A/N: Hello! I'm sorry for the long wait. The holiday didn't afford me enough time to write.
I hope you can picture in your minds their new home. I tried very hard to describe that as vividly as possible. Michael McDonald, the realtor, is actually a realtor in Santa Cruz, California. I saw a picture of the outside of "their" house and created some more around it and inside too.
Dianna and Lea's parents' names are also accurate thanks to Wikipedia. I didn't know a lot about these two actresses, but I am learning.
I hope you enjoy this one. Once again I thank you for taking the time to read my story. I am having a wonderful time with writing it and I can only hope that I am doing everyone in it justice in my portrayal of them. They mean a lot to me. I am contemplating whether or not the idea of bring this story to their attention on Twitter. I'm not sure. Do you think it is worthy of them reading or at least knowing about? Please write a review as I always enjoy hearing constructive criticism.
Enjoy!
Always Me & You
Chapter 20
The next morning, Heather and Naya ordered room service for coffee and breakfast.
"How do we know who's selling or not?" Naya asked and sipped her coffee when it arrived.
"They must have some kind of brochure at the check-in counter. We'll ask before we leave."
"Good idea…Damn this is hot!" Naya said after she took another sip.
"You or the coffee?" Heather teased.
"Both!"
"Good answer!" Heather said, smiled, and extended her arm and hand for a high five.
"You almost ready?" Naya asked after she slapped it.
"Yes, Mrs. Rivera!"
"I'm always waiting for you, Mrs. Rivera." Naya teased.
"Geez, I know right?" Heather smiled and finished getting dress. Naya put her room key card into her purse, handed Heather hers, and then dragged her out of their room.
Once they got to the front desk, Heather said, "Good morning."
"Good morning…how can I help you?"
"Would you have a real estate kind of brochure thingy?" Heather asked.
"Sure, I'll be right back!"
"Nice description…" Naya noted and smiled.
"Why thank you." Heather replied.
The woman behind the counter returned and gave them two brochures.
"See…she understand what I meant."
"Thank you," Naya said and led Heather away from the counter.
"Have a nice day!" the woman called out.
Once they were outside, Heather asked, "You wanna take the car? There might be a lot of walking. We gotta keep our energy up."
"Why's that?"
"We are on our honeymoon!"
"Oh, that's right!" Naya kidded. They got in the car and then Naya checked out the brochure as Heather drove.
"What real estate agency do you want to try first?" Heather asked.
"This one looks promising." Naya suggested.
"Do you see their phone number?"
"Yea, I'll call." Naya found the number and dialed.
"Hello. Michael McDonald's office. This is Monica. How may I help you?"
"Hello, Monica. My name is Naya Rivera. My wife and I are interested in speaking with Mr. McDonald sometime today. Is this possible?"
"Ms. Rivera, he just stepped into the office. Can you hold on for a second?"
"Sure, thank you…." Naya said. Then she covered her phone and said to Heather, "I'm on hold."
"Hello, this is Michael." Naya put him on speaker phone.
"Hello, Mr. McDonald. My name is Naya Rivera and my wife, Heather and I are interested in looking at some properties. I hope it is okay that I put you on speaker phone because Heather is next to me, driving."
"Hello!" Heather said.
"Hello and please call me Michael. What are you looking for?"
"Well, for me, personally…" Naya started, "I'm looking for a home where Heather and I can go to escape our regular lives …A place where we can raise a family and live happily. I'm hoping for a home that has a white picket fence outside."
Heather added, "A place that is just ours…And if it has a fireplace that would be a bonus."
Naya momentarily drifted away from the conversation and envisioned her and Heather as they snuggled in front of the fireplace. Heather noticed this and squeezed her hand.
"Ok…I've written that down," Michael said and brought Naya back to the moment.
"Great!" Heather said.
"When can we meet?" Michael said.
"Is now too soon? We are in the car and were going to start looking now…" Naya said.
"That's great! Do you have the address?"
"Yes, it's in the brochure. Thank you." Naya answered.
"Ok, see you in a little while!" Michael said and then hung up.
"I saw you drift away when I mentioned a fireplace…" Heather commented.
"Yea, I did. Have you ever made love by a fireplace?" Naya asked, innocently.
"Nope. That would be another first!"
"Me too!"
"So are we holding out for one?" Heather asked.
"If we love the house then obviously no, but if we are on the fence about the house then maybe. Sound good?" Naya asked.
"Also don't forget the fence, right?" Heather remembered.
"Oh, that's right!"
Heather and Naya arrived ten minutes later and walked into the building.
"Hello, I'm Monica! Nice to meet you," Monica said and extended her hand for a handshake.
"Hi, I'm Naya and she's Heather!" Naya said and shook her hand.
"Hi!"
"Please have a seat he'll be here in a second. Can I get you anything? Water? Coffee? Soda?"
"May I have a bottle of water?" Heather asked.
"Sure…Naya?"
"I'll have one also. Thank you."
Then Michael, a tall man with a graying beard came out of his office and looked at the two women sitting there and said, "Naya and Heather?"
"Hi, Michael," Naya got up from her seat and walked toward him with her arm extended for a handshake.
"Hello," Michael said and shook her hand.
"This is my wife, Heather." Naya introduced Heather.
"Hi! Thanks for meeting with us so quickly!" Heather said and shook his hand also.
"No worries. Come on in!"
Michael motioned to his office and then once inside said, "Have a seat, please!"
Just then Monica returned with their bottles of water.
"Thank you." Heather said for the both of them.
"No problem…Any thing else, Michael?" Monica asked.
"Not right now…thanks."
Once Monica closed the door, Michael began, "So you two are looking for a home?"
"We have an apartment in LA, but we are looking for one here. We both love this town so much." Heather said.
"Yes, it feels like home to us." Naya added, "We want to come here during our time off from work and in the future we plan on making Santa Cruz our permanent home!"
"That's great. If I may how long as you two been married?"
"Two days," Heather said and had a contagious smile on her face.
"Wow! Congratulations! Why aren't you relaxing on your honeymoon," Michael asked and laughed.
"We're so excited to start, no continue, our life together so we think 'no time like the present' right Heather?" Naya said.
"Absolutely, Sweetheart!"
"That's great! Ok, let me ask you some questions, if I may?"
"Shoot!" Heather said.
"Do you have a price range in mind? Is there a price that you'd feel comfortable with possibly spending on a house?"
"Um, um…" Naya and Heather looked at each other and realized that they seemed unprepared.
"I'm sorry…I just tossed that out there. Let me ask you more questions."
"Ok." Naya said.
