"Get Ryan on the phone, Lea." He shouted, throwing the script on to the ground, "I'm not having this bullshit!"
"Cory, you need to calm down…"
"No! I'm not happy with this! This is not okay!"
He ran his fingers through his hair in frustration, his blood pressure noticeably rising.
"I don't think there's anything Ryan can do about it, Cory. I think if you called him it would just make things worse…"
"I seriously don't care. He can yell at me all he wants… I'm not okay with this whatsoever."
She sat down on the sofa next to him and pulled her arms around his waist.
"Okay, listen… It's what's best for the show."
"It's not what is best for the show at all, Lea! How do you think people are gonna feel about Rachel having a new boyfriend, after everything that they've been through together? It's not right and it's not realistic!"
She could see him grown angrier and angrier by the second.
Ryan had handed Lea the script only a few hours ago, telling her to read it with Cory.
Even she was surprised to say the least when she read the script and discovered that the writers had written in a new boyfriend for Rachel.
She was shocked at how badly Cory was taking it. She knew he loved working with her and filming Finn and Rachel scenes, but he of all people knew that whatever the writers did was best for their show.
"Kicking up a fuss isn't going to make a difference, Cory. You're not the one who has to film these scenes!"
She was getting a little angry now. He was behaving like a child and she didn't like his immature attitude.
"I know but Lea! We've worked so hard on Finn and Rachel, the last thing that they would do is go off with someone else. They were fucking engaged for god's sake!"
"Cory, can you stop?! I don't appreciate what you're saying!"
"Why? Because you're excited to film these cute scenes with your new on-screen boyfriend?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"You're obviously not upset about this… what else am I supposed to think?"
It made sense to her now.
He wasn't as much devastated over the fact that Finn and Rachel were being kept apart, but more at the fact that he wouldn't be working with her anymore.
"I am upset about this. Rachel is me. She's a part of me and she's what led me to you. Of course this hurts me Cory, but we're professionals. We have to do what we have to do. It's not our job to decide what goes on with our characters. We're just gonna have to sit back and take everything as it comes. It's not our place to interfere."
He hung his head, feeling ashamed at his outburst.
He couldn't help but feel overprotective of his working relationship with Lea.
"I-I'm sorry," he said softly, still not lifting his head, "I just-I don't want to lose you."
All she wanted to do was show him how much she loved him and how much she cherished their relationship.
That is what his tantrum had been about all along. He was scared she'd build a better relationship than theirs with her new co-star.
"You are absolutely crazy." She brought his head to her level, staring deep into his eyes, "You will never, ever lose me. I can't believe you even thought that. Is that what this is really all about?"
He nodded his head shamefully, his eyes never leaving hers.
"I love you so much. I just don't want some other dude becoming a third party. It's not that I don't trust you, babe… it's just, we fell in love through playing Finn and Rachel… what if you decide you love this other guy too? It happened once, who says that it can't happen again?"
She was surprised when his words didn't hurt her. He was basically expressing his insecurities to her about her faithfulness.
"Oh Cory."
She wrapped her arms around him and held him tight before she gave him the little speech that she had been carefully planning out in her head.
"I fell in love with you because you're you. You are the one who plays Finn. You are the one who I love. Had anyone else played Finn, like Mark or Chord or Harry, I definitely wouldn't be dating them right now. We're together because I love you and you're the one I want to be with, the one I want to spend my time with. It has absolutely nothing to do with our characters."
"Really?"
"Yeah, of course. I'd be with you even if you played Mr Schuester or Artie or someone else. That's how sure I am of us."
"I'm sorry, babe…"
"No. Don't apologize," she interrupted him, "It's sweet to see how jealous you got. You just need to know that I only have eyes for you. That's why I'm not too upset about Finn and Rachel being kept apart for longer. We know that they're meant to be together, and they will be when everything is said and done. But until then, I have us and what we share. That's all that matters to me."
She saw his lips looming down to hers, his tongue puncturing through her soft lips and into her mouth. He shuddered when he heard her moan into the kiss and wrap her arms tighter around his neck.
"I love you so much."
"I love you too. Please, never ever forget that."
And he was sure that she loved him. He just needed to know that what was happening between them was 100% real. That they weren't together just because they felt some of the things their characters felt.
Although he was still seriously unhappy with the new script, he saw it as another step in the relationship. Them learning how to deal with new situations at work.
He knew that he would eventually have onscreen relations with another actor that wasn't Lea one day, but he was glad it wasn't now. He was very much in love with Lea and only wanted to share his love with her.
