Lea walked through the door and Cory walked in right behind her. The empty chair next to him had belonged to her. This is perfect. She's sitting next to me. She is literally going to be breathing on me. He said to himself. Everyone was still talking to each other, so Cory decided he was going to get to the bottom of this girl. "So, I'm Finn." "That's a nice name. Nice to meet you, Finn." She said. "No no no. I mean I'm playing Finn Hudson. My name's Cory." "OH! Well nice to meet you anyway Cory. We're going to be spending a lot of time together… I'm playing Rachel Berry." Oh Jesus. She is playing the role of a character who is in love with my character. Fuck. Why couldn't she be Quinn, that way she'd actually be my girlfriend. Shit, I hope Quinn isn't ugly. He thought. Then he said, "Well that's awesome. Do you know who's playing Quinn? I know it's that Dianna girl, but is she in here?" He was seriously praying at this point that she wasn't ugly. "Well let's go find out" she said.
Lea went across the room to the group of girls conversing with each other. "Hi guys! Which one of you is Dianna?" "That would be me." Said a perky blonde girl. Holy shit, she actually just went and asked random people for me which one was Quinn because I was concerned. She had no problem with it either. She literally just skipped over there and asked. Jesus. "Well hello Dianna, I'm Cory, I'll be playing Finn. Nice to meet you." Said Cory. "Awe I can't wait to have a baby that's not yours with you." She snickered. "Anyway, this is Amber and this is Jenna. Mercedes and Tina. I think this will be a lot of fun!" "Hey girls. Anyway, this is Lea. She's playing Rachel Berry and thanks to her we now know you're Quinn. Thank you Lea." Cory said with a boyish smile on his face. Dianna directed Cory towards her, and he crouched down to be ear-level with her. "You like her don't you" she whispered. "Why would you think that?" "It's obvious. You're glowing. Do you guys even know each other?" "I found out her name ten minutes ago." Lea was now across the room, back in the chair she was sitting in earlier. Lea was talking very loudly to Elena. Cory giggled. "Just look at her. I don't know what it is, but she's something special. Just don't say anything please, because that's weird. We all just met and I definitely don't want to start off on the wrong foot with anyone." Cory begged. "Go get her, big boy."
He walked towards his seat when Elena shot a look in his direction. It wasn't just a 'look'. It was more of a 'go for it' gesture. How was everyone catching on? Is it that obvious? Do you think she knows? Oh god Cory don't fuck this up. Don't like a co-worker, that's bad for business. He told himself repeatedly. Everything he told himself didn't work. At all. "So, I know this might be awkward but, would you like to go for coffee or something sometime?" "That would be great. In a few months everyone is going to know who we are and we aren't going to be able to do that anymore. So sure why not! The sooner the better… Do you want to go after the meeting?" She asked. "Well, I'm a little hungry, maybe we can go get food and then coffee. Or food and coffee? I don't like eating food with coffee though. Only bagels and donuts and stuff." Cory said. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? It shouldn't matter what YOU want ask her what she wants. Stop talking about yourself you big asshole. He felt like there were two people on his shoulders telling him what to do. "But don't worry about me, we don't need to eat. I shouldn't have even said anything, sorry." "Calm down hun, we can do whatever you want. Just so you know, I'm not the kind for burgers or anything. I'm a vegan, so it makes it a little hard, but I'd gladly go! I'm starving!" What's a vegan… What is a vegan… What the fuck is a vegan… I think that's a religion. K, here's the plan. Whip my phone out and google it. Say I'm texting my mom. No. Moms don't text. What about my brother… No. Ask her what it is. No, that's stupid, I should know. Just say ok. That's a good one, let's go with that. And holy crap she called me hun. HUN. HUUUUNNNN. Calm down. "Not a problem, how about you pick the place then?" Smooth.
"I'll drive, if you want, and I'll drop you off here later to get your car." Said Cory. "Sounds good!" Said Lea. The meeting was over and they both had agreed on a pizza place. If all went well, they would end up getting coffee afterwards. "I really like coffee" said Lea. "Do you? What a coincidence, me too." Cory replied. "I really like pizza too, but nothing beats New York pizza." "New York? Classy. Never been there." "I'm from the Bronx. It's my life. If it wasn't for Broadway I wouldn't have even had the balls to audition for glee, or anything at that." "Broadway!? Damn. Sing me something." "Are you serious? Right now?" "Well it's better than making you do it in the restaurant, right?" Lea nodded. She sat up straight, took a deep breath, and opened her mouth. She began singing 'On My Own' from Les Miserables. I don't know if there's a God. But there are angels and she is one of them. She's singing to me right now, and it's amazing singing. She's everything anyone could ever want. I'm happier than I ever have been, and I've known her for only a couple hours. "Well, there you go." She said as she finished. "That was incredible. Just in time too… We're here. I already know this is going to last. What can I say, I'm hooked on Lea Michele.