So did anyone watch the TCA's last night? Cory and Darren won awards so congrats to them, it was awesome!
Thanks to everyone who has reviewed too, they're so so great! Chapter 9!
The weekend had gone great for Cory. He hung out with Taylor for the entire duration and found her to be quite a lot of fun but they kept it on the down low as to not arise many rumors. They were just very good friends but they did kind of act like more… maybe just a little.
She was funny, sweet, and caring, not to mention beautiful to boot. Bowling was a good time too even though he lost after talking all that smack and getting his lucky jacket that he specifically wore for bowling purposes. After she beat him by multiple strikes, he just congratulated her and told her he let her win.
She laughed at him. There was no way she believed that. Overall, the weekend was full of laughs and just an all around good time.
That Sunday, he had offered to drop her off at the airport, she agreed, and they hugged goodbye, not noticing a couple guys across the street subtly snapping a few pictures.
A week had passed since then and Cory was getting dressed in his trailer into his Sectionals costume for their 'Special Education' episode. He pulled on his black slacks and maroon dress shirt and put on his black shoes before walking to hair and makeup.
He immediately placed his sunglasses on when the bright California sun enveloped him on the lot.
He was lazily making his way to the building when a pretty blonde dressed in a white and black dress, black leggings and black heels met him at his side.
"Hey." She greeted as she kept in sync with his long strides.
He looked to his right and smiled his goofy grin. "Hey there. You ready?"
"Getting there, I just have to get my hair fixed before the shoot. It's this damn humidity this week." She laughed an airy laugh and he chuckled along.
"Eh, I think you still look great." He shrugged and nudged her playfully as they continued their pace. "What's that you got there?"
Cory pointed to a rolled up book like object in Dianna's hand.
"Oh this?" She lifted her hand from her side and held it in front of her as she rolled it out to reveal a thin In Touch magazine.
Cory smiled when he looked at the cover and saw that it had Eva Longoria on it talking about her and Tony Parker's relationship problems.
'Thank god I'm not on the cover with flowers in hand on this one.' He mused to himself.
"It's actually what I caught up to you about." She informed him, flipping through the pages.
She stopped on one and Cory was extremely surprised. There were two small grainy pictures that looked like they were taken at a distance of Cory dropping Taylor off at LAX. There was one of him letting her out of the car and another of them hugging goodbye, then it had some writing next to it which he could only assume was gossip.
"So you brought Taylor to the airport?" she asked with furrowed brows.
Cory quirked an eyebrow. Was she jealous?
His eyebrow fell and he nodded his head. "Yeah, she needed a ride and I offered to drive her there."
"She couldn't get someone to bring her there herself?" she came back rather quickly in an annoyed tone.
Even though there was a part of him that liked how she was jealous, there was another part of him that was a little aggravated. It all came back to, if she wasn't single, why did he have to be?
"Listen, it isn't a big deal alright. It's just my business and it's what I chose to do. I was being a good friend. Forget about it, okay?"
Dianna didn't say any words, she just let out a little, "Mhm." What else could she say? She had to take his word for it. She didn't want to seem like the overprotective jealous girlfriend that wasn't even his girlfriend.
She rolled the magazine back up in her hand and fell back from Cory's pace as he continued to walk.
~ FIVE DAYS LATER~
Ring… Ring... Ring…
Cory slowly lifted his head up from his pillow and squinted his eyes to look at the clock.
'Four-ten in the morning? Who the hell is calling me at four in the morning?'
Cory sat up a little on his bed, rubbed his eyes and grabbed his iPhone off his nightstand.
"Hello?" He didn't bother looking at the caller I.D. He was too tired to take it into account.
"Hey, were you sleeping?" the voice on the other end questioned.
He rubbed the side of his face and took a breath. "Um…" It took some time to get words out when your brain felt like it had just awakened out of a heavy sleep coma.
Before he could answer the voice began speaking once more quickly. "Oh my god Cory, I'm so sorry that I woke you up. I always forget about the whole, time zone difference thing. You're two hours behind me. It's six here and I just completely forgot that it wasn't the same time where you are."
