A/N: This is the chapter about the conversation between Naya and Mrs. Morris. I had some personal experience with this chapter however my final outcome was extremely different.

The next chapter will probably be about Dianna's apology, talking with Ryan and the writers, and planning the wedding.

Hope you enjoy it reading it!

Always Me & You

Chapter 11

The rest of the week was spent working, starting to clean Naya's apartment, being together, and making love.

Before they knew it, Friday night had approached and Naya wasn't nervous at all.

"Hey, babe…"

"Yea," Heather answered from their kitchen.

"Can I hold onto your letter for tomorrow?"

"Um, sure that's a good idea."

"Where might it be?"

"In my…our bedroom, on the dresser. Do you want to get it?"

"Yea, I want to put in with my purse so we don't have to go looking for it tomorrow morning." Naya got up and went to retrieve it. She found it right where Heather had said. Then she noticed Heather's ring. She wanted Heather to wear it tomorrow.

Once Naya went downstairs and put the letter on the coffee table, she asked, "Hey, honey, you are going to wear your ring tomorrow, right?"

Heather looked up at her and said, "I was thinking…"

"What were you thinking?"

"That I'd put it in my pocket and take it with me."

"You don't like it," Naya said and sounded hurt.

Heather ran to her and held her hand and said, "I love it and you know that."

"Then why would you just put it in your pocket when its home is on your finger?"

"I…I…"

"Go on?"

"I'm just afraid," said Heather as she looked down at her feet.

"Of what?"

"Tomorrow."

That statement stung Naya more than she would ever tell anyone.

"Do you not want me here?"

"No, that's not it…Shit…I'm messing this up…Come over here please?" Heather pulled out a seat for Naya. She walked over and sat down, and felt suddenly sad. Naya hung her head down.

"Naya, sweetheart, please look at me. Let me explain?"

Naya looked up and connected her chocolate colored eyes to sky blue colored ones.

"Ok…You know I love you…"

Naya nodded.

"You know that you make me beyond happy and safe…"

Again Naya nodded.

"I'm just afraid that tomorrow won't turn out how we hoped it would and that you'll get discouraged and maybe leave me." Now Heather was looking down.

"Are you serious?"

Heather nodded.

"Heather, look into my eyes…"

Heather looked into them.

"What do you see?"

"My reflection."

"That's because you are all I see!"

Heather smiled.

Naya continued, "The day I leave you is the day my life doesn't make sense anymore!"

Heather sighed.

"You believe me, right?"

"Yes, I do."

"Ok…Tomorrow that ring is going to be on your finger the entire day and people are going to admire the crap out of it, understood?" Naya said, with a smile.

"I love it when you act all tough, Ms. Rivera. Yes, I understand!" Heather leaned forward and kissed Naya tenderly.

"Ok, that's settled. When are we eating? I'm hungry!"

"Ten minutes. Get the stuff out that we'll need?"

"Super!" Naya got up and got the plates, silverware, and drinks out.

"Something else to think about….Who is taking whose name?"

"Wow! I haven't thought about that! We should decide that now for tomorrow."

"That's why I bring it up. Personally, I'd like for you take my name…'Heather Rivera'!"

"Hmm…'Naya Morris' sounds like you could be on Saved by the Bell as Zack Morris's Latina sister," Heather chuckled.

Naya chuckled too.

"So am I 'Heather Morris-Rivera' or 'Heather Rivera'?"

"That depends…"

"On…"

"How much your Mom can take at one time?"

Heather heartily laughed. "Good point."

"I want you to be totally mine…"

"I am totally yours! My Mom doesn't get a say in that!"

"You sure?"

"You asked me to marry you, didn't you?"

"That I did."

"That's settled. We're getting a lot accomplished tonight!"

"We make a good team," Naya said, happily.

"I see it more as a partnership."

"Great. Let's eat!"

"What do you say we spend the night back at your apartment one last time, Nay?"

"You don't mind?"

"We're starting out there anyway, right?"

"Oh, yea, that does make sense. We start there and end up here. So all you need to bring tonight is a change of junky clothes and your ring."

"And all you need to bring is my letter!"

"Oh, thanks for reminding me. In fact…excuse me." Naya got up from the table and retrieved the letter from the coffee table and placed it in her purse.

