AUTHOR'S NOTE: First of all, thank you to all of you who have kept reading this fanfic. And for those who review thank you so much also, I really appreciate every single one of the reviews! I decided since I'm really busy over the week, I will start posting every either Wednesday or Thursday and Saturday, so there will be two chapters a week unless I'm really busy. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Reviews and recommendations are always appreciated. (:
Chapter 3
Saturday, December 5, 2011. Later in the day
Lea arrived at the theater about half an hour late, nervous about what her director would tell her about being late. She stepped out of her car and ran backstage, only to see that they had just been done with a talk with the director. "I'm so sorry I'm late!" Lea apologized to Steven, the director of the show.
"It's no problem Lea, Marley told me you were gonna be late so we didn't do anything that important."
"Okay. Thank you for understanding; I went to bed really late last night so I overslept."
"It's no problem Lea, really. It's the first time you're late. You didn't even have to apologize."
Lea chuckled softy. "I know, I just wanted to be polite. I'm gonna head to my dressing room in anyone needs me." She headed over to her dressing room, and noticed Marley was there. She smiled at her. "Hey girl"
"Lea Michele, what were you up to last night? I called you like ten times!"
Lea giggled softly and went over to the couch to sit next to her. "I might've gone out…" she teased as she waited for her to be desperate and ask more.
"Where? When? Tell me everything!" She said with a desperate tone then she frowned. "Wait, weren't you all upset and sad yesterday? What happened to you?"
"Oh gosh, you talk a lot!" She joked, "Well, yeah, I mean after Matt broke up with me, I was upset." She sighed remembering the phone call he made to break up with her.
"And…" Her eyes widened as she knew that she had more to that story that made her happy last night.
"Well… you know that band that came for a concert last night?"
"Bonnie Dune? Oh god yes! Those guys are hot!" She laughed, "What about them?"
"I went to the concert last night and it was amazing!" She chuckled softly. "But after it since I still couldn't get over the break up, I went to a bar…"
She raised an eyebrow a bit confused, "and what made you so happy about that?"
She smiled widely, "I met one of the band members, Cory Monteith, and during the concert I couldn't keep my eyes off him."
Her eyes widen and she hits her arm playfully, "Oh my gosh! You met him! Why didn't I go with you last night! I'm so jealous."
She laughed. "Well it would've kind of ruined things if you went with me…"
"What do you mean?" she said getting even more interested in the topic
"Not much happened, but he did call me gorgeous!" She squealed with excitement as she remembered the moment when those words slipped out of his mouth. You're so gorgeous; she heard his voice in her head saying those words over and over again. She was never going to get over that, especially since Cory had said it.
"H-He what?" She said in surprise. "Well you're a lucky girl! Are you planning to ever see him again, before he… leaves?"
"I-I don't know Marley, I did give him my phone number, but he never called or texted me." She said a little disappointed.
"I guess he's just busy or something. I don't think he would leave you that easily, you are gorgeous, it's no surprise he called you that. And I wouldn't be surprised if he totally had a crush on you either…" She winked at her and laughed.
Lea laughed softly and blushes bright red. She hit her friend's are playfully. "Stop it. I mean, I just met him. It's not like he asked me out or anything…"
"But he will. Trust me babe, you two will be going out in no time! I've seen pictures of him and I admit he's pretty cute. You guys would make a cute couple!"
Lea giggled and hugged Marley. "Thank you. You know I love you right?" she laughed softly
"Yes I do you cutie. Now go get ready, the show starts soon and we haven't done anything yet!"
"Right, I'm gonna get changed. I'll see you later best friend." She winked and giggled as Marley waved and walked out of Lea's dressing room.
Lea walked over to the mirror and put her hair down so she could get it done for the show. She took her costume that was lying on the couch and smiled as she saw it. I still can't believe I'm Maria, she thought to herself, I've been working so hard all my life and I finally got it. She admired the costume once more before taking her clothes off and putting on her costume carefully, knowing how important it was to keep the costumes in good condition. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled at the view of her in Maria's costume once again. She, then, walked out of her dressing room and closed the door, heading to get the finishing touches in her hair and make up for the show.