"How many bedrooms do you envision your house having?"
"Three or four," Heather jumped in.
"Yea," Naya agreed, "One for us…one for a guest and one for a child and a spare room, I guess!"
"Ok. Bathrooms?"
"Um, one or two." Naya said.
"Garage? Or big driveway?"
"Both, if possible." Heather said, "The garage for cars or storage."
As they were talking, Michael entered all of their information into his database.
"Dining room/kitchen?"
"I've always wanted a dining room where a small family could enjoy meals together." Naya excitedly said.
"Oh, yeah, the fireplace inside and the white picket fence outside are very important also." Heather added.
Michael entered this into the computer, and said, "Sure! Anything else?"
Naya and Heather looked at each other and said, "We don't think so! Did we miss anything?"
"For your purposes right now…it being only a summer and hiatus home then no, but when you decide to make this town a more permanent home, the school district is very good and the neighborhood is nice…"
"Is Santa Cruz generally accepting of same sex couples?" Naya asked.
"As a community yes they are. As you know each family is different."
"Of course," Heather said.
"So, after putting all of your 'wish list' items into my database I've found one match of what you're looking for!"
"Really?" Heather asked, happily.
"That's awesome! Do you have a photo on your computer?" Naya asked.
"No, unfortunately, but if you'd like to we can take a drive to see it."
"Before we go and possibly get our hopes up, can we ask how much it costs as of today?" Naya said, cautiously.
"Of course, I'm sorry. It's $200,000." Michael said.
"Would they consider going lower with the price?" Naya asked.
"You never know…Do you want to go check it out?" Michael asked.
"Baby, what do you think?" Naya asked and looked at Heather.
"I'm interested in seeing it, Naya!"
"Ok, let's go take look." Naya said and grabbed Heather's hand and squeezed it. They got up from their seats, grabbed their bottles of water, and followed Michael out into the bigger office.
"Thanks for the water," Heather said.
Monica smiled and waved.
Once outside, Michael suggested taking two cars so they could get familiar with the town.
"I'll go slowly," Michael said.
"Ok, thank you…I'll drive," Naya said as she and Heather got into the car.
Once inside the car, Naya put on her seatbelt and then said, "I can't believe we are actually going to see our possible home."
"I know. We really make shit happen!"
Naya chuckled. "Yes, we do!" Naya reached for a high five and got a kiss on the cheek from Heather. Then Michael pulled out onto the street and Naya followed behind him.
"Man, he wasn't kidding when he said that he'd go slowly." Naya noticed.
"Geez…I think I aged a full year just now!" Heather kidded and Naya laughed.
Then Michael turned off the main street and onto a street named, "Phelan Court".
"I think this might be the street!" Heather exclaimed.
"It's nice." Naya said. Secretly, she already pictured herself driving down this street to come home to her awaiting wife.
They saw that Michael stopped at the curb and turned off his car. Naya and Heather pilled up, turned off theirs and got out.
"Are we here?" Heather asked.
"It's just down the street," Michael said and pointed.
As they walked Michael didn't say anything as he was certain that the house would speak for itself. He noticed that Naya and Heather held each other's hands. They crossed the street right in front of the house and he exclaimed, "Here it is!"
Naya and Heather's heads were down watching the pavement so they didn't trip, but when they looked up they were amazed at the house that stood before them. It was simply magnificent. It was a two story, off white and grey home with a red door. It had a white picket fence in the front. They noticed that the grass was neatly cut and there was a small tree that grew out of the ground. Naya thought that it symbolized their whole relationship- friendship and romantic. Even though they've known each other for years now she couldn't wait to grow with Heather much like the small tree.
"I like the tree that is starting to grow over there," Naya said to Heather and pointed to it, "It kind of reminds me of us."
"How so?" Heather asked sincerely.
"We are just beginning to grow from the 'ground' in our new marriage and I can't wait to see us fully grow. The tree is us now and in a few more years it'll grow taller and stronger like we will grow more committed and happier. Did that make sense?"
Heather kissed her on her head and said, "Yea, it did."
There were just three steps going up to the porch of the house. They noticed that they had enough room on the porch to put a swing there or at least a few lounge chairs and maybe even a rocking chair.
"Would you like to go inside?" Michael asked as he tried to let them have this moment.
"Yes, please!" Heather said.
"Ok, follow me!"
Naya and Heather walked behind Michael and held hands the entire way until they reached the threshold of the house. Naya started to walk in, but Heather pulled her back.
"Heather, you okay, baby?"
"I just don't know if it feels like home yet…"
Naya looked sad. Michael had a concerned look on his face.
Heather then bent over slightly and scooped Naya into her arms. Michael immediately held the door open for the two women to enter.
"She's always doing this…" Naya smiled widely and said to Michael.
"It's quite alright!" Michael said and smiled.
"Ok…" Heather said as she carried Naya over the threshold, placed her back on the floor, and looked into Naya's brown eyes, "Now it feels like our home!"
"Do you mind if I kiss her?" Naya asked Michael.
"By all means!"
Then Naya kissed Heather as passionately as possible square on her lips. She even let her tongue slip into Heather's mouth which surprised Heather, but she enjoyed it. She always did and will always enjoy kissing her wife.
"Ok," Michael said after the kiss ended. "You have a fully working kitchen." He pointed to the kitchen behind him. Heather marveled at the spacious room where she envisioned making dinners for Naya and soon their new family. Michael then showed the washer and dryer and they high fived each other.
He walked around the large room. "Electric stove…Microwave…Refrigerator with water and ice machine…Plenty of cabinet space…Trash disposal…"
Naya and Heather stared in amazement as he went through everything.
"Follow me into the dining room…Six chairs…Mahogany brown table…Hard wood floors on the first floor…Carpeting on the second floor…" Michael then escorted them to the living room.
"Watch your step," he advised about the one step that separated the kitchen and dining rooms from the living room.
Heather exclaimed, "Look, Sweetheart, it has a fireplace!"
"I see!" Naya said and got emotional.
"Aww, are you okay, Nay?" Heather asked when she noticed her wife's reaction.
"Yea, yea…I'm just so happy right now!"
Once Naya and Heather saw the room they fell more in love with the house. The room was spacious and beautiful with the fireplace across from the entranceway. There was even enough space to invite their GLEE family over and let them crash on the floor. The coffee table and end tables were nice, old fashion, but not too much. The two couches were made of leather. Naya quickly rubbed her hand over the surface and smiled. Heather saw her do that, but didn't comment, only smiled.
"Does it come furbished?" Naya hoped.