"Ok…before we leave we gotta just tidy up a little. My Mom is coming. Clean the dishes, mop the floor, and maybe dust."

"Neat freak huh?"

"A little bit!"

After dinner, Naya did the dishes, and this time she didn't break any. She cleaned the countertops, stove, refrigerator, and any other surface that she thought needed to be cleaned. Then she got out the mop and did a quick mopping of the entire apartment which was pretty much all hard wood floors except for a little carpet here and there.

While she did that, Heather dusted everything that she thought was dusty. Then she got out the vacuum and quickly did that. She wasn't going overboard as they were going to have a lot of people walking in and out of there tomorrow.

Once the cleaning was finished, she grabbed an overnight bag and filled with a junky, but acceptable outfit for tomorrow. She packed her sneakers and everything else she thought she'd need to sleep over with Naya.

Before she almost forgot she yelled, "Hey Naya, come here for a sec!"

"Coming…Where are you?"

"In our room."

"I like the sound of that," Naya said, as she walked in.

"I know, right! Ok, what side of the closet do you want? Right or left?"

"What side is unoccupied?"

'Most of the right!"

"Done. Right it is. Are you gonna have enough room?"

"Not a problem."

"Ok! I'm excited!"

"Me too! Ok, next area…" Heather said and pulled Naya over to the dresser.

"My stuff is basically on the left in the three drawers going down," Heather said, pointing down. "You're the right side. Is that okay?"

"More than fine!"

"Then you have the counter space here and I think the mirror is big enough for us!"

"Perfect! Thank you…"

"Thank you for moving in with me! I love you!"

Naya stopped Heather for a moment, and hug her as tightly as possible. Right then, Heather knew that everything would be fine because she had the love of her life in her arms.

"This isn't a dream?" Naya asked.

"No, honey, this is not a dream! It's for real!"

"I love you more than you'll ever know," Naya said, honestly.

Heather bent down a little and connected her lips with Naya's in sweet kiss. They stayed like that for a while and then Heather broke the kiss and dragged Naya into the bathroom.

"Ok, in the medicine cabinet, the top shelves are mine…Unless you want them?"

"Nope I'm good with the bottom shelves."

"In the shower, I have a nice rack…"

"Um, yea, you do!" Naya said and winked.

"Hehe!" Heather blushed. "I meant a nice rack to put soap, shampoo, and razor, whatever on. I'd like to institute something right now!"

"Oh, yea, what's that?"

"Shower Sundays…where we shower together!"

"I think we'll be doing that a lot more than once a week…Remember I'm a horny teenage boy around you!"

"How could I forget?"

"I know….okay, everything else that you don't need handy everyday we can put in the garage. I use it for that as well. We have enough room for two cars in the driveway."

"I think you covered it all, Ms. Rivera!" Naya looked up and smiled.

"Geez, I like the sound of that!"

"I'm glad. You'll be using it for a very, very, very, very, long time!"

"Yup. You ready to go?"

"Sure. Let me get my purse then we can leave! Do you have everything?"

"Oh, you mean this, right?" Heather asked and raised her left hand with the ring on it.

"There it is! Ok, let's go!"

"Yup."

They ran downstairs, got all of their stuff together, locked up the apartment, got in Naya's car, and went to Naya's. On the way, Heather got a text.

APRIL: We've landed, going to get our bags, and go to the hotel. See you tomorrow at 10. At your apartment, right?

"Oh, boy!"

"Yes…"

"My mother and sisters have landed. They are en route to the hotel. I'll tell my sister to still meet us at my…no, our apartment at 10-ish."

"Actually tell them 10:30. My parents are coming around 10 and this way we'll say hi and then speed off to your Mom and sisters. Then could you text GLEE and tell them 10 am sharp?"

"Will do!"

"Thanks babe!"

"Ok, finished."

"Man, you have fast fingers!" Naya blushed when she remembered the times they've made love and how expertly Heather used her fingers.

"Dirty thought, my friend?"

"Um, how did you know?"

"I know you…and you started to sweat a little!"

"Oh, geez!"

"Haha! I love you."

"Yea, yea!" Naya said as she smiled.

They got to Naya's apartment and Naya quickly went around the house and advised Heather of what should stay, go, be donated, or given away.