"Taylor?" he wondered, still half asleep in the darkness of his room.
"Yeah, I'm really sorry."
He leaned over and switched on the small lamp on his nightstand so he could wake up a little. If he sat in the dark he would constantly be fighting off the urge to fall back asleep while he was on the phone.
"No, no, it's totally cool. I mean, it's only four in the morning. I always get up at this time." He joked. He heard Taylor giggle and it made him chuckle too.
"So what's making you call me at this lovely hour?"
"Well, I was just sitting here at my kitchen table with a coffee in hand getting ready to head out the door to the recording studio when I thought, 'I had such a great time in L.A. So much of a great time that I actually didn't really get to do what I went to do which was to meet up with some good friends of mine for the whole weekend, but actually spent the weekend with Cory after my two hour dinner with said friends.' It made me want to call you and just really tell you that I had an amazing time. You're quite the host." He could tell she was smiling just by the way she was talking.
"Well I can't deny what I am." He laughed. "I'm glad you had a good time and felt the need to let me know at four a.m. so thank you."
"Yeah well, you're very welcome." She giggled. "But I was also calling to say that I'm going back tomorrow for a few more days to actually meet up with my friends this time but I'd like to see you again too."
"Really? That's cool that you're gonna come back and I'd love to hang out with you again but, aren't you like, super busy with your album and stuff?" He ran a hand through his hair as he held the phone closer to his cheek.
"Well yeah I've been pretty busy but I've been working on it everyday since I got back home so I'm actually a little ahead of schedule for the first few songs on the album. I can afford a few days."
"That's good then." He began. "So when will I see you?"
There was a muffled sound on the other end before Taylor spoke again. He assumed she must have been getting up to head on out to the studio.
"Well I was hoping tomorrow since I lied to my friends and told them that I wasn't getting in until the next day since I wanted to spend my first day there with you." She told him with a smile.
"Aww you're sweet." He playfully said and laughed.
"Why thank you." She laughed back. "But I can't be there until five so I was thinking we could do something after that?"
"Yeah we can do that. Would you want to have dinner with me at seven? I know a really good place. Do you like Italian?"
"I love Italian." She gushed.
"Good then. I know the perfect place to take you to."
"So it sounds like a plan."
"So it does." He agreed. "I'll see you then I guess."
"Yes you will. I look forward to it."
"Me too." He smiled as he answered.
"Alright well, I'll let you get back to sleep then. Sorry again that I woke you up."
"No it's fine. I'll have no problem getting back to sleep. It'll happen as soon as I hit the pillow again." he responded.
"Okay. I'll see you tomorrow night."
"See you then. Good night- I mean, good morning." He corrected himself quickly with a small chuckle.
"Yeah, good morning." She giggled as well. "Bye."
Cory said his good byes and as soon as he hung up the phone and turned off the light, he fell back against his bed and drifted off into sleep once more, but this time with a small smile on his face.
Cory was pretty excited on set the day that Taylor was arriving. Lea even noticed his enthusiasm and great work when they were in the recording studio.
Both:
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day
You gave it away
This year to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day
(Lea: You gave me away)
This year
To save me from tears
Cory:
I'll give it to someone special
Lea:
Special
Both:
I gave you my heart
"That was fantastic guys! Truly amazing ending!" Nikki Anders, Glee's vocal arranger and songwriter, complimented them as they finished recording 'Last Christmas' for their Christmas episode.
"Thanks Nikki." They said in unison as they put the headphones back on the music stand and walked out of the recording booth.
"You were really in the zone Cor. Don't you usually do a few recordings when you record with Nikki?" Lea asked, grabbing a bottle of water off a table as they passed down a hall.
"Yeah I do but I was in the zone, thanks." He smiled appreciatively at her while they walked outside to the trailers.
"I'm going to go rest up in my trailer. What are you going to do?" Lea wondered, taking another sip of her water.
"I'm probably gonna go shoot some hoops with Mark and Chord. I have to grab my Gatorade out of the break room's fridge first though. "
"Sounds fun. See you in a bit." Lea waved goodbye and walked off in a different direction.
