Chris bounded into Glee rehearsals the next morning. He was getting some one-on-one dancing tuition from Zach for 'Not the Boy Next Door', so it would just be the two of them for a few hours.
"Morning, Chris" Zach yawned upon entering the dance studio and finding Chris already there and stretching.
"Good morning Zach, and might I say what a beautiful morning it is? Ready to get started?" Chris asked.
Zach frowned at Chris. "Chris, you are way to chipper for this time in the morning. Are you on caffeine high?" Zach joked.
Chris laughed and shook his head. "Sadly not. I haven't had any coffee this morning. I guess I'm just high on life."
"Care to tell me why you are in such a good mood?" Zach asked, starting his own stretches.
"Well, for starters, I am just so in love with my new boyfriend James" Chris paused and then grinned, "I am just so happy right now."
"Well, good. I'm glad. But please don't go into any detail – I don't think my ears could take it." said Zach.
Chris laughed again and playfully slapped his arm.
Two hours later, Zach was pleasantly surprised by the progress Chris had made with the dance routine. The rest of the cast would be coming in soon for a table read-through of the newest script soon. Zach said that Chris could go and get a shower and get changed. On the way to his trailer, Chris met Ryan who was just coming out of his office. The usual greetings were exchanged, and Chris went to his trailer.
Unbeknownst to him, Ryan and Zach were having a conversation about Chris back in the dance studio.
"I'm glad Chris has found someone to love. We all deserve love." Ryan mused.
"I agree" said Zach, nodding. "He just seems to have so much more energy now, it's invigorating."
The two men continued to talk about Chris, until Ryan looked at his watch and announced it was time for the cast reading. Zach bade Ryan goodbye and went to work on some more choreography.
Just as Ryan was walking towards the reading room, he saw Chris walking towards him.
"Hey Ryan. I have something to tell you" said Chris excitedly, bouncing up on and down on the balls of his feet.
"If it's about your new boyfriend, James, I already know" said Ryan grinning.
"How do you know?" asked Chris, abruptly stopping his bouncing.
"Zach told me."
"Oh" said Chris. "Well it doesn't matter. I just wanted you to know because you're basically my fairy godfather and I value your opinion. So what do you think?"
"It doesn't really matter what I think. Are you happy?" asked Ryan
"Extremely!" said Chris, a dreamy expression coming across his face.
"Then I approve" said Ryan simply. "Have you told your parents yet yet?"
"No" said Chris snapping out of his daydream. "I think Jay and I will have a video chat with them later."
"I thought his name was James?"
"It's a nickname" Chris blushed.
"Aww, how sweet. Does he call you anything?"
"He calls me CC sometimes, but everyone calls me that. I suppose I should just be thankful he doesn't call me dude." Chris joked. He wasn't about to reveal to Ryan that they called each other things like 'babe'. He was sure Ryan knew though because the older man grinned cheekily at him.
"Come on, we better go. Got to read the new script" said Ryan, walking into the room.
Chris plastered a fake smile onto his face, and followed Ryan.