"Actually it does. Except for the television here and the mattresses, upstairs." Michael answered. Naya and Heather high fived each other again.
"If you'll follow me to the basement…"
"It has a basement!" Heather said in amazement.
"Yup. It's not too big, but it's something." Michael said as he led them down the flight of stairs.
"Cool!" Heather said. She smiled when they got down there as his description was accurate. It was indeed small, but for right now the two women didn't have enough stuff between them to justify having a bigger basement and whatever they received in the future would be okay in this space.
"Hey, Sweetheart, do you think we'll use the basement for storage?"
"I don't think we have that much stuff. Why? Do you have an idea?"
"I was thinking about making a recording studio down here for you to record an album…What do you think?" Heather commented very proudly of her wife's wonderful singing abilities.
"I love you." Naya said with love in her voice.
"I'm taking that as a yes." Heather simply responded.
"Ok, follow me upstairs to the living quarters!" Michael said as they walked back upstairs.
Once Naya and Heather were upstairs on the first floor, Naya walked sideways over to Heather and whispered, "I love you!"
"I love you too, my beautiful Naya!" They entwined their hands and didn't let go until they reached the second floor. Once they climbed the small staircase to the bedrooms, Michael first showed them the master suite. Naya and Heather's mouths dropped open as they ran into the very large bedroom. They looked at and commented on everything from the design of the dresser to the design of the bed posts.
"OMG, baby look! Another fireplace!" Naya screamed and jumped up and down.
"Wow!"
When they were showed the walk in closet they loved it. It was fifty percent bigger than their apartment's closet.
Then Michael showed them the private bathroom. "I think you're going to love this!" he said as he opened the door. Naya and Heather were astonished by the many amenities they saw. First, their eyes fell on the Jacuzzi.
"Baby, look at the Jacuzzi!" Naya exclaimed excitedly.
"I see! Look…it even has a shower. Hey, it's super big." Heather noted and smiled as she opened the door, walked in, closed the door behind her, and then waved.
"Haha…come here. Look, two sinks. One for both of us." Naya said.
Heather got out of the shower, rushed over, opened the cabinet doors to the medicine cabinets, and the cabinets underneath the sink, and said, "Look at the size of the cabinets."
Michael watched as they ran all across the room. He giggled and Naya looked at him and said, "We're sorry. This whole experience feels like a dream to both of us. It's even a dream of how it all started."
"How did you two meet?" Michael asked.
Heather stopped dead in her tracks and then walked up to Naya. Naya and Heather looked at each other in disbelief.
"Are you familiar with GLEE?" Naya asked and tried not to sound superficial.
"The TV show?" Heather added shyly.
"Um, I've heard a little about it…I'm sorry."
"No, no, it's okay!" Naya said and smiled.
"We met there two and a half, almost, three years ago."
"She's my acting partner. I play Santana and she's Brittany."
"Oh, oh, are you two…'Brittana'?" Michael said.
"Yes, we are."
"I did read an article about you two. You're very talented."
"Thank you."
"Anyway, four months ago, this one over here…" Heather said and pointed to Naya, "wrote me a beautiful letter…"
"That's sweet."
"I took her away for the weekend here to Santa Cruz and we fell more in love with each other. We even got engaged here that same weekend. That's why this town feels like home to us. Then we told everyone we knew and moved into my, now our, apartment in LA."
"We got married on Saturday at the beach here. We are spending the week here."
Wow! You two don't waste any time do you?" Michael said and smiled.
"Nope. I am so in love with her," Heather simply said.
Naya looked up at her and replied, "She really does complete me totally." They smiled and looked at Michael.
"Do you want to see the rest of the house?" Michael ushered them.
"Absolutely!"
They walked down the hallway as they pictured in their minds where they would place the wedding pictures on the walls.
Michael opened the door to a sunlit room that just felt like it would be perfect for their future child.
"This is the room where I'd want my son or daughter to grow up in." Naya said with tears in her eyes.
"Me too," Heather simply said, "It's so colorful and bright."
They closed that door and opened the other one to reveal another room for a guest or in the future another child's room.
They were beyond happy with the whole house. They truly felt like they were home.
When they went downstairs they all sat on the couch and Michael began, "So what do you think?"
Naya and Heather looked at each other and then at Michael and said, "We love it!"
"Good…"
"Has anyone made any offers on it?" Naya asked.
"No," Michael said. "Do you want to?"
"I want to…Can you give us a minute or two?" Heather said and then looked at Naya.
"Of course. I have to return a phone call!"
"Thanks." Naya said as Michael walked away.
"Ok, Sweetheart, what do we think?"
"I've never wanted something so badly in my life…" Naya said with conviction.
Heather made a puppy dog face.
"Besides you, baby!"
Heather's face lit up.
"I don't want to just make an offer because what happens if someone else makes a better one?"Heather said.
"Good point! So $200,000? Are we going to be okay with the rent on our apartment though?" Naya asked.
"I've never told you this, but when I first moved out here I asked my Mom if she'd help me and she has paid it in full."
"So you don't pay rent? You own your apartment?" Naya said shocked.
"You are correct! And with what we make an episode I think we can easily pay for this together…"
"Are we actually buying a house together?" Naya asked excitedly.
"It would appear so!" Heather said with certainty.
Naya got up and jumped up into Heather's arms. They steeled this deal with another passionate kiss.
Once the kiss ended, Naya looked up at the love of her life and said, "Thank you for changing my life, every day!"
"Thank you, my beautiful Naya. I am so beyond happy to call you my wife. I hope that we never grow out of this feeling right now!"
"It will never happen." Naya said with absolute certainty. Naya sat back down on their couch.
Then Michael walked back in the room and said, "Have you made a decision?"
"Yes, we have!"
"What's the offer?"
"Um, how does $200,000 sound?" Naya asked.
"Perfect. You don't want me to see if they'd go lower?"
"How much lower could that be?"
"Probably like 50%."
"Wow. Really?"
"Yup."
"And you're positive that if you show this house to anyone else and they make an offer it won't be a better one than ours?" Naya asked.
"Actually, this was the last day of the sale."
"Oh, really? Is there anything 'wrong' with it?" Heather asked kind of alarmed.
"No. The owners are senior citizens and they want to move to be closer to their family…if it didn't sell by today they were going to make other plans for it."
"I think we can just take the house at the asking price though. And now they don't have to." Heather happily said.
"I agree!"
"Ok, what happens next? We only have $12,500 now from our families. I can write you a personal check for that now because I always have my checkbook with me. Is that okay?" Naya asked.
"Sure I can take a personal check." Michael said.
