"Kevin, this isn't funny. Amber is going to be waiting, man" Chord said getting more and more uncomfortable by the minute.
"Chord, we're bros right?" Kevin said
"Yeah man except i might have to reconsider since you know, I'm blindfolded right now" Chord said
"We saw her first!" Darren said in a menacing tone
"uh! Correction! we as in Kevin, Cory and I saw her first. you cam afterwards" Mark said sarcastically
"I at least made the attempt to go see her perform every night during the tour!" Darren said feeling offended by Mark
"Yeah cuz' that'll impress her! stalker much?" Kevin said laughing with Mark
"Says the guy who takes pictures of her everyday" Darren retorted
"oh shut up!" Kevin said
All three boys started arguing and Chord shook his head. One minute he was going to rehearse his lines for s3 and the next he was stuck in the war of the glee boys
"uh guys. if this is about Amber. I just want you to know I have no interest in her. So you can let me go." Chord said.
The truck got quiet and then they all burst out laughing.
"told you he can't act" Darren said laughing with blueberry muffin spewing out of his mouth.
mark and Kevin laughedd.
"Boy you trippin. stop acting like you don't want a piece of that too. Pshh!" Kevin said giving chord the hand.
Chord was confused.
"No, really. Anyway, if you guys like her so much then why don't you just ask her out" chord asked
"Been there, done that." Mark said
"35 times" Kevin said
Kevin look at Darren and Mark looked at him through the mirror
"What? well, i never really asked herr. I'm more of an admirer from afar." Darren said looking off into the distance
"you're a fool!" Kevin said
"well, isnt that the pot calling the kettle black?" Darren said
The three started arguing again.
Chord was starting to find this kinda of comical.
"okay guys listen. If i promise not to approach Amber outside of work…will you let me go?" chord said.
"no dice my friend" Mark said as they arrived at their destination
"we're here!" Darren said happily
"here? where?" chord asked curious of what his crazy friends had come up with
In the distance Chord heard a familiar voice
"Hey guys! listen. I'm getting a little nervous. If Amber finds out, she's going to beat me up and I'm still healing from the last beat down" It was Cory's voice.
"dude, you're in on this too?" chord said dissapointed.
"yeah man and Harry too. he's waiting for you inside" Cory said nonchalantly completely disregarding this is a felony in most states.
"chord, don't worry. it's not like we're going to kill you." Darren said trying to sound positive
"oh! in that case then go ahead keep doing what youre doing!"chord said sarcastically
The boys started bringing Chord to the front of Cory's house.
"Step, Step, Step, one more" Mark was aiding Chord who was still blind folded
They lead him through a passageway and down a flight of stairs
"Welcome!"Cory said really happily.
he removed Chord's blindfold
"okay, here's the play "chordy baby" Kevin started saying
"please stop calling me that" Chord said
"why? cuz only amber can call you thaT?" Mark said
"uh no because it's getting annoying" Chord said
"The plan is you stay here a couple of weeks until Ryan realizes you're gone and we convince him to let us duet with Amber and or be her new love interest on the show" Kevin said proud of his plan
"I think you're insane!" chord said
"dude! it's like a vacation. you have an xbox, a guitar, we'll let you keep your phone for games tho. we turned off your service. you just can't get out until we say so" Cory said super enthusiastic about the plan
"okay I got diet coke, hot wings, lays potato chips, chocolate chip cookies" Harry started saying coming down the steps to Cory's basement.
"Oh you're here!" Harry said
"Harry? really? but you have a good storylne right now!" Chord said
"I do, you're right. I just want one dance with Amber. We can be like magic on the hardwood floor. Can you imagine. I would do a little bit of this then amber would do a little bit of that" Harry started demonstrating
Chord breathed in
"okay. since you guys seem to be certifiablly insane, im going to play along. Eventually one of you will snap out of it. just a matter of time" chord said confidently
They boys got a text from Ryan
"ah! emergency script meeting!" Darren yelled.
"We'll talk later" Kevin said to chord.
They boys left, locking their friend in the basement and Chord heard Mark's truck pull away.
What the fuck? Chord said to himself. He climbed on to the futon and turned on the television. This would boil over soon.
Meanwhile on set
"So chord's gone missing. any ideas?" brad asked the cast.
