A Monchele Love Story-From The First Kiss

Chapter 14

~Cory.~

I get out of the car and lean on the car hood, waiting for Lea to come out. I straighten up when she walks out of the house and closes the door behind her.

"Hi," she says, smiling when she reaches me.

"You look beautiful," I say, smiling.

Lea blushes. "Thank you."

"Okay, are you ready?" I ask, walking around and opening her door.

She gets in, folding her jacket in her lap. "Thanks."

When I get into my seat and start the engine, Lea asks, "So are you going to tell me where we're going?"

"Nope," I say, smirking.

"Ugh, why not!?" Lea shrieks impatiently.

"Because it's our first official date and I want it to be a nice surprise," I explain.

Lea sighs. "Fine."

~Lea.~

After a ten minute drive, Cory and I finally arrive at our destination.

"Alright...here it is," Cor says, smiling widely.

"This is it?" I say, raising my eyebrows. "Our first date is in the bush?"

In front of us lies a very dirty rainforest. Cloudy air rises from the tops of the dry trees and there are only a few patches of dust-covered grass.

Cory is over to the other side of the car and opening my door in an instant. "Yea...Why'd you dress up so much?"

I laugh nervously. "I hate you."

"C'mon, this'll be great," Cory says, helping me out of the car and closing it after me.

Cory intertwines his fingers with mine and I hesitate as we walk towards the forest, taking a deep breath before diving into the dirt-clustered and dry area.

"Okay, follow me," he says, walking forward but not letting go of my hand.

"Oh god," I whisper under my breath.

"Sorry about this, you're getting your good shoes filthy!" Cory says, chuckling.

"I know," I say through gritted.

"Okay, just about 100 metres until we're our first date is gonna be!"

"Yay," I say unenthusiastically.

We walk for another few minutes and just when I think this date is going to be the worst ever, we walk out into a beautiful meadow. Pretty yellow and white daises sprout everywhere and fresh green grass covers the entire wide space.

I gasp. "Oh my god..."

"I knew you'd like it!" says Cory, squeezing my hand and smiling proudly.

"This is amazing!" I shout.

"Come on," he says, dragging me out into the meadow.

I take off my high heels and hold them in my other hand that Cory isn't holding. The lovely long grass strokes the bottom of my legs and tickles my feet.

"Wow, Cor, this is so..." I can't finish the sentence, I'm so shocked. "I'm s-speechless."

"You haven't seen the best part yet," he says, smiling.

We keep walking until we're in the middle of the beautiful field, and out of the shade from the trees.

"Oh my gosh," I say. "Cory..."

A red checked blanket lies on the ground in front of us. A straw basket is open and I see it's full with a wonderful variety of foods.

Cory sits down and I follow.

"What do you want to eat?" he asks.

I laugh. "What is there?"

~0~

After Cory and I have eaten and are lying down next to each other, I look up at him and say, "Thank you, Cor, this is amazing...thank you so much."

Cory smiles. "You're welcome, you deserve this."

I snuggle into his chest, straightening my dress and closing my eyes.

"Why didn't you tell me you liked me?" he asks.

I sit up and look down at him. "Uh..."

"It's just...Di told me that you had feelings for me since like the third day we started shooting, is that true?"

I sigh. "I was with Theo, i-it was complicated...and you don't know how much it hurts to be rejected."

"Do you?" he asks.

"Yea," I say.

"When?"

"In high school, there was this guy, Dylan, and I had this huge crush on him for like four years and finally when I was in grade 12, I told him about it and..." I hesitate. "That was the end."

Cory laughs. "C'mon, Lee, it can't be that bad!"

I shift uncomfortably on my elbow. "Fine...he and his friends made this big joke out of it and they teased me for the rest of the year...told you it was bad."

Cory pulls me into hug, seeing that bringing back the memory makes me upset. I hug him back, sighing into his shirt.

"I'm sorry, Lee, it's okay," he says, kissing the top of my head. "It's over now a-and now I understand why you didn't tell me. Sorry for asking."

"Don't apologise," I say, pulling away from the hug. "Thank you."

"For what?"

"For doing all this," I say, gesturing around. "It means so much to me...even though I had to get my Mum's favourite shoes dirty for it."

Cory smiles. "Sorry, hun."

I smile and lean in, my lips meeting his in a very passionate kiss. I love kissing him outside of Paramount Studios without all the cameras on us, without someone to call 'cut' when they want us to stop.

When we pull away, we look into each other's eyes for a moment and then lean in again, kissing more romantically this time.

I smile when we pull apart. "This has been the best first date ever!"

What did you guys think of Monchele's first date? Hope you liked it! Does anyone have any ideas? Are there any other couples that you'd like me to focus on? Next chapter will be up soon!

-Millie xoxo