"You'll be here to supervise especially when I talk with your Mom."

"You sure you don't want me to be a part of that?"

"If it's alright with you, I'd like to talk with her alone!"

"Ok, if you need me holler!"

"Ok, I will."

All of the GLEE kids had responded including Dianna. Naya hoped she would show up tomorrow to help.

"Wow! It's 11:30. You wanna go cuddle and fall asleep in my arms?"

"You never have to ask, my dear. Don't take this the wrong way, but can we save making love for tomorrow night…In celebration?"

"Not at all," Naya responded, "Just be ready…"

"Um, I don't know what that means, but okay!"

Naya laughed. She set the alarm for 7 am so they'd have plenty of time to get ready. They climbed into bed and held each for the entire night.

"I love you so much, Nay!"

"I love you so, so much, Heather."

"Why did you stop calling me 'Hemo'?"

"I like 'Heather' more. And when I call it out during, ya know, I think Heather is sexier!"

"Oh, ok."

"Goodnight, babe."

"Goodnight, sweetheart."

And with that they both fell asleep in each other's arms.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

Heather was the first to wake up from her sleep and turn off the alarm.

"C'mon Nay, up and at 'em."

"Huh?"

"Get up sleepy head. I'll put on the coffee."

Heather got up and Naya did right after her. She hopped in the shower and while she did that Heather made her a quick breakfast. When she heard the faucet turn off and minutes later the door open, Heather yelled, "Breakfast!"

"Really? Thank you."

Heather handed her the cup of coffee and kissed her on the cheek. Naya kissed her back in the same moment.

"I'm hitting the shower," Heather said.

"Don't hit it too hard."

"Haha!"

"I'm gonna get dressed."

"Have your breakfast first."

"Ok, it looks good."

"Nay, it's just cereal and some cut up bananas."

"But you made it for me!"

"Just eat it!" Heather said before she closed the door.

After she ate her breakfast she changed into her packing/work out clothes. She thought they were suitable as there wasn't any cleavage or tightness. Once that task was done she cleaned her kitchen and then started to pack some of her belongings into boxes. She thought to herself about the many great times she'd had in this space, some with Heather and some without.

"What cha doing?" Heather said behind her which startled Naya a little, "I'm sorry...I thought you heard me."

"No worries. Just thinking about all the good times I've had here. This was my very first apartment…"

'But now you'll have new memories with me in our apartment. We are going to have years of good times, love, and laughter there, trust me?"

"With my life!"

The two women worked on putting Naya's belongings in boxes when they heard car horns beeping.

Naya looked outside and saw at least five cars pull up in front of the house.

"The gang's here!"

Heather ran to open the door for them. One by one they all came running to help. Chris, Darren, Amber, Lauren, Dot, Matt, Jayma, Lea, Corey, Kevin, Jenna, Harry, and…Dianna.

"Hi, guys. Thank you so much for all your help. Naya's inside."

They ran in and almost knocked Naya over as they went to hug her.

"Whoa! Hey, everyone. Thank you for coming. We have a big day. Not only are we moving, we are having my family come to help, and Heather's family is meeting us at her house. Please exaggerate on Heather's ring…Talk me up. I plan on speaking with Mrs. Morris today as well…"

There was a knock on the door and Heather went to answer it.

"Hi, Heather," Yolanda said.

"Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Rivera, Mychal, and Nickayla, so nice to finally meet you! Naya, you're family's here!"

Naya went running and jumped into her family's arms. "Hi, everyone!"

Nickayla reached for Heather and pulled her into the hug, "This is what we do!"

After the hug broke up, Naya introduced her family to everyone. After that they quickly got to work as they put box after box into cars. Heather and Naya grabbed their purses and went with the first shift of stuff to their apartment. When they arrived, they found Heather's family waiting outside for them.

Before they got out of the car, Heather turned to Naya and said, "I love you!"

"Always me and you!" They got out of the car and Heather ran to her family, with Naya right behind her.

"Hi, Mom, April, and Crystal," Heather said and hugged each of them.

"Hi, Honey, how are you?"

"I'm good. I want you all to meet my fiancée, Naya."

Naya reached out her hand and shook each of their hands. When she got to Mrs. Morris, she purposefully shook her hand and said, "It's nice to meet you."