"Heather, the money from our parents can be what will reimburse me, is that ok?"
"Sure…You're always prepared." Heather smiled and said. "Do you want to call our families now to see if they can transfer the money?"
"Yea, I do, if it's alright with Michael?" Naya said and looked at him.
He nodded. Then Naya took out her checkbook and said, "Make this out to 'Michael McDonald'?"
"Yes, please," he said, "The transfer is going to be $93,750.00 a piece." Michael said after he used an application on his phone to figure out the calculations.
"Cool. Let's call my Mom, first?" Heather said.
"Ok."
Heather dialed the phone and put it on speaker.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Mom."
"Hi, dear, how's Day 2 of the honeymoon?"
"Really interesting."
"Oh, are you two okay?" Jeannie asked nervously.
"We are more than okay, Mom." Naya said.
"Oh, hey Naya!"
"We know what we're spending your overly generous gift on."
"Thank you so much, Mom. I truly appreciate it!" Heather said.
"It was my pleasure, dear. What are you spending it on?"
"Well, we are sitting in the house that puts all of the rest of them to shame."
"You're buying a house?" Jeannie asked surprised, but overly excited for them.
"Yes, we are. We are going to use it now for summer and hiatuses off from GLEE and then when we are ready we will sell the apartment, give that money to you, and live permanently here. Does that sound reasonable?" Heather asked.
"Heather, don't worry about the money. Do you need my help with anything?"
"Yea, actually." Naya said.
"What can I do?"
"Could you call my bank and ask them to transfer $93,750 over to Michael McDonald?" Heather asked.
Naya asked Michael if how they worded it sounded okay.
Michael said, "Absolutely. Transfer is great."
"Hello, sir. Thank you for your help." Jeannie said.
"Not a problem. They are an amazing young couple. My office address is 824 B Missions St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. I'm a Coldwell Banker. If they have any questions let them call me at 831-220-8554."
"If you could do that today that would be great," Naya said.
"Consider it done." Jeannie said.
"Thanks, Mom, thanks for helping make this possible for us."
"I love you both!"
"Hey, Mom, guess what!" Naya said as she remembered something very important to her.
"What?" Jeannie asked.
"This house…has a white picket fence outside!" Naya said proudly.
"That's great, dear!" Jeannie smiled as she remembered their first conversation together.
"I'll call you in a few days," Heather promised.
"Ok, I love you both!"
"Love you too. Bye!"
Then they heard Jeannie hang up.
"Ok, my parents next!"
Naya said as she dialed her house number.
"Hello," Yolanda said.
"Hey, Mom."
"Naya is that you? Everything alright?"
"Yea, we are having the time of our lives. Is Dad around?"
"One second. George, pick up!"
"Ok, I'm here."
"So what's going on? No wait, can I try to guess?" Yolanda asked.
"Sure…Mom and Dad," Heather said.
"Hey, Heather." George said.
"Um, are you two at the beach?"
"No, tomorrow." Heather suggested. Naya smiled.
"Um, are you looking for houses?"
Naya and Heather looked at each other in disbelief.
"Yes, we are. And we found one!"
"It is the most beautiful house ever." Heather commented.
"Amazing!" George said.
"How can we help?" Yolanda said.
"Well we're using your generous gift. Thank you by the way. And we're using Jeannie's generous gift and we are splitting the rest of the cost. I need you, Mom, to call my bank and have them wire over $93,750 over to Michael McDonald." Naya said.
"Hello," Michael said.
"Hello. Thank you for helping them out!"
"Not a problem. They are great!"
"Can I get your address, Mr. McDonald?" George asked.
"Sure it's 824 B Missions St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. I'm a Coldwell Banker. If they have any questions let them call me at 831-220-8554."
"If you could do this today, that would be great!" Heather asked.
"I'll get right on it," Yolanda replied.
"Thanks, Mom." Heather said.
"Ok, we gotta go," Naya said. "Thank you for helping to make this possible for us."
"We love you!"
"We love you. Call us during the week."
"Ok, bye!" Naya said and then hung up.
"That was easy." Michael said.
"Yup."
"When you get the transfers can you let us know?"
"Sure…I won't interrupt you two. I'll send a text message."
Heather gave him her cell phone number.
"Can we plan to meet on Thursday afternoon to sign some paperwork and I'll give you the keys?"
"Perfect!" Heather exclaimed.
"Great!" Naya added.
"Wonderful!"
With that they got up and shook hands and Naya said, "Thank you for showing us our dream home. You have helped us immensely. See you on Thursday."
"Thank you very much. What time on Thursday?" Heather asked.
"You're very welcome. How's 2 pm?"
"Perfect." Naya said as they walked to the door.
"Oh one more thing…can we take pictures of the house from the outside?"
"Of course. It's yours!"
Heather whipped out her camera phone and took picture after picture of the house.
"Get in there, Sweetheart!"
Naya took a picture with her hands out and held up away from her body to say "look at this!"
"Want me to take one of the both of you?" Michael asked.
"Sure. You have to tap the screen when you're ready to take the picture."
Heather rushed to Naya side and they sat on a step. Heather pulled Naya into her body and they both smiled in front of their new home.
"Perfect!" Michael said as he handed her the phone back.
"We'll see you Thursday at 2 pm." Naya said as they walked to their cars.
"Yes. See you then," Michael said as he got in his and drove away.
As Naya and Heather walked up to their car, Heather said, "Get in the back seat!"
"Why?"
"I just want to hold you outside our house on our street. Got a problem with that?"
"Not at all." Naya said and got into the back seat.
Once they were both in the back seat and snuggled together Naya pulled Heather's left hand away from her body and brought her own left hand up and put them side by side. They both smiled and then sighed as they looked at their wedding bands.
"When we get back to the hotel, I want to text everyone and send them the picture of me and you outside our home." Naya said happily.
"We could do that now, ya know?"
"Even better." Naya said as Heather popped out her cell.
"First send it to me?" Naya asked sweetly.
"Of course, Sweetheart!"
In a minute, Naya had the photo on her phone. Then she cropped it perfectly and set it on her phone as wallpaper. She then sent it to her family.
Within a minute her Mom texted her saying that it was beautiful.
MOM: Can't wait to see it! We've transferred your money.
"Soon I promise. Thanx." Naya texted back.
Then Heather sent the photo to her Mom.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Heather texted.
MOM: Gorgeous. I will have to plan a trip out there to see it in person in a couple of months. Transferred the money.
"Sure. Thank you." Heather replied in a text back to Arizona.
Then Naya and Heather thought of a cute subject line to go with their picture for their GLEE family.