Cory had been walking around New York City for about an hour, and finally had found a giant poster featuring Lea that was about West Side Story. As soon as he saw the poster stand up in the enormous are of Times Square, he admired Lea in the poster, thinking of when he first spoke to her once again. Cory could hear her laugh in his head, making him smile like an idiot as he starred at her in the poster. She's so beautiful; he thought to himself, I wonder if she's into me, or if she even sees me as an option if she doesn't have a boyfriend. Then, he sighed at the thought of her beautiful voice and her perfect shape. Nah, there's no way someone like her could be into me… but it's worth the try isn't it? He asked to himself and shrugged a bit unsure about going to the theater to see her. He looked at the poster carefully trying to figure out where to go to get to the theater that was stated in the poster with big letters. He looked around his surroundings once again and tried to see if there was anything that would lead him to the theater. He memorized the name of the theater and kept walking the way he was, hoping he would get close to seeing her once again. Even if he wasn't sure f he was doing what he should, he thought it was worth to try, or even just to see her precious face once again.
All he could think of as he walked through the crowded and noisy streets of New York City was her, no matter how loud people were screaming or how many people pushed him around not intentionally as they walked by. After he snapped out of his thoughts, he took a deep breath as he saw a ticket booth, thinking over and over again if he should really go see her. He finally made up his mind and decided he would do anything it took to talk to her once again, and approached the ticket booth to get his entrance to watch West Side Story. He bought a ticket for himself in the orchestra area because he wanted to get the best view possible of her. If this was the last time he was going to see her, he wanted it to be worth it. As he was about to turn around and start walking again, he realized he still had no clue where he was going, so he went and asked the guy in the ticket booth about the show. "Hey, um, have you watched West Side Story?"
The guy nodded, "I have, do you need to know anything about it?"
"Just, um, I'm looking for someone special in there and I have no clue where to go to get to her or the theater. So, um, I was wondering if you could tell me where to go to get to the theater?"
He nodded again. The guy seemed lifeless to Cory, but he managed to keep the conversation with him so he could get to Lea. "Of course, you're really close. It's just about two streets away from here, if I'm correct. You just keep walking and you will get to the theater."
Cory smiled and nodded to show him he understood. "Thank you. I really needed to know where to go."
"You're welcome. You're also that guy from that famous band from Los Angeles right… um, Cory?"
He nodded a bit surprised the guy knew about him. "Yes. I am."
The guy gave Cory a small shy smile and took out a paper and a black marker. "Would you mind giving me your autograph? My daughter is a huge fan of yours!"
He smiled and nodded feeling honored to know about such a fan. "Or course!" He grabbed the paper and signed it for him, and then he gave it back. "I would love to do anything else," he said and looked down at his ticket seeing the show started in half an hour, "but I really need to get going, otherwise I'll miss the show, and that can't happen!" He thanked the guy once again and made his way to the theater. Cory not being able to keep the grin off his face as he knew he was going to see Lea again, and this time doing what she loved, performing.
He kept walking the direction the guy told him to and finally reached where the theater was. He felt himself get more and more excited as he got closer to enter the theater. He looked around to all of the posters about West Side Story surrounding the outsides of the theater, most of them with Lea on them. He took a look at how huge the theater looked from the outside, and expected it to be even larger from the inside. They for sure have way more of an audience than we do in our gigs; he thought as he thought about performing with his band. She must be really amazing. He took one last quick glance at the outside and took a deep breath as he was about to enter the theater. He was about to hand the ticket to the people in charge of letting people in to watch the musical and he heard an extremely familiar voice call his name loud and clear.
"Cory?..." Lea said in surprise to see him there as she walked out of the backstage entrance of the theater to get some air before the performance started. Feeling that it didn't help at all to go outside; all because now she knew that the guy she had wanted to see since last night was there to see her, only her.
