There was a knock at her trailer door.

Lea was sat at her dressing table, tapping away on her iphone and still trying to wake up from the early morning alarm that she had just suffered through.

"It's open, come in!" she shouted, feeling too lazy to get up and open the door.

She rubbed her eyes and turned around to see Cory coming through the door, smiling.

"Morning sleepy head!" he said, laughing at her watery eyes.

She hit him playfully on the arm.

"Well, if you hadn't kept me out so late last night, I might not be so tired right now!"

"Well, it's a good job I prepared for your tiredness then!" he pulled out two cups of coffee from behind his back, and handed the bigger one to her.

She smiled at him. He knew her all too well. She couldn't start the day properly and productively without a good amount of coffee in her system.

"Thank-you, Cory." She giggled, placing a light kiss on his right cheek.

He sat down on a chair next to her dressing chair. He loved watching her transform into her character each morning. It had become a morning ritual between them on the mornings that they were called at 5am. Cory would get ready in his trailer quickly and promptly, as he only really needed to change into costume, and have a light touching of make-up. He would then make his way to Lea's trailer, and chat to her while she was getting into character. She was usually bright and bubbly by this time, but Cory knew that he had kept her out later, against her will the previous night on their date.

"You're welcome" he grinned, placing his hand on her knee.

He remembered that he had specifically come to her trailer to discuss a few things with her, this morning. His mood automatically changed. He felt his cheeks flushing red, and his palms getting sweaty.

"Listen, Lea. I need to talk you about something?"

Lea looked up at him, confused. He was never serious, but the tone of his voice was definitely bordering on it.

"Yes?" she raised her eyebrows in anticipation.

Cory gulped. He didn't know how to explain what he was about to tell her.

"W-Well did you read the news this morning?" he said, wincing.

"News? Like, world news?" she laughed. He knew she never kept up with world news. Her job kept her way too busy.

"Umm… well, more like celebrity news. I guess."

Lea rolled her eyes. She knew what was coming.

"Ugh! What've they said about me this time?" she said, clenching her fists and crunching up her eyes in frustration.

"Well. I just got off the phone with my manager..." Cory said, sounding a little calmer.

Lea was now even more confused. Why was Cory's manager calling him about an article on her?

"They know."

"Know what, silly?" she laughed, putting her hand on his cheek affectionately.

He looked her in the eye, apologetically.

"People saw us together last week, on Valentine's Day. I-I'm so sorry Lea. I know that you never wanted this, and I know that you didn't want people to know. But, apparently some woman who was at Il Covo when were there went to a magazine and told them that we were there. I'm sorry, Lea."

He felt so bad. He knew that she wanted to keep things hidden and on the down low. She wanted to be in this relationship, he knew that. But she just hated all the rumours and the gossip that came with her relationships. It made her feel unprofessional and cheap. He had literally begged her to go on a date with him in public, on the one day that he knew people would spot them.

Lea's eyes watered a bit with the news. She wasn't mad, she couldn't explain how she was feeling. She wanted to be with Cory more than anything, but she didn't know if she wanted to face all this drama at this point in her life.

"Cory, don't apologize. I'm not mad! It's not your fault." She said, sounding a lot calmer than he had expected.

He breathed out. He felt so relieved. The last thing he wanted was Lea to be upset with him. Especially on a day like today when they were spending the whole day shooting Finchel scenes.

"Let's be honest, Cor. We knew this day had to come at some point. I'm actually surprised we got away with it for this long!"

He loved how she always turned a problematic situation into something positive. Ever since he had met her, she had had that attitude. There was certainly no room for negativity in her life.

"I just… I feel awful though, Lea. I shouldn't have made you come out that night…" he wrapped his left arm around her, squeezing he shoulder.

"Would you shut-up! I had an amazing night! But you know what I enjoyed even more than the meal?" she teased him, batting her eyelashes.

"Why no I don't, Ms. Michele. What was it that you enjoyed more than the meal that I spent a fortune on?"

"The date we had after the meal" she made a winky face at him, before pulling him into a kiss.

They were interrupted a few seconds later when Lea's phone went off.

"Hello?" Lea said, pulling away from Cory and speaking into her cell. "Yes. I do know! Cory just told me. When did you find out?"

It was obviously her manager who was informing her of the news. Cory was glad that he got to tell her before anyone else did.

Lea hung up ten minutes later and slouched back into her chair angrily.

"What's going on?" Cory said, sounding concerned again.

"No, just my manager wants us to confirm our relationship through her, but I don't want to. I mean… please don't misunderstand me, I love being with you, and I'd love to show you off to the world. But, I just- I don't know. It unsettles me. I just feel like I need a little more time before we announce it to the world… you know?" she said, her voice getting increasingly shaky.

Cory pulled her into his chest and danced his fingers up and down her collar bone lovingly.

"No, Lea. I totally understand. You know I feel the same way, and more. So how about we do not confirm nor deny? I mean, they have nothing on us then, right?" Cory smiled.

"That sounds good to me. But what If everyone finds out? Like, Cory, who are we kidding? This is gonna spread pretty quickly."

Cory thought quickly on the spot.

"Well. My mum called last night. Maybe we could go to Vancouver over the weekend? Take a little break, relax, avoid all the paparazzi over the Oscars? We'd totally be out of the press's way."

This brought a smile to Lea's face. She was going to see his hometown with him. It made her feel so special, and loved.

"That sounds brilliant. I would love to go to Vancouver with you!" she said, reaching up on her tip toes and pulling her boyfriend into a heated kiss.

There was a knock at the door.

"It's Dianna! I heard about you guys being outed!" she shouted jokingly from outside the trailer.

Lea laughed, snuggling into Cory's chest.

"WE DON'T CARE!" she laughed back, walking over to the door and letting Di in.