Naya suddenly had an idea.
"How about, 'Wish you were here!' with the house behind us?" she said.
"Perfect. Sweet and charming…just like you!" Heather said and kissed Naya's head.
Naya typed it into her text message, attached the photo, went to her "GLEE" folder to get everyone's number and hit send. In a moment's time all of her family at GLEE received the text.
Back at the studio, Lea was searching for Dianna and found her in her trailer. Before she walked in she decided to knock so that Dianna would have to open it.
When Dianna did, she smiled, but before she had the chance to say anything, Lea yelled, "Move in with me!"
Dianna smiled and pulled her into the trailer.
"What did you just ask me to do?" Dianna said as she made sure the door was shut and locked.
"Um, I asked you to move in with me?" Lea said, now a little unsure. She looked down at her feet.
"My love, look at me!" Dianna said and picked up Lea's chin slightly.
Dianna didn't answer her. Instead she leaned forward and placed a kiss on Lea's lips which lasted for several blissful seconds.
Once the kiss stopped, Lea asked, "Is that a 'yes'?"
"Can I ask you one question?"
"Sure…"
"Why?"
"Why what?" Lea asked.
"Why do you want me to move in with you?"
"I love you. My apartment feels small when you're not in it. I love you 'unconditionally'…" said Lea and pointed to her necklace which she hadn't taken off since Saturday night. She even filmed a scene wearing it. She buttoned her costume shirt to cover it. "And…it'll be good for when you propose to me, ya know? To know that yes we can live together. Oh, did I mention that I love you?"
Dianna smiled widely and said, "Yea, you might have mentioned it a few times…oh and to answer your question…yes, I'll move in with you!"
"Yay!" Lea said, jumped up and down, and then pulled Dianna into a huge hug.
"Whoa!" Dianna said surprised by Lea's strength.
"You okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine. Whatever you planned on doing to me in this hug please continue." Dianna said.
Lea pulled Dianna as close to her body as possible. Then she gave her the sweetest, juiciest, and loving kiss she could. Dianna returned that kiss with one of her own. They gravitated towards the couch. Dianna sat first and pulled Lea on top of her. Just then both of their cell phones beeped and vibrated.
"Don't check it now," Dianna instructed since she didn't want this closeness to stop.
"Ok," Lea said dreamily.
Dianna caressed Lea's back while Lea fiddled with Dianna's blonde hair to get it out of her eyes.
"If we weren't at work, our clothes would be on this floor right now!" Dianna said, kind of aggravated to be at work.
"Oh, I know, my heart!"
"Do you have plans tonight?" Dianna asked hopeful.
"Yes, I do…" Lea started.
Dianna looked disappointed.
"My plans are making love to you the whole night."
"Bring an outfit for tomorrow cuz you're not going anywhere!"
"Your wish is my command." Lea said.
"I'm gonna remember you said that!"
Lea laughed.
Then Dianna had another idea.
"I want you to meet my family."
"I want you to meet mine," Lea said, hazily in Dianna's embrace.
"No, my love, I truly want you to meet my family." Dianna said.
Lea snapped out of her euphoric state because she realized the conversation was getting serious.
"Oh…"
"Do you not want to?" Dianna asked and looked hurt. She gently pushed Lea off of her.
"Oh, Dianna, hold on…I'm sorry. It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I didn't think you were totally serious." Lea said, nervously because the closeness went away.
"Well, I am."
"I understand that now! And I'm humbled."
"Will you?"
"Meet your family?"
"Yes." Dianna said.
"Of course." Lea said with a smile.
"Great! Can we Skype them later tonight?"
"Then we can Skype my parents in New Jersey also, but I thought we planned on making love?"
"Sure…We definitely will, but I want them to meet the love of my life so badly." Dianna said, honestly.
"I'm the love of your life!" Lea said, and pointed at herself.
"Yes, you are. Is that hard to believe?"
"It shouldn't be, I know, but it kinda is. I'm sorry."
"No, don't apologize. I know I haven't declared it like that before. But just because I don't say it doesn't mean that I don't think about it! Remember that, please?"
"I will. Just so you know, Dianna, I love you with everything I am. I truly do. Now, please come back over here right now," Lea playfully demanded.
Dianna obliged and within seconds they were making out again. Unfortunately, there was a knock on Dianna's trailer door. She yelled, "Go away please!"
There was another knock. Dianna angrily got up and opened her door to see Lauren standing there with a smile on her face.
"Oh, hey, Lauren. I'm sorry. Lea and I were…"
"I know what you were doing!"
They all laughed.
"Did you get a text from Naya? It's exciting, isn't it?" Lauren smiled widely.
Dianna motioned to Lauren to come into the trailer and then ran to her phone.
She read aloud, "Wish you were here!" Then she saw Naya and Heather in front of a beautiful house.
"Did they buy a house?" Dianna asked.
"That's what I'm thinking."
"What?" Lea asked.
"You know what…" Dianna said and dialed Naya's number. "We'll get to the bottom of this."
"Hello!" Naya excitedly answer.
"Hey Nay…what going on?"
"Did you buy a house?" Lauren chimed in.
"You are so smart, young lady!"
"Yes, we did!" Heather yelled.
"Wow! You too are sure quick," Lea said shocked.
"Yes, we know. The house is amazing. It has two fireplaces, a Jacuzzi, an awesome master suite, and two amazing guest and future children's rooms." Naya said.
"And the best part…" Heather said, "It has a white picket fence!"
"It's a win-win! We sign the paperwork and pick up the keys on Thursday."
"Are you moving down there permanently," Lauren asked, a little sad.
"For right now, it's a summer and hiatus home, my friend. It might turn into something more permanent down the road. You're not getting rid of me that quickly, young lady!" Naya said.
"Oh good." Lauren said, relieved.
"We can't wait for you all to see it."
"Maybe next month when we have our spring break month off." Dianna said.
"Cool."
"Since we got you on the phone…we want to tell you guys something." Lea said happily.
"Oh yea, what's that?"
"Dianna and I are moving in together…and tonight we are Skype-ing with our families so I can meet hers and she can meet mine."
"That's great you two." Heather said.
"Fantastic! Good luck."
"Thank you," Lea said.
"Miss Lauren…"
"Yea, Mom!"
Naya laughed, but then asked, "How are things? Are they treating you okay?"
"Yes, they are. I've got several offers for rides home and it's only Monday."
"That's good…Just remember when I'm back your chariot is back also."
"Good to know. Thanks, Nay."
