AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thank you guys for all of the reviews and for reading the fanfic so far. I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in so long, I have been really busy and also had thanksgiving break. Here's the next chapter. It's mostly about Lea and her best friend Marley. There's also a little bit of Monchele, but the next chapter will be all about Monchele. Hope you guys enjoy the chapter. Reviews and recommendations are always appreciated. (:
Chapter 6
Saturday, December 5, 2011. At the theater
Lea ran in the theater since she didn't know what to expect. Marley had texted her, and even worse, she had gotten her out of a date with Cory. She truly didn't want to leave him, since it was their first actual date together, but she knew she had to. And she knew it must be important if Marley did that. She walked through the double doors and saw Marley there talking to her other cast members. She went to her and gently tapped her shoulder a bit confused about what was so important. "Marley! W-Why did you tell me to come here, babe?"
She turned around as she heard Lea's voice. "Oh finally you're here. The meeting is starting as soon as Steven gets here. I heard it was something about Kevin leaving the show. But no one's sure yet and he hasn't got here yet either." She sighed softly.
"W-Wait… so this means if he is leaving, we need a new Tony for the show as soon as possible." She reasoned out in her head possible outcomes but her mind just kept going back to Cory. If this was true, and her Tony was leaving, she knew he had an understudy, but they needed a new regular Tony. She knew that Cory had told her he could sing, and he was an actor. She needed to tell him as soon as possible so he was one of the first people to get the chance. All she wanted was for Cory to at least be brave to try out, and she knew, in her heart, that he was good enough to be in this.
"Yes." She grinned softly as she watched Lea's expression "What are you thinking of, lady?" she nudged her playfully.
"N-Nothing Marley…" she bit her lip softly knowing that she knew that she was thinking of something having to do with Cory.
"Tell me! Did you kiss him? Or what are you thinking off?" She asked a bit excited wanting to know what was going on in her head. Lea chuckled grinning and pulled her in her dressing room then closed the door.
"It was amazing. He. Is. Amazing." She said in a tone which made her sound like she was talking about a dream. She couldn't help but smile widely as she thought or just mentioned something to do with him.
She laughed and sat on the couch grabbing one of the water bottles she had by the couch. She chuckled softly as she drank some water then put it down. "Tell me all about it! I want to know!" Marley said and winked playfully. Then she laughed softly leaning back on the couch and drinking some more water.
Lea chuckled and sat back on the couch with her smiling widely as she thought of their date. "Well…" she said teasingly looking at Marley then suddenly said really fast with an excitement tone. "He took me out for coffee and we talked about each other." She blushed softly just at the thoughts of the lovely comments he had told her while they were having their coffee. "Then…." She paused and smiled widely. "He took me to Central Park!" She said in a tone that sounded beyond excited. Marley's mouth went wide open in excitement as Lea told her about Central Park.
"Holy crap, Lea! Central Park! You are one lucky girl! You do know guys usually take you to Central Park on like the fourth or fifth date!" She said nudging her playfully and giggling.
"Yes, I know!" She said proudly with a wide smile. "It was so amazing! I mean, I never expected anything like that to happen!"
Marley laughed softly. "Aww! You guys are going to be so freaking cute together!"
Lea blushed smiling widely. "I can't wait to see him again." She sighed happily just thinking about them being together again, and being able to hear his voice again. She looked at Marley with a bit of a frown when she remembered the moment when they were about to kiss, but she had made her phone vibrate causing her to pull away.
Marley frowned with a confused look on her eyes. "What?"
Lea bit her lip and sighed softly sitting back on the couch. "I almost kissed him…" she said very softly with a tone that made Marley sound guilty.
"Well, why didn't you?" Marley asked confused taking another sip of her water.
"You…." She raised an eyebrow looking at Marley with an annoyed look on her face as if she was the reason why her date with Cory wasn't completely perfect.
"Me? What could I have done? I was here the whole time—ohh…" she said when she realized it was her text. "Crap, did I text you on the wrong time?" She asked with a guilty tone and look on her face as she looked down.
"Yes." She nodded and drank a sip of water. "But don't worry ok? Maybe it just wasn't meant to be in that moment." She reasoned out thinking about that moment once again, and how bad she wanted to feel his lips pressed on hers. She sighed softly and looked at Marley smiling softly then took her hand. "We should go outside, I'm guessing Steven is already here" She stood up and pulled her up on her feet giggling.