On her way, she saw Dianna walk out of their on set nurses station.
"You okay?" she asked Dianna when she caught up to her.
"I don't really know. I think I'm coming down with something. My throat's all sore and I barely got by doing my solos when we recorded 'The Most Wonderful Day of the Year' song."
"Do you think you're coming down with some type of cold or something?"
"Seems like it. A really bad one at that. I have a headache and my nose is starting to get congested and my throat literally feels like a cat is clawing it when I sing." Dianna popped some Advil in her mouth that the nurse had given her for her headache and took a sip of her water.
"So I'm assuming you aren't going to be singing the song Ryan wanted you and Chord to do then."
Dianna shook her head. "Yeah, no that's not happening. I apologized and he understood. He said he would give me another chance to do a duet with someone in future episodes."
"Well at least he's giving you that." Lea placed a hand on Dianna's shoulder and she nodded in agreement. "So what are you doing now?"
"I'm going to head back to my apartment and rest for the remainder of the day since it's Friday anyway and I can get more rest over the weekend."
"Yeah that's true but how come you aren't going to Alex's apartment?"
"Oh well, he's off in England now visiting family for a few weeks so I'd rather just go to my apartment. Plus, I don't really want to be at his that much. My place is just more comfortable to me."
Lea knew Dianna still hadn't fully moved in with Alex and was well aware that she didn't ever plan on completely moving in. She was just waiting for the right moment to get out for good.
"Okay, well I guess I'll see you Monday hopefully. Do you want me to come over after work?" Lea questioned. "Do you need anything?"
"No it's fine really. I'm just going to spend the night resting on my own. Some silence will be better on my head anyway."
"Alright. Get better. We need our Quinn back a.s.a.p." she sternly told her but still laughing.
"I'll try." Dianna assured with a giggle before they parted ways and Dianna started towards her car.
'Oh, I forgot my sweater in the choir room.' She thought to herself.
She redirected herself back to the building. On her way to the choir room, she passed multiple break rooms and over heard the voice of the person she had come to have very strong feelings for.
At first, his voice was faint and muffled since she was farther down the hall but as she grew closer, she could hear it better and she heard another guy's voice as well.
She stopped at the corner of the hall and leaned against the outside of the wall of the break room to eaves drop. Who wasn't a little nosy at times?
"No but seriously dude, you are so lucky to be dating the Taylor Swift." Dianna leaned a little closer to the door and figured out that it was Harry.
"I'm not dating her man, we're just hanging out. We're friends." Cory reasoned.
"Uh, going out to a nice restaurant at night seems a little more than that. Plus, she's coming all the way here from Nashville just to see you again."
Cory shook his head. "No, that's not what I meant. She's coming to visit her friends that she didn't get to see a lot last time she was here-"
"Because she was with you." Harry raised his eyebrows suggestively.
Cory laughed and punched the side of Harry's arm jokingly.
"Okay, yeah because she was with me but whatever."
"So when are you guys going?"
Cory couldn't help the smile on his face. "I'm picking her up at six-thirty since we have our reservations at seven and it takes like twenty minutes to get to the place."
Dianna felt a harsh pang in her heart at hearing the guy she was feeling something for talk excitedly about taking another girl out on a dinner date or whatever it was supposed to be. She couldn't stay and listen to it any longer in fear of her heart breaking.
She quietly passed by the door without either man noticing, grabbed her sweater in the choir room and got in her car to make her way home for the weekend.
As soon as she got back to her apartment, she walked into her room and changed into a pair of sweats and a t-shirt and threw her hair up into a messy bun.
She grabbed her favorite 'cuddling blanket' and plopped herself down on her couch in the living room. Then she got a text.
'Lea is just so sweet to be checking on me already.' She thought to herself as she made the move to pick up her cell phone from the table.
She couldn't help but make an annoyed face and groan at the sight of the name that popped up with the message.
Hey love. Just wanted to ask you how your day is going – Alex
She quickly typed a response to him. She was actually glad he was in England so he wasn't with her to annoy and smother her. She absolutely knew that this wasn't how a relationship was supposed to feel.