"You're welcome, my friend. Listen we gotta go…we just got back to the hotel and my phone is going to die. Have a good rest of the week and tell everyone hi."
"Ok, you have fun too."
"We love you all," Heather said.
"We love you too!" Dianna said.
"Peaceout!" Lauren said.
"Bye!" Naya said and hung up.
Heather's phone continued to beep since she had it on vibrate with people who wished them congratulations.
She got one from Jane which read, "So proud of you and Naya. Now enjoy your honeymoon!" Heather showed Naya that one and then she kissed her passionately.
"Wanna order room service and just relax or do you want to go to the boardwalk and see if we can get a private Ferris wheel ride?" Heather asked.
"That's right…you owe me a tease for yours from Saturday night." Naya said, happily.
"Yes, it's only fair."
"Haha. Sure…I just want to shower, with you, and then get into junky clothes." Naya said.
Heather and Naya walked into the hotel hand in hand and then ran down their hallway and into their room. Naya slammed the door behind her and locked it. Naya charged her cell phone. Then Heather immediately started to undress her Latina goddess. She tossed the clothes onto the floor once they were off of Naya.
Naya went to unhook her bra, but Heather offered, "Allow me!"
"You've never done that before, you know?"
"Yes, I do. I'm sorry…"
"Baby, don't apologize…just unhook me." Naya looked up at her and smiled.
Heather fiddled with the strap and finally unhooked it and she watched Naya's breasts slightly bounce out of her bra. Then Heather bent lower and pulled her underwear down her legs and helped her out of them.
"Why thank you."
"It's my pleasure, trust me!"
Now it was Naya's turn to undress Heather and she did it with such precision and fastness. In a matter of seconds, Heather too was completely naked. They walked into the bathroom and shut the door. Heather then opened the curtain of the shower, helped Naya in, and got into the shower herself.
Naya turned on the water faucet and got it almost perfect on the first time. Not too hot, but not too cold.
Then Heather picked her up and held up her to Heather's height and they began to passionately kiss each other. Heather was growing weak in the knees so she decided to put Naya down before something dangerous happened.
Heather then held Naya under the overhead shower head and engulfed her lips again in an almost drowning kiss. Heather read about doing this once.
"Heather, heather," Naya said and tried to catch her breath.
"Oh my God, are you okay?" Heather asked when she realized that this might not have been a good idea.
"Yeah, I'm fine…" Naya said as she stepped away from the running shower head.
"I'm so sorry. You have no idea!"
"It's okay, baby. I'm fine."
"I read something about that in some magazine and I wanted to try it with you, but it'll never happen again…"
"I applaud you for wanting try new things. I'm totally for it also, but not that? We gotta see if there's a store on the boardwalk that might sell icing!"
"Won't happen again, I promise. Do you want to get out now? It's totally up to you." Heather said.
"Can we get out and get ready to have fun on the boardwalk?"
"Sure…"
"You sure you don't mind?"
"Not at all. And again I'm sorry!" Heather apologized.
"Heather, I'm alright, honestly. I still love you more than you'll ever know."
"Whew!" Heather said and smiled widely.
They got dressed and waited a while longer so Naya's cell phone could charge. A few minutes later, it beeped to signal that it was fully charged.
"You ready to have some fun?"
"Let's get outta here! I have the key card thingy!" Heather said.
In a few minutes they walked to the boardwalk and held hands. Naya was quiet so Heather asked, "What's up, Nay? You okay?"
"I'm fine! Just thinking."
"About what? If I may?"
"Of course. You never need to ask to know what I'm thinking!"
"Oh ok."
"I'm thinking about life."
"Life in general or our life together?"
"Our life together." Naya said and smiled.
"Ok, let's delve into this, shall we?"
"Sure…" Naya smiled.
"What cha thinking about our life?" Heather asked totally intrigued.
"Just how it's amazing how life is sometimes. That two different people can randomly meet one day and from that initial meeting something awesome and amazing can come from that!"
"You actually bring up a good point though." Heather said.
"What's that?"
"Do you believe in destiny?" Heather asked.
"I don't know…Do you?"
"Yes, I do. You know that randomness you were talking about could be destiny."
"I've never thought of that." Naya said and looked up at Heather.
"I like to believe that we were destined to meet, form the awesome friendship we have, get married, and live happily ever after." Heather stated proudly.
"You truly believe that?"
"With every fiber of my being. It explains a lot. It explains our past relationships and how they just didn't seem to work out. They didn't work out, not because, we didn't try. They didn't work out because the person that we were with at the time wasn't the person that was meant for us. The reason why we work so well is because we are each other's 'the person'. Follow?"
'Not only do I follow I love you more after hearing you say that." Naya said easily.
"Aww, Sweetheart, thanks. It is how I truly and honestly feel. You'll always have my honesty among other things."
"I know and take a lot of comfort in that. You know you have that with me, right?"
"Absolutely. I'd like to thank you for something…" Heather said, stopped, and grabbed Naya's hands with her own. "I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for having the courage to write me the letter in the first place. I don't think you know just how much that one act of kindness has affected my heart. You chose me…me…"
Heather said and became emotional, but continued, "To be the person you love. I don't take that for granted, Naya. Not for one second. You've made such an impact on my life from the very second I saw you to right now. I honestly don't think you know how honored I am just to know you. You, Naya Marie Rivera, are my today, tomorrow, and my days to come. My pure, sincere, and never ending love for you knows no bounds. You will always have my heart, a friend, and a wife in me!"
Naya let go of Heather's hand embrace to wipe away a tear that was falling down Heather's face and Heather did the same thing at the same time to Naya. Then they returned to the hand holding moment.
Naya looked up at Heather and she realized that Heather honestly wanted nothing, but to be loved by her.
"Thank you for seeing something in me that is loveable. I'm beyond happy that you made your epiphany after you read the letter. I don't know if you know how much that has impacted my life. I know that all of this happened because of it, but I don't know if you truly understand just how much this all means to me. Thank you for making me feel so special. Thank you for loving me so completely and without any boundaries or hesitations. Thank you for saying, 'Yes, a million times over' when I proposed to you. Please know that I wanted to propose to you in a more romantic setting, but now I'll have the privilege of making it up to you everyday of my life. Heather, you truly are my best friend, partner, lover, and wife all rolled up. I truly see who you are and I love you with my entire heart for that. I love you for being the person you are today and for the person I know you're going to be in the future. I look forward to spending the rest of my life with you. I am now and forever will be yours totally!" Naya said and wiped away the tears that had fallen during her declaration to Heather.
