Phew, 14 down the hole, finished. Finally. My brain has been yelling at me this entire chapter, and it's done. And guess who's here in this chapter!? I've been waiting to bring her in for a while now, and I hope you like her… Because I do. ^.^

Can't wait to work on the next chapter!

"They Weren't There" - Missy Higgins --Amazing artist, I love her!

"Could you not get Demi to come with you?" Sterling asked as they stood in LAX waiting for their flight. Hayley's dad left on an earlier flight, but since Sterling and Hayley had to finish their last day of filming, they took a later flight. "Or David, You couldn't have invited him?"

"Demi was going on a 'vacay'-" Hayley said using her fingers as quotations marks, "-with Joe, and right now I'm pissed at David."

"Ugh, what did he do this time?"

"Totally caught him flirting at the 'Letters to Juliet' premiere."

Sterling looked at the floor, "Why in the world are you still with him?"

"I don't know, something inside it telling me to stick with it he'll change, and another part of me is saying get the fuck away from him."

"But what does your hear-"

Sterling was interrupted mid-sentence by the announcement. "Flight 218 for Wichita, Kansas is now boarding."

"What was that Ster?"

"Oh, nothing."

They boarded the plane and waited for take-off, Hayley Rested her head on sterling's shoulder, "Wake me when we get there."

After a little over an hour and a half flight, they made it to Wichita.

Hayley was giving Sterling the Run-down of how her city worked as they were getting off the planes and heading out, "Now, it may seem boring, that's just because it can be." She quickly searched the crowd. "Cori is supposed to be waiting for us."

"Could it possibly be the girl over there that's staring at me like Edward Cullen?" Sterling said glancing over at the girl, who was dressed in an oversize, off to one shoulder kingdom hearts shirt, skinny jeans and two-tone Black on top, red on bottom hair. She stood there staring, mouth agape.

"Yep, that's her." Hayley smirked, running over to her best friend, who took her eye off of Sterling at the right time to catch Hayley in a hug. "A year is too long." She whispered.

"Why didn't you tell me that you were bringing Sterling?" Cori said as she then held her friend at arm's length.

Hayley laughed, "Surprise!"

Cori pulled her back in for another hug, "You won't believe how much I missed your face."

"Really? Just my face?"

"Hales, you know what I mean." They laughed as they pulled apart.

Hayley signaled for Sterling to make his was over to the two. "So I have this feeling that I don't need to introduce you to him Cori, but Sterling, this is my BFFF, Cori Douglas,

Sterling stuck out his hand and Cori shook it, "You make me happier than a bird with a French fry."

Sterling smiled, "Oh really?"

"You wouldn't believe."

Hayley looked around. "So, get our stuff and head to our place of stay?"

"Yes," Cori said loudly, "Hales, your dad said it would be fine that you guys can crash at my apartment… That's only if you want to, which you don't have to, cause I mean you're famous now, and now I don't know if Sterling should come, because my place is a mess, but I don't know if I could clean it up while you guys wait in the car, but you see, Jessie just moved out so some of her stuff is still there and I can't tell if-"

Hayley put her hand over her friend's mouth. "Hun, it's fine, let's just go before the Paparazzi finds us waiting in a Wichita Airport."

They waited for luggage then headed to Cori's '93 red Mercury Tracer, conveniently names Kairi.

"Okay, what were you complaining about?" Hayley said as they entered Cori's slightly tidy apartment. "This is nice, and it's not messy."

"I still need to vacuum though." She imputed quietly.

"So, where am I sleeping?" Sterling said as he sat his bag next to the front door.

Cori then quickly sprang into action; she threw the cushions of the couch and pulled out the hide-a-bed from the inside of the couch. "Do you think you could last 31/2 weeks on this?"

Sterling threw himself on to the bed, hearing a squeak as he sat up, "I think this will do for a while until I break it."

Hayley laughed, "Rough sleeper?"

"You know it; my sister told me when I was younger that I used to punch her in my sleep."

"That's not a rough sleeper, that's just abusive." Hayley laughed.

Cori Quickly rang in, "I forgot to tell you at the airport, You're dad says to stay out of trouble, and not next Friday, but the Friday after, that you're aunt is having a get together, so don't forget."

"Little late there hun, but it's alright, I still heart you."

They were all in their pajamas and were sitting on Sterling's makeshift bed, piled with different blankets and such, Cori was wrapped in her snuggie, they munched on a bag of popcorn and a large bag of twizzlers.

"I swear to god, this retainer she had to wear at night was ridiculous," Cori said as they shared stories for their past, "One sleep over, she got stuck to the sheet on my bed."

Hayley covered her face in horror, "Ugh, those horrible memories, I remember when you face planted on stage."

"Hey, I tripped over my own foot, it happens," She defended herself, "Has Hayley done anything on set that's considered accident prone?"

"Well," He started, only to get a small death glare from Hayley, "… I haven't seen her do anything like that, yet, but Demi might have." Her death glare softened after he lied, "Besides, why are we talking about accidents, I want to know how you two crazy chicks got to become friends."

"It was her 8th grade year, and my 6th grade year, and we were both in the school musical."

"I was Annie, she was Molly, it was my first musical and it's what bit me with the Acting bug."

"And we totally hit it off, and been best friends since then," Cori wrapped her arms around Hayley with a bright grin across her face.

Hayley turned to Cori, "Just so you know I consider Sterling your counterpart, because I swear to god, when you're not around, he fills in for you."

"-Just without boobs." Sterling finished with a grin.

CORI IS HERE! YAY! XD *clears thorat* sorry for yelling but I was really excited to bring her in. But anyway, I hope you liked it, please Review, I'd like that very much.