I'm fantastic, just at work filming. I can't talk now, very busy – Dianna
Yes, she lied. She wasn't really fine or busy. She felt terrible. She had a pounding headache that still hadn't gone away yet, her throat was extremely soar, and she was starting to have to breathe through her mouth since her nose was so stuffed but she wasn't going to tell him that. She knew he would want to cut his trip short and come back to see her but that was the last thing she wanted. Telling him that she was on set was a great excuse to end the conversation since she knew that Alex knew that she took work very seriously.
Okay then. Work hard. Text me if you'd like to talk. Love you xo – Alex
She rolled her eyes at his text. How dare he say that he loves her? If he loved her he wouldn't be such a douche all the time with checking her phone and always asking who she was with. If he didn't trust her, she sure as hell believed he didn't love her and she knew she didn't love him, especially since what he had done to her wrist. He was a violent guy but she didn't know why she couldn't get out of this relationship.
Yep. Ttyl – Dianna
She put her phone back on the table in front of her and laid back down on the couch after getting a glass of orange juice. It wasn't long until she fell asleep.
"Okay guys, ready to record your last song before our winter hiatus?" Nikki asked the group.
Lea, Chord, Amber, Naya, Mark, Cory, and the rest of the cast nodded.
Cory looked around to the rest of the group. "Where's Di?"
"Dianna won't be recording this song with us. She isn't feeling well so she went home to rest. We're just going to over lay voices so it won't be noticeable that she isn't singing when this is filmed since it's a big group number anyway." Nikki explained to Cory and everyone else in the group that didn't know where Dianna had been.
Cory nodded his head. "Wow that sucks. Is she okay? How bad is she?" He was worried.
"She just thinks she's coming down with a cold but it seems like a bad one. I was going to head on over to her place to see her afterward." Lea told Cory.
"Wait, she's at her place? As in, not Alex's apartment?" Cory's face lit up as he posed his question. He would feel better if she wasn't with Alex.
"Yes that's what I mean. Alex is apparently in England for a few weeks visiting his family and friends and stuff like that so she's by herself at her own apartment. Plus, she hasn't even finished moving yet."
He was glad that she wasn't at the Douche Bag's apartment but he wondered why she wasn't moved in yet after around a month of supposedly living together.
"Oh, so she has no one over there with her? Like no one taking care of her?"
"Well I'm going to go see how she is after." Lea repeated.
"I can do it if you want Lea. I haven't really gotten to spend any time with her since…" he paused to think about the awkward 'heys' on set and the choir room day. "Since a while I guess." He solemnly said. He always felt the need to go into protection mode over Dianna.
Lea smiled softly at Cory. She thought it was so cute and really nice of him to volunteer to watch over Dianna like that, even after things have been a bit weird between the two of them.
"Okay Cor. You do that then."
Cory grinned. "Alright I will."
They all recorded 'Welcome Christmas,' their last song for the episode.
On the lot, Mark walked up to Cory. "So you're really going to go over and take care of Dianna?"
"Yeah, why are you in such disbelief over it?" Cory asked, taken aback by his friend's question. Who wouldn't want to take care of someone close to them?
"No I mean, I'm not in disbelief. I know you would be the one to watch over her while she isn't feeling well but you're ditching Taylor Swift for Dianna."
Cory had completely forgotten the plans with Taylor when he found out Dianna wasn't well. Was that bad?
"Oh yeah. I don't know how I forgot." He ran a hand through his short hair.
"You have to call Lea and tell her you changed your mind since you forgot you had plans." Mark concluded.
"Um no, I'm not going to do that. I'm serious about seeing Dianna. I'll just call Taylor and reschedule or something. I'm sure she'll understand." Or at least he hoped.
"Wow, you do really care for her." Mark let out a breathy laugh and Cory nodded. "Just don't get too close to her or else you might catch something." He smirked.
Cory rolled his eyes and smiled at the joke. "Haha you're funny man." He said sarcastically.
"Just don't share drinks or you know, swap spit or anything of that matter." Mark warned again, laughing harder.
"Okay I'm going to go now. See ya!" Cory called with a wave after as he walked away.