Naya reached up and kissed Heather with as much excitement and passion as she could give to her wife. Heather gently held Naya's face in her hands and kissed her back sweetly. Once they stopped kissing, Heather looked down at her beautiful wife and smiled.
"I was destined to be your wife," Heather said.
"And I was destined to be your wife," Naya proudly replied. "Because of you…I now believe in destiny!"
They continued their walk to the boardwalk and when they got there they went directly to the Ferris wheel and happily noticed that the ride was completely empty.
"I want the purple one!" Naya exclaimed and ran to it.
"Here," Heather gave the ticket taker all of her tickets. "How many times can we go around now?"
"For as long as you want. We may have to stop to let people on, but…"
"No worries. Thanks." Heather said.
"Did you just give that ticket taker all of our tickets?" Naya asked shocked, but happy.
"Yea, I did. We can buy more if you want to go on other rides!"
"Ok," Naya said as she was about to sit down on the far end of the ride.
"Wait! Please sit in the middle…" Heather pointed.
"Ok," Naya said.
"Hey, Nay," Heather started.
"Yea, baby!"
"I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but would it be okay if we just held each other and maybe I could lie down on your lap during the ride? I don't want an audience watching as I make love to you…"
"That's perfectly fine. Honestly, I didn't know what possessed me to do that to you on Saturday night! I'm sorry if you thought you had to 'return the favor'."
"I am going to do that…just not here!" Heather smiled.
"Come here you," Naya extended her arms wide for a hug as she sat down. Heather happily plopped herself next to Naya and she squeezed Heather tightly. They watched as the sun set beyond the clouds for the evening.
At the same time, Dianna and Lea had gone to Lea's apartment and she grabbed what she needed to sleep over at Dianna's. Then they travelled to Dianna's apartment.
"Di?"
"Yes, my love?"
"Just so I know for the future…What are your parents' names?"
"My Mom is Mary and my Dad is Ron."
"Why do you need to know that for the future? Just call them by their first names now."
"I want to make a good first impression so I call parents by 'Mr.' or 'Mrs.' until they tell me otherwise." Lea said.
"What are your parents' names?" Dianna asked.
"My Mom is Edith, a nurse, and my Dad is Marc. He works for a delicatessen. My last name is Sarfati."
"Where did you get 'Michele' from? I always thought that was your last name."
"'Michele' is my middle name! I used to get teased about my last name so I thought that 'Lea Michele' would be more professional."
"Oh, I see."
When they got home, the first thing they did was Skype to their parents. Dianna sat down at her laptop and dialed the number into her computer and in a few seconds, her Mom popped up on screen.
"Hey, Mom…" Dianna said, happily.
"Hey, Di!" Mrs. Agron said.
"Is Dad home? I want to share something with you both."
"He just walked in. Ron? Come here. It's Dianna."
"Hey, Dianna. How's work going?"
"Good, Dad. Listen I have news that I want to share with you."
"Really? Okay," her mother said.
"You remember my best friend, Lea, right?"eaH
"Yes, how could we not remember her?" Mr. Agron said and smiled.
"Well, we've been dating and are moving in together really soon…" Dianna said as she dragged Lea into the picture.
"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Agron!" Lea said, hopeful.
"That's wonderful," Dianna's Dad said, happy for his daughter.
"Mom?"
"That is truly awesome!" Dianna's Mom said.
"Really? You guys are okay with this?" Dianna asked.
"Of course. You talk about Lea all the time…" Dianna's Dad said and made sure hr exaggerated it.
"It was bound to happen," her Mom said and waved to Lea, "Please call me 'Mary', Lea!"
"Thank you, Mary."
"Lea," Mr. Agron said.
"Yes, sir…"
"Please call me 'Ron'!"
"Ok, thank you, Ron."
"So who's moving into whose apartment?"
"I'm moving in with Lea," Dianna said.
"That's great. Let us know if you need anything?"
"Sure, thanks, Dad. Listen we gotta go and Skype with Lea's parents. Thank you for accepting me and the love of my life!"
"It was nice to meet you. I just want to confide in you both that Dianna is the love of my life and I'd do anything to make her as happy as possible. I hope to see you soon." Lea said and smiled.
"Thank you, Lea…Bye, girls," Dianna's Mom said.
Then Dianna ended the conversation.
"Whew! Come here you," Dianna said and pulled Lea in for a sweet kiss. They kissed for several minutes and then Lea broke it and said, "Ok, my turn." Dianna got up from the chair to let Lea sit down.
"Wait…before you connect with them, what do I call them? 'Mr. and Mrs. Sarfati'? 'Lea's Mom and Dad'?"
"Call them 'Mr. and Mrs. Sarfati' for now."
Lea dialed the number into Skype and in a second her Dad appeared on the screen.
"Hey, Dad!" Lea said with a smile.
"Hey, Lea. How are you?"
"Fine…no better than fine!"
"What's going on?"
"Is Mom around? I have news!"
"Hold on…Edith come here…it's Lea!"
"Hi, honey," her Mom said as she got in front of the computer.
"Well, I wanted to 'call' to tell you that I am in love. You remember Dianna Agron, my best friend?"
"Yes, we do. You go on and on about her every chance you get. It's always 'guess what Dianna did today!' or 'Dianna's a wonderful actress'!" her Mom raddled on.
Lea giggled slightly when she saw Dianna's smile.
"Well, we have been seeing each other and I asked her to move into my apartment with me. And she said 'Yes!'" Lea grabbed Dianna's hand and pulled her into view.
'Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Sarfati…How are you this evening?"
"We are fine dear…" Lea's Mom said.
"Hello, Dianna…nice to finally meet you! We hear wonderful things about you!"
"Thank you, sir!"
"No, no, please call me 'Marc'…"
"Thank you."
"I'm so happy for you two!" Lea's Mom said.
"Thank you, Mrs. Sarfati!" Dianna said.
"Dianna, please call me 'Edith'!"
"Thank you, Edith! I just wanted to let you both know that your daughter means the world to me. There's nothing I wouldn't do for her!"
"We appreciate that very much." Mr. Sarfati said.
"We know how much you mean to her," Mrs. Sarfati revealed. Lea looked up and smiled at Dianna.
"Well, we just wanted to call and share the news with you. The next time I come home, I'll bring her to meet you. Is that okay?"
"Wonderful, honey! Have a nice night!"
"I love you both!" Lea said and smiled.
"We love you. Congratulations to you both!" Mr. Sarfati said. Then the conversation ended.
"We did it! I think it went well." Lea said.
"It went really well. Your parents seem nice. I can't wait to go home with you to meet them."
"Your parents are nice as well. I look forward to getting to know them."
