Knowing that the best thing to do was to call her mum, she picked up her phone and tapped the number into the keypad frantically.
"Mum, it's me!"
"Hi sweetie! How's Los Angeles treating you?"
"It's great mum, but I need to talk to you… I have some serious boy problems."
Edith raised her eyebrows from the other side of the line.
Lea had always had the most amazing relationship with her mother. From a young age, she would tell her literally everything about her life, including her relationships with guys.
"Oh, okay… I'm listening."
Lea took a deep breath in, ready to explain everything to her mother.
"Right, so you know how I told you about that guy, Cory Monteith? You know, the really good looking tall one who plays Finn?"
"Yeah?"
"Well, I think I kind of like him…"
Edith was definitely not surprised. The way Lea had described him to her had sparked her suspicions on whether she liked him or not. She'd never stopped gushing about him since filming the Pilot.
"Oh, well… I have you talked to him about it?"
"How can I, mum?! I've only known him for a few weeks! We're not even that close and I just don't know, I always feel really weird and giddy when I'm around him. I can't do this!"
"Do what, sweetie?"
She remembered what she had originally meant to tell her mother.
"Oh of course, sorry. See… I just got the script for the second episode, and half way through there's a scene between Finn and Rachel…"
"Uh-huh?"
"And they kiss, mum! I'm gonna have to kiss him! What if I lose it? What if he realises that I like him? If I do like him that is…"
"Honey, but the way you're freaking out… I think you do like him."
"I know!" she collapsed on her bed, holding her head with her spare hand, "I'm a professional. Professionals do not fall in love with their co-stars, especially ones they've only known for a few months!"
"Darling, don't get all worked up, it's okay."
"It's hard to not worry about this, mum! I'm not going to lose my professional status because of my stupid emotions!"
Her daughter had always been so dramatic. Although she should have been sympathizing Lea, she couldn't help but giggle at her frustrations.
"Lea, just go into work and do the scene. Don't think anything about it. Whatever happens, happens. That's the whole point of being an artist. Some things you just can't stop from happening."
"You're really not helping."
"Well I'm trying, sweetheart. Just go in and do your best, as always. Deal with everything else later, okay?"
"Yeah, thanks mum." She grunted, clearly annoyed by her mother's 'advice.'
"Okay, I'll call you tomorrow after you've finished filming! Love you!"
"Thanks for nothing!" she laughed, hanging up the phone and placing it down on her bed.
She had no idea how she was going to be able to film this scene.
6:30 was her call time.
She'd hardly slept since she was up half the night, worrying about everything.
Sure she wasn't in love with Cory, she just simply liked him. She didn't know him well enough to have a full-blown crush on him, but there was just something there.
There was something there that she'd never felt before and it freaked her out.
Her professionalism meant so much to her. And that was something that she was not willing to sacrifice. That was what truly worried her.
Arriving at her trailer, she slumped down at her vanity, still trying to get used to her surroundings.
Having a trailer was much different than having a dressing room.
It was a lot more cramped and a lot more industrial.
The dressing room that she'd had at the Eugene O'Neil was old and historic.
This trailer still smelt like a new car.
Hearing a knock on her door, she jumped out of her skin when she opened it to find Cory standing behind it.
"Hey!"
"Um… Hi!"
She quickly ran her fingers through her hair, trying to make herself look more presentable for the man.
"I got you a coffee!"
Even that made her heart flutter a little. He was making it extremely hard for her to ignore her feelings.
"Oh thanks, you didn't need to do that!"
"I know, but I was at Starbucks anyway, so I thought it'd be practical if I got you one too."
"Oh, do you want me to pay you?"
She nervously felt for her purse, digging her hands through her handbag.
Feeling his hand on hers, she shuddered discretely, trying not to show him how much he was freaking her out.
"Don't be silly! It's on me."
He sat down on her sofa and laid his legs across the material.
"Um… so are you ready for today then?"
"Oh yeah, totally! It's gonna be a good day!"
She was surprised at his enthusiasm. She'd assumed that he was the type of guy who did romantic scenes all the time.
"Yeah, it's a good scene, eh?"
"Yeah…" he quickly rose to his feet and took another sip of his coffee, "Well, we better get to set. Filming starts in 10. See you there?"
"Sure."
She nodded as he exited the trailer, closing the door behind him.
Now she really didn't know how she was going to get through this scene.
"Okay Lea, now I need you to go from your next line, okay?!"
This was it. She'd never been as nervous in her entire life. Knowing that the kiss was coming just made her uncomfortable throughout the entire scene.
"Sure!"
She moved to her mark and waited for action to be called. As soon as she heard her cue, her heart almost exploded in her chest.
"You-You can kiss me if you want to."
Cory was about to say his line when the director stopped filming and called cut.
"Lea, are you okay? It didn't seem like you were totally with us then…"
"Yeah! I'm fine, sorry!" she said, faking a smile, "My mind just completely blanked and I forgot my line!"
She was lying of course. She'd rehearsed the scene to perfection.
"Okay, let's go back!" the director called, sending them back to their marks.
"Action!"
"You can kiss me if you want to."
Cory's facial expression killed her.
"I want to."
She knew it was coming and she could feel herself doing what the script had directed her to do.
She laid down on the pillows that surrounded them in the scene, and watched Cory crawl on top of her.
He finally placed his lips on hers, kissing her sweetly.
She'd never felt more electricity flow through her body so quickly.
Now she knew for sure that she had a special connection to this boy.
Once the director yelled cut, Cory peeled his lips off of her own and stared deep into her eyes.
"W-Wow." He stuttered, his face flushing red.
There was no way.
There was no way that he felt it too.