As soon as he got into his car, he called Taylor. He felt bad that he was going to cancel their dinner plans since it would be the only time they were going to see one another while she was here but he would cancel meeting with the President if Dianna needed him. Sometimes he thought about how scary it was that he would do anything for her.
He listened to the ring tone for a few seconds before the other line picked up.
"Hello Cory!" Taylor answered.
"Hey Taylor."
"What's up?"
"Um actually, I'm calling because I can't exactly meet you for dinner tonight. Something really important came up for me and I just can't make it." He explained.
"Oh, is everything alright?" Taylor wondered worriedly.
"Yeah, yeah everything is fine it's just, something unexpected happened. Could I get a rain check for another time maybe or something like that?"
"Cory don't worry about anything. It's fine, I understand. Do what you have to do. I travel a lot so I'm sure there will be another time to have dinner."
He smiled at how understanding she was being. Would she smile if she knew he was ditching her for another girl?
He thanked her for being so nice and understanding about the situation and apologized before he got off the phone and headed over to a movie rental place. It was his first stop of three on his mission to take care of Dianna.
He walked in and immediately found The Notebook since it was a major chick flick and all the girls he knew were in love with that movie. Then he got another idea.
'I know she loves Lucille Ball, I wonder where they would keep I Love Lucy in this place?' he wondered to himself as he continued to search for the old television show.
After about a half hour in the video store, he drove over to a French bistro on Melrose Avenue and picked Dianna up some soup. He remembered from the last time she got soup there that she ordered some tomato soup. He liked how she could be a glamorous girly girl but at the same time, Plain Jane.
He walked a little further down the street to an Italian gelato shop and ordered a half-gallon size of strawberry gelato since he knew strawberry was her favorite flavor.
After a short drive, he found himself standing at her front door. He balanced the multiple bags in his arms as he knocked.
After a few moments, there was still no answer. He knocked again; a little worried that she wasn't answering.
Dianna heard the loud knocking and she opened her eyes under the covers. She blinked a couple times to get herself awake and pulled the blanket from over her face.
She heard the knock again. She pushed aside the blanket and slowly sat up from her couch. She shuffled over to the door assuming Lea had still decided to come over. She was wrong.
"Hey Di." Cory greeted as she opened the door. "I heard you weren't feeling well so I wanted to come over and see you."
"So it's gotten around set that I'm sick?"
"Uh yeah it has. Everyone was worried about you, me included. I asked Lea where you were and she told me you were here so I just… came over." He chuckled at his explanation.
"It's nice of you to stop by. I'd ask you to come in but I wouldn't want you to get sick…"
"No it's totally cool. I was kind of hoping you would let me in. I came prepared." He told her, holding up the bags in his hands.
"What are those?" she asked with furrowed eyebrows.
"If you let me in I'll show you." He smiled his lop sided grin that he does as Finn a lot on the show.
She smiled too. "Okay, come on in."
He walked through the doorway and she shut it behind him. He walked to her kitchen and quickly put the gelato in her freezer before she could see and kept the movies in the bag on the table, then he pulled the warm cup of soup out of the last bag and walked to the living room where she was sitting.
"Here, I brought you this." He said and handed her the cup with the spoon that came with it.
She smiled and took off the lid. "I love tomato soup."
"Yeah I uh, I know. I remembered you ordered it the last time we went to that French bistro on Melrose. Char- Ch- Ch… something…"
"Chalet Basque?" she clarified.
"Yeah that place." He laughed and smiled.
"Thank you Cor. I do love that place." She took a spoonful of the red liquid and blew on it before eating. "Thanks for coming over. I really appreciate the company."
"No problem. You know I'd help you out anytime you needed it." He sat down on a small chair in the living room and they chatted while she ate.
He took the small cup from her when she finished and threw it away. "I got you something else too. I hope you aren't too full to eat it." He called from the kitchen.
He pulled out the gelato and put some in a bowl and grabbed the movies as he walked by.
"Here. It'll help your throat if you eat something cold. It makes it numb for a while."
