"Hey, we're having a movie and pizza night at my place tomorrow. Are you in?" Chris looked up from his phone. He was so caught up in his texting that he hadn't even heard her enter the room.
"I'd love to, but I can't." Chris smiled at Ashley.
"Why not? What could possibly be more important than having pizza and crying over a sad movie with your friends?" She asked and sat down next to him.
"I've got this thing." Chris made a vague gesture with his hand.
"What thing, 'cause if it's work you're coming because you work too hard." It was true, the kid really worked too hard. Ashley was surprised he hadn't had a breakdown yet.
"It's not work." Chris told her without any further explanation.
"Then what is it?" She was curious. What was Chris doing when he wasn't working? Probably realizing he wasn't working and then work some more.
Chris sighed. "I've got a date." He admitted.
"A date?" Ashley certainly didn't see that one coming. "Spill! Who is it, do I know him?" She practically yelled at him.
"Ash, it's very new, you know. This is only our third date." Chris explained.
"Oh, third date. Wouldn't want to interrupt that!" She said with a knowing smile.
"Ashley!" He yelled and smacked her on the arm.
"I'm sorry." She laughed. Her face became a little serious again. "But seriously, who is the guy, because he's stealing my man and I have to check on him. Just to make sure he's good enough for you."
Chris just chuckled at her protectiveness. "I'm not gonna tell you his name." Ashley gave him her best puppy eyes, but he didn't fall for it. "Like I said, we're not really serious yet. I don't want to give you false hope."
He stood up and started to walk away.
"I'll find out, Colfer!" She yelled after him.
"How would you do that?" He replied without turning around.
"I've got ways!" She informed him.
"I don't even want to know!" He yelled back and waked around the corner.
When Chris was out of eyesight Ashley spotted Lea at the other side of the cafeteria. She sat next to Lea. Lea had more scenes with Chris, so maybe she knew something more.
"Lea, do you know who is dating Chris?" Ashley asked her directly.
Lea almost spit out her coffee. "Chris has a boyfriend?" She half coughed.
"Well no, but he said he had a date" Ashley petted her on her back and handed her a napkin.
She wiped off her mouth and caught her breath. "Oh my god. I'm gonna kill him for not telling me! Who is it?" She asked.
"I don't know." Ashley answered. "That's why I'm asking you. He didn't want to tell me his name."
"That means we know him!" Lea squealed with a smile.
"Or he doesn't want us to do a background check on the guy." Ashley said and Lea's face fell.
"We have to find out who it is." Lea said.
"Agreed, if my boy is getting some ass I have to approve of him." Ashley told her. She looked scarily serious to Lea.
"But how?" Lea asked and looked thoughtful.
"I don't know yet, but I'll come up with something. Well, my break is over. I'll talk to you later to start operation 'Colfer's mystery man', okey?"
"Yes, first thing we've gotta do is come up with a better name." Lea said and gave Ashley a hug goodbye.
The next morning Chris arrived on set. His body arrived, his mind was still in his bed.
His alarm clock had ran out of battery and he had woken up an hour late. Which meant that he hadn't even had time for his coffee.
"Good morning sunshine!" Ashley greeted him cheerfully. Then she took a better look at him. "You look like a zombie." She said.
"You always know just what to say to make me feel special." He said sarcastically.
She poked him is his side. "Come on, don't be so down. You should be excited." She said.
Chris slapped her hand away. "Why should I be exited? I'm so tired." He growled.
"Because of your date, you silly." Her voice sounded a little teasing when she said the word ' date'.
Chris' eyes widened. "Oh my god, I completely forgot about that!" It was true, he hadn't even had the time to look at his phone. So he hadn't received any texts yet.
"Well, it is your lucky day Mr. Colfer." He gave her a confused look. "Your first scene was canceled." She quickly explained.
"Great, so I came here for nothing."
"At least you can go take a nap now. Oh, and by the way, we have to stay on set an hour longer tonight, Ryan wanted to talk about some scene he had in mind." She informed him.
"Thanks for telling me." He sighed. "I'll be in my trailer, sleeping. If I'm not up in an hour and a half, please come wake me?" He asked her. It was a normal question, right? Why was she grinning like that?
"Of course." She pecked him on the cheek and got her phone out of her purse.
Chris walked to his trailer. He checked his phone and typed a few quick replies before he went to sleep.
Ashley immediately texted Lea after Chris had left.
To Lea:
You. Cafeteria. NOW!
To Ashley:
What`s wrong?
To Lea:
I have a plan. But it has to happen now!
To Ashley:
On my way.
Ten minutes later, Lea came running in the cafeteria. She looked for Ashley and spotted her at a table alone in the back.
"What's the plan?" She asked, a little out of breath.
"We've gotta get his phone!" Ashley whisper-shouted.
"Why?" She asked a little confused.
Ashley gave Lea her 'Are you stupid' look. "He's been texting with that guy yesterday."
"How do you know it was him?" Lea asked. Now she was the one to help her friend out of her dream.
But Ashley didn't buy it. "Have you got ears? He was giggling like a school girl!"
"So, what's the plan?" Lea was curious now.
"Right." Ashley sat up a little straighter. "So, he's taking a nap now. I suggest that we sneak in to his trailer and steal his phone. Then we search through his texts to find the identity of Mr. Mystery." Ashley was clearly proud of her plan.
"That's your evil plan?" Lea asked. "We steal his phone?"
"Yeah, what's wrong with it?" Ashley really couldn't see the problem.
"It's just a little simple."
"Do you have a better idea?" Ashley asked with a bitch-face.
Lea thought for a moment, but she couldn't think of anything else that might work. "Okey, good point."
They walked across the lot to Chris' trailer. One window was a tiny bit open and Ashley heard a soft snoring noise coming out of the trailer.
"He's asleep." She whispered to Lea.
They snuck around the trailer to the door. Lea checked if it was open. She opened the door and closed it quickly again.
"You should go in there." Ashley whispered.
Lea's eyes widened. "What, why me?"
"Because you're better at sneaking around."
Ashley had a point. Lea ask was always sneaking up on people. "Fine, I'll do it." She sighed.
Lea quietly opened the door and got in the trailer. She saw Chris stretched out on the small couch. He was sounds asleep and in his hand was his phone. Well shit.
She sighed and slowly walked over to the sleeping boy. She almost bummed in to the coffee table. She slipped the phone out of Chris' hand, but he started to make grabby hands towards Lea.
She panicked and put the first thing she could find in his hand, which was the remote controller to his stereo.
She quickly got out of the trailer and shut the door. He held her treasure in the air so Ashley could see her mission was accomplished.
"I literally had to take it out of his hand." She said not bothering to keep her voice down.
"Yeah, whatever. Now, give me that." Ashley grabbed the phone from Lea and unlocked the touchscreen.
She saw that Chris hadn't closed his last texts-conversation. Her jaw dropped when she saw the name on the little screen.
"So, who is it? Do we know him?" Lea asked jumping up and down.
"Eh, yes. We do." Ashley had found her voice again.
"Then, who is it?" Lea yelled.