"Ok, now onto the more fun part of the evening…Is my love hungry?"
"Little bit…What do you have?"
"I think I have ham and maybe cheese. I'm sorry…I wasn't expecting to have an overnight guest, but I'm beyond happy you're here. Help yourself."
Lea walked over to the refrigerator and looked inside.
"I'll have a piece of ham and a slice of cheese. You want?"
"Actually I ate at 3 so I'm good." Dianna said as she watched Lea eat her ham and cheese.
Then Dianna pulled Lea over to the couch and Lea lunged on top of her. They started to kiss passionately. Lea broke the kiss, looked up at Dianna, and said, "There's nothing stopping us now, so Dianna, please make love to me?" Lea didn't want it to sound like a question.
"Make love to me," Lea said assertively.
"That's better…Let's go upstairs." Dianna grabbed Lea's hand and pulled her toward the bedroom.
The two women made love for the first time together, but it truly felt like they had been making love for their entire lives. They were so in tune with how the other wanted to be touched, where to be kissed, and how to be caressed. They made love many times that night. After they were both exhausted they collapsed onto the bed and held each other in the night's silence.
Back at the Seaway Inn, Naya and Heather walked into their hotel room and Heather ran to the bed and catapulted herself onto the soft mattress. She almost missed the bed completely, but managed to stay on.
"Hahahaha!" Naya laughed.
"I love making you laugh!"
"You do it so well. I'm going to change into something more comfortable." Naya said, grabbed her clothes, and sexily walked into the bathroom.
"You're gonna give me a heart attack, you know that right?" Heather joked.
"I've gathered as much." Naya said from behind the door.
Heather then pulled down the sheets and pulled her shirt over her head. Her ponytail got in the way and she was stuck in the shirt. Once she broke free her eyes fell onto Naya who had on sexy lingerie. Heather froze for a second.
"Heather…baby…Heather!" Naya walked up and waved her hand across Heather's face to get her out of her daze. Suddenly Heather playfully grabbed it which shocked Naya. Heather pulled her onto the bed.
Heather straddled and said, "I know you just put that on for me, but it has to come off!"
"As you wish…" Naya went to take it off, but Heather stopped her and removed the article of clothing herself. Heather then picked her up on the bed and moved Naya into the center of it and proceeded to cover with the blankets. "I don't want my Sweetheart to catch a cold."
Naya enjoyed all of the special attention, but she wagged her finger and said, "Come join me, baby!" Heather climbed in next to her, pulled the covers up more, and then turned over on her side to face Naya. Naya did the same to face Heather.
"So, Ms. Rivera, you have the ring and you have the beautiful house, what do you want next?" Heather asked.
"I should be askin' you that question. Ms. Rivera, what do you want?"
"I have all I've ever wanted right here." Heather said and stared into Naya's brown eyes.
"You want nothing else? I'm supposed to be taking care of you."
"I thought we would take care of each other."
"Yes, we will, but I made your Mom a promise that you wouldn't want for anything." Naya said.
"And I haven't. In the past two days, I haven't wanted anything, except your never ending love."
"And you have that! You'll always have that."
"So everything is peachy in 'The World of Heather'!"
"Oh, you have your own world now, do you?"
"Yes…You are my world! So what do you want next?"
"Well…I want your love…"
"You have that!"
"I want to win that Emmy…And I want to have a child with you." Naya simply said.
"Well, you know if I could I'd give you that Emmy…"
"I know…"
"In regards to the child, I can help you with that only when we're absolutely ready. When might that be?"
"Well…"
"Was that a fair question to ask? I'm sorry."
"No, baby, it's alright!"
"I don't want it to sound like I have a time table of everything I want to do with you. Because I don't."
"I understand. I don't either. It might have appeared so when we were looking at our home today, but honestly, I don't." Naya said.
"Can we make a deal…"
"What's that?"
"Can we discuss the possible options out there for us and in a year's time we'll decide if then is the right time?" Heather thought out loud.
"I don't want to wait that long, though!" Naya said.
"What do you suggest?"
"I suggest that we have a good time this week and begin to discuss the options when we get back to LA. There's going to be a waiting period if we decide to adopt. All I am saying is that I'd like us to just take our time. Take our time, but be prepared along the way. Heather, we have our whole life ahead of us. I'm in no hurry because I know that you'll be right by my side." Naya said.
"You better believe that. You know?"
"No, what?" Naya asked.
"I'm going to love you no matter what!"
"And I'm going to love you no matter what too. We were destined for each other, you know!" Naya said and kissed her passionately on the lips.
"I love you." Heather said as she brought the covers even higher until the sheets were over both of their heads. They made love that night under the covers.
The rest of their honeymoon week was spent on the beach and at the boardwalk almost every night. They also made love every night and held each other as they drifted off to sleep afterwards.
Then Thursday snuck up on them. They ate breakfast and walked around the town until one, thirty. Then they drove to see Michael McDonald at his office. They parked at the curb and got out of the car.
"Naya, wait…" Heather said and ran to her side.
"What's up, baby?"
"Nothing," Heather said and cupped Naya's face in her hands to sweetly kiss her lips.
"Wow! We should buy houses every day! Whew!" Naya said after the kiss ended.
Heather laughed and pulled her into the building and into their future.
"Hello, ladies," Michael said as he walked from his office a few minutes after they entered the lobby. "Follow me!"
Once they were in his office they sat down, and he started, "The previous owners are so happy to know that this house will give another young couple a wonderful life. All we need to do is sign over the deed to it and hand over the keys."
"We got confirmation from our parents that you received the transfers."
"Oh, I'm sorry. Yes I did and I've already given the previous owners the money."
"Cool!"
"Ok, I just need a signature from you, Naya, here. And you, Heather, here!"
Heather almost wrote "Heather Morris", but stopped herself and said, "Hey, Sweetheart, this is the first time I'm actually writing 'Heather Rivera'!"
"Wow! How does it feel?"
"Wonderful!"
"Aww!" Naya replied and she finished signing.
"Thank you, both!" Michael said, "And here are your keys. I had two made!"
"Thank you."
"Could you please take our picture holding the keys?" Heather asked as she got her camera phone to work.
"Sure!"
Naya and Heather moved their chairs closer together and tilted their heads against each other's and Heather put her arm around Naya. Naya held up her key and Heather held up her key with her free hand. They made the keys touch.
"Ready?"
"Yes," Heather said.
Click!
"Congratulations! You are now officially home owners!"
Naya and Heather high fived each other and Heather brushed her lips against Naya's.
They were excited to continue this amazing journey together.