"Thanks Cory. You really do know how to help." She said gratefully, taking the bowl out of his hands. Then he pulled the movies out from behind him.
"I got some stuff to watch too. I didn't want to bore you with just talking to me the whole time." He joked.
She giggled before asking, "You're going to stay with me?" He nodded his head. "Oh, I thought you were just dropping off some stuff."
Cory's eyes softened. "Of course I'm going to stay with you. What kind of friend would I be if I didn't?"
Dianna smirked. "A friend that wants more." She responded softly.
"What?" Cory asked, eyes wide.
"Nothing." She assured him. "I'm just really glad you're doing this. Let me see what movies you have."
He just shook off her comment even though he wouldn't forget it, and presented the DVDs.
"I brought the classic, The Notebook, and the first and second seasons of I Love Lucy because you love Lucille Ball."
'God he is so sweet.' She gushed in her head.
"Well, as much as I'm in love with The Notebook and not only because of Ryan Gosling, I'm going to have to go with I Love Lucy. It's just the ultimate thing to watch when you're sick and I do totally love Lucille Ball. She's seriously my idol."
He chuckled as he handed her the DVD of the first season. "Some how I knew you'd pick that one. I'm glad I got it. It took me and two other guys twenty minutes to find those DVDs." He informed her.
"You didn't have to get it if it was that big of a hassle. You could have just dropped it and picked out something else."
"No it's fine. I wanted to get it for you. I was very determined." He promised her.
She lightly smiled and thanked him.
"It's going to take a while to watch those seasons by the way. I read the backs of them as I was in the elevator and there's like, thirty episodes on each season."
She smiled in return. "It's okay. I have all the time in the world at the moment since I'm sick and not planning on doing anything for the weekend."
"So do I and I'd love to watch all sixty combined episodes with you… or at least all that we can watch. I'll put it in." He walked over the DVD player and popped the disc in while Dianna wrapped her blanket around herself on the couch.
Cory joined her on the couch and they began watching their marathon of I Love Lucy. Soon afterwards, Cory felt Dianna cuddle up beside him and lean her head on his shoulder.
He's okay with the fact that she did this because he knew she wasn't feeling well and he liked to be there for her in every aspect, whether it's buying her soup or letting her use him like a pillow.
He moved his arm to behind her and rested it on the back of the sofa.
She loved doing affectionate kind of things like this and she was glad he was letting her after what they've been through the last couple of months.
After watching a few episodes, it started to grow darker outside and the light began to fade from the window, Dianna looked at the clock under the TV. It read seven-thirty.
She looked up at Cory who was still watching the television intently. "I'm sorry about making you miss your dinner with Taylor." She muttered softly.
He looked down to her confused. "How did you know that I had plans with her?"
She took a breath and exhaled slowly. "I kind of over heard you talking with Harry today in the break room."
"Oh, spying were we?" he questioned with a playful smirk.
"No, I was going to the choir room to get my sweater before I left to go home. I was so not eaves dropping or spying or anything." She defended quickly.
"Really?" he drawled, still suspicious.
"Okay fine, maybe I was just a little…" she finally admitted.
He chuckled at her confession. "It's okay really. I'm fine with missing it. This was more important… You're more important."
At this point they were looking deeply into each other's eyes smiling. It wasn't even a second before both of them began to lean into each other.
Cory didn't even care that she was sick. If he got sick, it would go away eventually. All of that stuff was only temporary. This, this could be permanent, this feeling, he thought as they continued closer to one another's lips.
Just as their noses were about to touch, she quickly looked to the side and backed away as she sneezed.
"I'm sick." She reminds herself.
Cory lightly smiles with soft eyes. "Right." They both chuckled.
They just went back to watching the show. It grew later and later and they both eventually ended up falling asleep on the couch together, him sitting up and her with her head resting on his chest with her arms loosely hugging onto him.
~The next morning~
The sun light was showing through the slits in the curtain of the living room. Cory slowly opened his eyes to see the stunning blonde sleeping on him, her arms wrapped around his body and her hair resting over her face.