"You too, dear!"

Turning to Heather, Naya said, "Why don't you catch up with your sisters…"

Turning to Mrs. Morris, she said, "With your permission, I'd like to talk with you maybe out on the patio?"

"Sure."

As Heather watched her Mom walk away with the love of her life, she said a silent prayer.

As soon as Naya and Mrs. Morris were out of ear shot, Naya pulled out a lounge chair for her to sit on. "Oh thank you," she said.

Naya pulled the other around so it faced her.

Naya took a big breathe and started, "I appreciate you coming out here to see Heather and meet me. I know how much Heather respects your opinion. I want to tell you that I love your daughter more than you could ever know. She is the light of my life…"

"I appreciate your kindness towards me and my daughter. I truly understand how much you love her. I loved her father just as much…Can I ask you some questions?"

"Of course…ask me anything you want and I will always answer honestly."

"Why did it take you two and a half years to tell Heather how you felt?"

"I was afraid…I was afraid that I might lose her amazing friendship. Without that I don't know what I would do."

"So why not just your romantic feelings toward her a secret?"

"Because I woke up one day, took a cold hard look in a mirror, and said, 'Naya you owe it to you and Heather to at least try.' I finally realized that if I didn't, I'd miss out on the possibility of what might be!"

"What do you and my daughter have and will it last?"

"Mrs. Morris…I wholeheartedly believe that what Heather and I have created is something solid and unbreakable! We have a love and respect for each other that I believe can only come by having the friendship first. I will try everyday to give her everything she hoped for and dreamt of. We are building a life together. I promise you, it will last for the rest of my life."

"What are your plans together?"

"We plan on becoming a family, in every sense of the word. I hope to have children with Heather, live in a beautiful home, and have a family and house that is full of love, admiration, honesty, and compassion."

"What is the best part about Heather?"

"Oh my God, there are so many things…the thing that comes to mind first is her pure generosity and outlook on life. I could be having a horrible day, but when I look at Heather and see her smile at me, everything disappears. She is always willing to lend a hand and that is why you'll find almost all of our cast mates inside helping us. She is the most amazing person I could ever meet."

"You truly do love her?"

"Heather is my first true love. The moment I met her I knew it. I love her with everything I am now and everything I will become in the future! I have found my one and only…and she is Heather…May I show you something?"

"Of course!"

Naya went into her purse and pulled out the letter.

"This is the letter that I wrote to Heather expressing how I feel toward her. I didn't have the courage, at the time, to tell her in person. This letter changed my life because it gave me the love of my life. This letter…gave me my wife!"

Naya extended the letter to Mrs. Morris.

"Oh, I couldn't…"

"Please, Mrs. Morris, I insist. If you have any questions I'm right here."

Naya handed Mrs. Morris the letter. Naya sat there and watched Mrs. Morris read the letter that changed her life. She watched her get emotional at some parts and smile at others. When she was finished reading it, she gave it back to Naya, stood up, and extended her hands to Naya. Naya rose from her chair and stood before Mrs. Morris.

"You have my promise that I will never hurt your daughter in anyway and that I only want the best for her."

"I know…" Mrs. Morris said, smiled, and wiped away her tears.

"Thank you for understanding that."

"I respect you, Naya. I will also say that you are one in a million and I'm happy that Heather found you."

"Honestly, we found each other. Could I be so bold to ask for your blessing?"

Mrs. Morris looked down and then looked up at Naya and said, "You already had it before you said anything, my dear."

"Thank you…thank you…thank you…Please come inside and meet my family?"

"I'd be happy to. We should all go out tonight and celebrate. Oh, and Naya…Call me 'Jeannie'!"

"Sounds good!"

Naya extended her arm to Mrs. Morris who accepted it.

They walked into the house and Heather froze.

"You two were out there awhile." Heather said.

"Well," Mrs. Morris said, "I had to get to know my future daughter-in-law!"

Heather let go of a dish, but luckily Cory swooped in and caught it before it shattered. She ran up to her Mom and threw her arms around her.

"Thank you, Mom. Naya's my world!"

"I understand more than you know!"

Then she turned to Naya and said, "Thank you. You have no idea how in love I am with you. And I'll always be!"

"Me too. Remember…Always me and you!"