"No one has ever told me that they believe in me! Thank you."

"I have from the very first scene we shared when we were just sitting in Sue's office. I don't remember if you had any lines, but you sat there and your presence illuminated the scene. I thought to myself, 'She's going to be a star, and I'm honored to get to see her do it'!"

"Aww, sweetheart, really?"

"I don't lie. You gotta start seeing yourself through my eyes," said Heather with a wink. Naya smiled at her and puckered her lips for what she thought would be an air kiss. But Heather jumped at the opportunity. She placed a gentle, but rougher kiss on Naya's lips and again Naya moaned.

Coming up for air, Naya said, "Damn you're a good kisser!"

"It's helps to be kissing you. I've been waiting a long time to have the privilege of doing that." Heather smiled and caressed Naya's chin.

Naya flipped herself onto her back again and nuzzled into Heather's body. Heather drew her as close as possible. Naya felt sleep start to take hold of her so she said, "I'm going to shut my eyes for awhile!"

"Ok, me too. We have a fun day ahead of us. Dream of me?"

"Always!"

"I love you."

"I love you too!"

With that declaration both of the women succumbed to sleep. They slept peacefully in each other's arms for the rest of the late night/early morning.

Around 8:00 AM Naya arose and went to use the bathroom. Once inside the room, she jumped up and down in sheer amazement.

I can't believe this…I'm so happy. She makes me happy. And I'll do everything I can to make her as happy as I am.

When Naya exited the bathroom, Heather was still sleeping so she ordered room service in a whisper and then got dressed. Room service quietly entered and exited and Heather didn't awake from her slumber. As soon as Naya poured the first cup of coffee Heather was woken up by the smell of it.

"Good morning," Naya said, as she brought her the cup.

'Good morning…Ahh, that's good!"

"How'd you sleep?"

"Peacefully!"

"Oh, that's good. What do you wanna do today?"

"Wanna shop?"

"Of course. That'd be fun!"

"Then we can have dinner?"

"Sure. Anything you want, my dear."

"Anything?" Heather asked playfully.

Naya smiled, "We have tonight, remember?"

"Oh how can I forget?"

"Get dressed!"

Heather finished her cup of coffee, got out of bed, and quickly changed. As soon as the two were ready they opened the curtains to reveal a sunny day in their paradise. This place and this hotel, the Seaway Inn, will always be their "paradise". Somewhere to go to escape their everyday lives together.

They started to walk around the quaint and small town.

"This is the type of place were I'd like to end up, you know? After GLEE and whatever else comes my way, this is the place I could definitely call home. I think it is easy now because you're with me. And home is wherever you are," Naya said and smiled.

Heather shook her head in agreement.

"Hey, I want to go in this store for a second."

"I want to go in that one over there. Do you want to split up and meet back here in like 15 minutes?"

"Sure," said Naya, "I'll miss you."

"Aww, babe, come here." Heather said and gathered Naya into a hug and their first public kiss which surprised Naya.

"See you in awhile."

Naya watched Heather walk away and smiled, "There goes my girl!"

She then walked into a quaint store that sold everything. She wanted to get Heather a gift for the weekend.

"Hello!"

"Hi!"

"May I help you?"

"I'm just looking for now, but thank you."

"Sure. I'm Kathy, if you need anything."

"Thanks Kathy!"

Naya looked to the different areas of the store and gravitated to the jewelry section. She started to look at the various pieces in the glass case until her eyes settled on the perfect gift for Heather.

"Hey, Kathy. I think I know what I want?"

"Sure, what can I get for you?"

"May I see that necklace there?"

"Sure." Kathy removed it from the case and held it up for Naya to inspect.

"How much does that cost?"

"Um, $150.00. That's a pretty good price for this area."

Naya didn't care how much it cost she wanted Heather to have it.

"Does it come in a black box?"

"It can if you want it to?"

"Yes, please."

"Sure. Is that all?"

She thought that Heather would think something was up since she didn't get anything, Naya got herself a tee shirt.

"That'll be $165.50," Kathy said, with a smile.

"Thanks for the help."

"No worries. Have a nice day!"

"You too," Naya said, as she exited the store on her way to meet up with Heather again. She saw her in the distant and found herself running to her lover's arms. Heather saw her coming and extended her arms out to her.

"You didn't miss me too much, did you?"

Naya just laughed.