He softly smiled at the sight and gently brushed the hair from her face with his finger. She was just so beautiful he couldn't believe it sometimes. Even in sweat pants and a t-shirt, she still managed to look amazing but those were the times Cory thought she looked her best. She didn't need to dress any other way and have a bunch of makeup on to impress him.
He looked over to the clock on the cable box that said eight-fifteen. He carefully moved her arms from on top of him and slid out from under her, placing a pillow under her head in the process.
He got up and shut off the TV and pulled on his sneakers that he ended up taking off late last night and stood up and walked over to the kitchen island.
He pulled a piece of notepaper and a pen from one of the kitchen drawers since he seriously knew the insides and outs of this place and wrote a note. He placed it on the coffee table in front of Dianna and slipped out the door.
About twenty minutes later, Dianna woke up. The first thing she did was look around her since she noticed Cory was no longer there. Then she saw the piece of white paper resting on the table.
She picked it up and read it.
Good morning Di. Went out to grab some coffee. Hope you had a good sleep. I did. I'll be back soon. – Cory
She smiled just thinking about how caring Cory was and about how great the previous night was while she looked from the note to the DVDs on the table. Really. He was truly such an amazing guy. He was so nice, sweet, loving, and just an all around great guy. He always put everyone else first before himself. He ran out and got things to take care of her and sat through hours of a fifties television sitcom that she could tell he wasn't that in to just for her; to make her happy.
He made her wonder more and more everyday why she wasn't with him. He loved her didn't he? Even if he said they were friends, you never stop loving someone; not really. She knew she was falling for him too.
A few minutes later, she heard her door opening. She listened as footsteps approached from the kitchen and into the living room.
"You're awake. Good morning." He greeted her with a bright smile.
She smiled back. 'I never noticed how dreamy of a smile Cory had.'
"Morning. Coffee?" She pointed as she noticed the two cups in a cup holder carton.
"Well, coffee for me. I got you some green tea with honey. The barista at the shop said that it helps soar throats." He handed her the cup and she smiled as she took it.
"Thank you."
They spent the remainder of the morning together, sitting on the same couch they had shared for the night and just chatting about everything. There was never a lull in conversation between the two of them, which was a sure sign of easy chemistry.
Cory looked back at the clock again. 'It's already eleven? Time sure flies.'
"As much as I'd like to stay here with you longer, I have to get home and shower. Gotta get ready for the day."
"Aw, you're leaving me?" she playfully asked but she was actually upset.
"Yeah, sorry. I called Taylor when I was out and offered to take her to lunch since I left her hanging last night." He was seriously sorry but he did skip out on a good friend of his that only had a short time to see him before she went back home and he wanted to be honest with Dianna.
"Oh…" Her eyes fell to the floor.
"Are you okay?" he asked worriedly and a little sad himself.
"Yeah I'm fine. Do what you have to do. If you want you can use my shower." She told him trying to be helpful but there was a part of her that wanted to see him in a towel more or less.
He laughed a little before saying, "No that's okay. Thanks for the offer but I'm just going to head home."
"Alright then. I will see you soon though right?"
He smiled at her. "Of course you will. We still have a quarter left of the first season of I Love Lucy to finish and the whole second season before I have to return them in a week. We'll have another marathon showing again." He promised her.
"That sounds amazing." She agreed.
They said their good byes and Cory gave her a hug telling her to get better soon before he left.
Ultimately, she was okay with him going to lunch with Taylor. She knew she had the better time with him than Taylor would ever have. It was an amazing night even if she was sick.
Cory stepped out of the elevator and into the lobby of the building and stepped out onto the sidewalk. He walked to his car that was parked a little down from Dianna's apartment.
It was a really great day to have lunch outside. He noticed how it was nice and bright, there were birds out chirping and there was a nice California breeze. What he didn't notice was a man across the street taking photos of him walking.
"This isn't your apartment Cory. I think someone's making the 'Walk of Shame' today." The paparazzi said to himself. "This is great."
By the way, I actually found out that Taylor and Cory dated and/or hung out in season 1 not 2 but oh well. Anyway, review! They literally keep me writing, you don't even know. So please, just leave a comment, even a simple one. Thanks for reading :)