Amber was visibly furious sitting at the end of the table.
"This is wrong. just wrong. Chordy would never leave like that. something's up and you guys are acting like he left on his own." Amber said, her tone getting increasingly aggravated.
Kevin sat next to her comforting her and Darren was on the other side drawing hearts that said "I still lub you" and showing them to Amber.
Amber smiled and went back to the matter at hand
"of course! Of course this would happend! I finally get a story line and my romantic interest on the show just "dissapears" sounds about right!" amber was not one to keep quiet
"you better watch out harry, you might next cuz god forbid Jenna gets a decent story!" Amber said, her cheeks on fire
"calm down amber, im on your side" Brad said to her from across the room.
"Listen, Amber. everything's going to be okay. if chord doesnt come around, I have a back up for you" Ryan said dialing his phone
"And then what? We'll say Sam evans had plastic surgery?" Naya said rolling her eyes
"naya, be nice!" Dianna said smiling at her friend
"whoa whoa whoa. who said anything about a replacement? Why don't we just write in that Finn decided he's always loved Mercedes and call it a day" Cory said winking at amber
"Cory, did you hit yourself on the head again?" Amber said
"Thanks a lot traitor!" Lea said to cory. shooting him the death stare
"I'll fill in! I'll do it! We can sing katy perry songs to eachother!" Darren said almost jumping out of his seat
"No, that's not going to work" Brad said
"Well, this is just an idea. I'm gonna put it out there. how bout artie and mercedes profess their secret love to eachother? Artie found out about Sam and sent him to a crackhouse a la Rachel berry?" Kevin said "I think that sounds dope!" Kevin said
Amber smiled thanking Kevin for bringing light to the situation. he always knew the right thing to say
"um how bout Quinn gets in on the action?" Diana asked
ryan looked at dianna in disbelief
"Dianna, where the hell did you get the idea that would work?" ryan asked laughing
"TUMBLR" Kevin and Dianna said together.
"Word. you guys have like a whole fandom!" Kevin said
"oh word?" Amber asked
"Yeah, here I'll show you" dianna took out her iphone
"okay okay enough. I have this covered okay?" ryan said
"Meeting is dismissed" Brad announced winking at Amber.
"if you guys get someone to replace chord, its a huge mistake!" Kevin said to the writers.
he walked out with his arm around Amber who was talking to Dianna about Tumblr.
weeks later….
"A new man? Are you serious?" Chord said furiously to Darren
"Yeah dude. that guy from Friday night lights" Darren said playing black ops with Chord
"Darren, you have to let me go. the fans are going to be pissed. they're going to expect Sam and it's not going to be pretty!" Chord said pleading with the only guy he figured would grow some compassion and let him go.
Darren looked at him
"well, the plan didn't really work. I mean I didn't get a single duet with Amber. and I made her cookies the other day but she didnt return my advances" Darren said sadly
"what about Kevin? did he make his move yet" Chord asked trying not to sound too jealous
"yeah but she's not caving." Darren confessed
Chord sighed out of relief. he still had a chance.
"Darren, let me go. I won't tell anyone. promise." Chord said nicely.
"Sorry bro. not happening" Darren got up and left, forgetting his phone.
Chord grabbed it quickly trying to manipulate the phone as quick as he could before Darren realized he had left it and looked for Amber's name which was number one on his speed dial and the caller id was a picture of her with a heart around her. He shook his head and dialed her.
"hey you've reached Amber. Tell it like it is" her voicemail
"Amber? Amber! Oh my god it's good to hear your voice. how you doing ms. pretty? I'm so sorry I've been ghost lately but I swear I wanted to work with you. I've been kidnapped. I'm okay but I'm going to need your help. I'm at Cory's house in the hills. you know where that is right? you have to convince cory you want to go over his house otherwise he'll get suspicious. oh and it's not Darren. this is Chordy uhh I mean Chord. Anyway, i missed you. you know like co workers miss eachother. yeah so Can't wait to see you…to uhh get back to work. k, bye" Chord hung up
"That was by far the douchiest voicemail I have ever left in my life. like co workers miss eachother? for God sakes, what is wrong with you chord?" Chord started cursing at himself out loud waiting for Amber to be his hero.