He was Hooked. He KNEW he loved her. From the second he laid eyes on her, he knew he had to have her. He didn't even know her name. He didn't know who she was, where she was from, why she was at paramount studios at that moment. He knew nothing. All he knew was he had to have her. For a while, he followed her on the lot until his phone began to was Elena, his manager. "Cory, where are you!? The meeting started ten minutes ago." He heard the anger in her voice. "This is the big leagues now. You worked for the role, you got the role, now don't lose the role." She hung up before he had a chance to make a stupid excuse, which was a good thing on his part. He looked up to where the girl was once standing. She was gone. Nowhere in sight. He realized he would have much rather lost the role than lost her.
He decided to head up to the meeting before he got scolded anymore. Cory walked upstairs, fixed his hair, took the worried look off his face to the best of his ability, took a deep breath, and opened the door. A room full of people stared at him like he had three heads. "Sorry I'm late guys, got a little caught up in something. Anyway, I'm Cory, it's great to meet all of you." Cory sat down and looked around the room at all the faces gathered around the table. He noticed there was an empty chair next to him. "Hey Elena, whoever that is, they're later than me. As far as I'm concerned, I'm early." Cory continued to look around the room. He stopped a few faces in when he saw a group of a couple men he had recognized from his in-person audition. One of them, in a yellow hat, stood up. "Hello. It is nice to see all of you again. In case you have forgotten, I am Ryan Murphy, basically the reason you're all here today. Congratulations on all of your acceptances. Welcome to Glee. For the next few minutes, feel free to talk amongst yourselves and get to know a bit about each other. After all, we're hoping you'll be spending a bit of time together." He said jokingly. Nobody knew exactly how a musical show would take with the public. Everyone around the table walked in knowing they were going to have to work their asses off to make more than twenty-two episodes happen. Cory's head wasn't focused on getting to know anyone, and he wasn't worried about going far in the television world. He was still so caught up in the fact that he had lost her. Without warning, he snuck out to get a drink in the hallway.
He looked up from the water fountain to see a girl walking fast paced down the hallway. Not a girl… The girl. Before she opened the door, she checked herself in the mirror. Without hesitating, Cory loudly said "You look fine, don't worry." She turned around and saw a man's torso, only to look up and see a face. After all, he was over a foot taller than her. "Thank you, but I have to go now. I'm very late." She headed towards the same door he once approached. "You're on Glee too?" He asked. "Yes I am" "Me too… Well we better go then." He opened the door and waited for her to walk in. "What's your name?" He whispered hesitantly. "Lea. Lea Michele." She replied confidently. There was no doubt about it. The energy in her voice, in her eyes, the confidence in her stride, he was hooked. He loved her. He loved her, and now he could put a name to her face. Lea Monteith. He thought to himself. Not bad.