He loved her, he had loved her for almost a year now. Lea was so beautiful and perfect for him. Cory knew that he wasn't supposed to have feelings for her because they were working together but that wasn't enough reason for him when he fall in love with her. Every time they were together he couldn't stop staring at her deep chocolate eyes, at her full lips that basically screamed that they wanted to be kissed, at her perfect and hot body… Basically he couldn't stop thinking about her.
He had made a decision: that night all the cast was going out for dinner to celebrate one of the writers birthday and that would be the perfect occasion to tell her how he felt about her. After all, she had broken up with Theo almost 2 months ago and he was pretty sure she also had feelings for him too. Cory just wanted it to be perfect but simple, so that way she would't feel pressured about anything.
When Cory arrived, Lea wasn't there yet, and it was perfect because that way he could talk before with some of the guys so that they could give him some advice.
Everyone knew how Cory felt for Lea so when he told Mark, Dianna, Harry and Chris( even though every one in the table heard)what he was doing, they were so happy for him "it was about time!" Mark said with a smile on his face " I knew you two would end up together".
" I know, I just thought that if I told my self that I wasn't good enogh for her or that I had no chances with her, after all, she did have a boyfriend a couple monchs ago, I'd end up forgetying about her… But now she's single and I just can't get her out of my head, that just made me fall for her even harder"
"And what are you going to say?" Chris asked.
He knew Lea was a simple girl and wouldn't actually matter what he said , as long as he said it . Chris didn't say anything but he knew that Lea also had had feelings for Cory before she started dating Theo,a dn ha had been the reason why she had broken up with him, but he wasn't so sure now. A few people knew about that , including Dianna, but he just didn't wanted to ruin the moment.
"I don't know, I think i'll just tell her how I feel about her and I'll see how she reacts. I know it sounds very simple but I just care about her so much, don't want to ruin it by scaring her"
The guys could see the look in his face and they knew that he really loved her. It was pretty obvious since every time she was around, he couldn't stop staring at her with those I-love-you-but-there-is-nothing-I-can-do eyes-because-you-have-a-boyfriend eyes.
" I think that's perfect, I'm sure you have a shot with her, after all, she also-" Yeah., Dianna almost ruined it but she realizad it before she said it and stoped herself " …Just be yourself".
"Oh there she is!" Harry said pointing at the other side of the table where all the girls were.
There she was, with a short white dress that made Cory forget how to breath because he loved how beautiful she looked.
Suddenly, he saw something, she was holding someone's hand. A guy's hand. Wait. Who was that guy and why was she holding his hand?
When she saw him she walked towards him with that guy. " Cory! Hey!" That's when she hugged him. He could feel the smell of her perfume which made him forget a little about the presence of that guy. "I hope it's ok that I brought my boyfriend, we haven't seen eachother in a long time and he came by surpise!"
What? Did she just said boyfriend? No no no, it was imposible, she didn't have a boyfriend, they had broken up months ago! What the—
When everybody heard Lea said the word Boyfriend, they all turned away to look at Cory, whose face had changed from a wide smile to a sad, pale face.
He just couldn't believe it, a boyfriend? How come he didn't knew? They had been spending so much together he tought she felt the same way "Boyfriend you said?" he knew he had heard well, but he still couldn't understarnd.
"Yes, a week ago Theo came to my apartment with a bunch of flowers to apologize for our fight that caused us to break up, and I just couldn't say no" she said looking at Theo, who not did not bother to hide his happy expresión, I mean, the guy was after all dating Lea Michele, again!
"Well, we should order somethig to drink, right?" Amber said, when she realizad how awkward the things had turned, given the fact that everyone had heard that Cory was going to express Lea all his love that same night.. " You're right, where's the damn waiter?" Cory couldn't hide how he felt when he said those words, what made Lea a little suspicious and a little bit worried "What's up with him? Is he ok?" she whispered to Dianna. "I'm sure he's fine, maybe a little bit tired, I'll talk to him, don't worry". Ok so Dianna wasn't the best liar but at least she was able to manage it this time.
"Are you Ok?" Dianna asked Cory when she saw that Lea had gone to the bathroom with the other girls and Theo had gone outside to smoke. "Her boyfriend? When did that happened? I really had no idea, she never told me she and him were back together, did you know about this?" This time he didn't bother to hold the tears because there was no one in the table besides him and Dianna, it also helped the fact that he was a little drunk, I mean, no one could expect him to stay sober the hole night with Lea and Theo next to him kissing and touching the hole time.
"No, I swear, I had no idea either, if I had know, you know I would've told you right away! I'm so sorry Cory, seriously!" she felt horrible, Lea was one of her best friends and Dianna didn't know about this either, and now seeing him this way just broke her heart.
" I think I should leave, I'm pretty sure no one will miss me tonight, plus, I had made reservation for me and Lea at this hotel just so we could talk after dinner but I think there will be no conversation after all, so I should go cancel it…tell everyone I'm sorry I had to leave but I had some personal problems to deal with" his voice sounded so broken, he just couldn't believe how in one night he could go from being super excited to being completely heart broken.
" Are you sure you don't want to stay? I mean, we haven't even ordered yet, and I'm pretty sure you'll have a good time having a drink with the rest of us, everyone is going to miss you!" she said trying to cheer him up. "No thanks, I think I have already had too much to drink in only half an hour, and as I said, no one will miss me, specially the one person I want to miss me.."
With that said, he stood up and saw that everyone was coming back inside ready to order and that's when he saw Lea holding hands with Theo and kissing . Yeah, he couln't take that anymore, after 2 years, it was enough. "Hey! Where are you going? Are you ok? What happened?" Lea asked him noticing the fresh tears in his face. " Umm.. Nothing, it's ok, I just really have to go, I forgot I had this other thing." Just like Dianna, he wasn't the best liar and Lea could totally notice that he was lying, after all, they were best friends. " Cory, don't you dare lie to me." She knew something was wrong.
"No, seriously, I have to go, sorry. See you on monday at work!" He tried to say as happily as he could but it just wasn't working. He left the restaurant as fast as he could and entered his car, he really couldn't get out of there fast enough.