"What cha get me?"

"Um, nothing…"

"Ok," Heather winked.

"What…I got a tee shirt!"

"Cool."

"C'mon…Hold my hand." Heather said.

Naya extended hers and Heather grabbed it and she pulled Naya along their journey. The rest of the day was spent shopping, laughing, and having a good time together.

They returned to the hotel and got ready to go to dinner. They decided to go to the restaurant in the hotel. During dinner they laughed, talked, and held each other's hands feeling like there wasn't anyone else in the room.

"What do you want to do now? Do you want to take a walk? Go to the boardwalk again? Hang out in the room and watch movies?"

"Hmm, good choices. Can we do the walk and the movies?" asked Naya.

"Sure. I don't care as long as we're together!" replied Heather, smiling.

Let's get outta here!"

They left the restaurant hand in hand and went for a moonlit walk. As they were walking, Naya asked, "Do you believe in making wishes on stars?"

"Kinda. Do you?"

"Actually I do. Can I tell you my wish?"

"Sure!"

Naya closed her eyes and said, "I wish for you and I to have many years just like this together. For tonight, I wish that you allow me to love you fully and totally."

Heather leaned over and whispered, "You already do…" Then she kissed Naya's head.

They drifted around the town for an hour or so more and then they went back to their hotel room. They shut and locked the door. Once inside, Naya grabbed her nightie without Heather seeing and went to the bathroom to change. Heather changed while her goddess was in the other room. Then Heather unmade the bed and climbed in. Heather kept looking at the bathroom door wondering why it was taking Naya so long to emerge.

Naya got into the nightie and let her black hair loose. When she felt sexy, Naya opened the door, shut the light off, and just stood in front of Heather. Heather looked at her with the most loving look on her face.

"You're amazing! I guess we're not watching a movie…"

"No, Miss Morris, we aren't."

Then Heather scooted herself out of the bed and stood in front of Naya. Naya removed the inches of separation between the two and soon found herself in Heather's embrace. Naya, then, playfully pushed Heather back onto the bed and lunged on top of her, making their mouths inches apart. Naya hungrily took Heather's lips with her own and gave her the most powerful, yet sweetest kiss ever.

"Mmm," Heather moaned inside the kiss.

"You okay?" Naya asked when she broke the kiss.

"You almost gave me a heart attack. First you come walkin' out there looking all kinds of sexy and then you knock me off my feet, literally. You're paying my medical bills," Heather said, jokingly.

Naya laughed, but said, "Well, then, hold onto your hat!" Naya got up from the bed.

"Where are you going?"

Naya went to the plastic bag that had Heather's gift inside. Taking the box out, she said, "I have something for you!"

Heather sat up and smiled. Naya nervously handed the black velvet box to Heather.

"Oh, babe, you didn't have to. I don't have anything for you."

"You've given me more than I could ever ask for. Please open it."

With that Heather opened the box and saw her present sitting there. Naya had bought her a necklace with two diamond encrusted hearts entwined together.

Naya knelt down on the floor, looked up, and said, "It symbolizes our two hearts coming together. Whenever you look at it I want you to know how much I love you and how much I have always loved you. Always me and you, baby, always."

Heather didn't know what to do with herself so she just began to cry.

"Oh, oh, please don't cry," requested Naya, who could feel herself getting emotional.

Naya got herself up from the floor and sat next to Heather who kept her eyes on her present. She hugged Heather as tight as she possibly could.

"I hope you like it."

I hope you like it. Is that the only thing you could have come up with?

"I love it and you," Heather whispered.

Naya smiled. She then took the box from Heather and placed it opened up, on the night stand next to them. She turned to Heather and gently laid her back on the bed. Then she got on her top of her and kissed Heather sweetly again. Heather let Naya take the lead this time and she just enjoyed everything. Heather and Naya made love again that night. This time it was more passionate than the night before they knew, instantly, what to do. Naya helped Heather to have her release using her thin and long fingers which massaged in and around Heather's most sensitive organ. Naya also used her tongue, when it wasn't busy massaging Heather's, to lick every part of Heather's body. Then they just held each other in the stillness of the night.

Seconds before they both fell asleep, Naya whispered, "Marry me?"

"Yes," Heather whispered back. But by then Naya has already drifted off to sleep. Before Heather could worry about not hearing Naya's response Heather drifted off to sleep.