She laughed softly and wrapped her arm behind Lea giggling as then walked out of her dressing room. They were best friends and everyone knew that. They were together all the time, told each other everything, and had lots of fun with each other. "So when are you two going out again?" Marley said laughing and nudged her playfully as they walked to the audience and took their usual seats next to each other facing the stage where Steven was standing waiting for the rest of the cast to get to their seats.
Monday, December 7, 2011
"Lea! Wake up!" Marley moved Lea around as she tried to wake her up. She had been up since one hour before now because of Lea's alarm on her phone. But as always, she stayed asleep comfortably on her bed. Marley had decided not to wake her up, since they had to go to work until later in the day on Mondays, but as she heard Lea's phone ring, she knew she had to wake her up. Lea, after about a minute of Marley trying to wake her up, slowly opened one eye.
"What is it?" she mumbled as she yawned softly trying hard to keep her eyes open.
"It's Cory!" She said teasingly and nudged her playfully. Lea immediately opened her eyes and sat up, then quickly got up like if she was in a hurry to get ready.
"O-Oh my gosh? He's here! H-How?" She said in a hurried tone as she rushed towards her closet, only to hear Marley laughing hysterically.
"No! Haha! Lea, he-"she looked at Lea's phone, only to notice he had already hung up. "He was calling you."
Lea sighed heavily and went back to her bed, lying down lazily again. "Gosh, girl, you scared me. I didn't know what to do. I wasn't gonna let him in with me looking like this. I look like a freaking lion in the mornings!" She laughed remembering when they had their first sleepover together and Marley had called her a lion. That had been a joke between them ever since. She rested her head back on her pillow and felt her eyes starting to close again.
Marley laughed softly and hit her arm softly and playfully. "Hey, hey, hey! Don't even think about sleeping again. I'll bring you some coffee and you go get ready. We're going shopping today, remember?" She said as she got up from the bed and pulled her up as Lea reached her arms for hers.
"Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that. What time is it? We slept so late last night. I guess watching Paranormal Activity wasn't such a good idea." She giggled softly as she remember the two of them wrapped in each other's arms and hugging each other tight as they watched the movie at night after their last show. Last night they had some girl fun. They finished the show, and since Marley hadn't gotten much information in Cory, she wanted to know more. So the two girls had hung out at Lea's apartment for the night and slept late since they watched a scary movie.
"It's about eleven. We didn't get much sleep, but like always I think coffee will get us through the day." She laughed softly. "Now go take a shower and get ready to go out. I'll make some vegan pancakes, but don't expect them to be as good as yours." Lea giggled and got up from the bed as Marley went to the kitchen. She took a relaxing shower and slipped on a nice and comfortable outfit that fit perfectly for the weather outside that day. She went to the kitchen and smiled to herself at the smell of the pancakes.
"Smells good." She said as she grabbed the plates, silverware and cups from the kitchen to set up the table.
"Thanks babe." Marley laughed softly as she finished cleaning the mess she had left in the kitchen, and brought the food out to the table. She sat down with Lea and had breakfast. They kept an interesting conversation with each other as they ate and suddenly Lea heard her phone ring. She got up from the table and ran upstairs since she had left her phone there. She saw Cory's name on the screen and smiled to herself, then answered. "Hey Cory!" She said in a bit of a worried tone, since she felt bad for not returning his call, and had noticed that she had about 3 missed calls, all from him.
"Lea, I was kind of worried about you, I called you about 4 times." He said relieved to hear her voice again.
"Yes, I got the calls, I'm so sorry. I woke up late today because I slept really late last night and I was just having breakfast and left my phone upstairs." She said in a more relieved tone, glad that he had been worrying about her, only because she hadn't returned his calls this morning. Those words just made her know that he cared about her.
"Oh, it's no problem. I'm still so sorry we couldn't go out yesterday before your show. But, the interview went well with the band and it was fun." He said happily smiling to himself.
"I'm glad it was. I can't wait to watch it soon. When will it air?" She asked a bit shyly wanting to see how handsome he looked for the interview.
"It will air in about a week I think. I'll ask my manager and I'll tell you soon." He said grinning at the thought of her wanting to see him on TV.
"LEA! WHERE DID YOU GO? WE HAVE TO LEAVE NOW!" Marley shouted all the way from the kitchen. And it was loud and clear enough for her and Cory to hear. Lea sighed and bit her lip.
"Who, um… who's that?" He said laughing softly but upset since he knew that she had to leave soon.
"Its um my friend, Marley. She spent the night and were going shopping today…" She paused for a second and sighed as she grabbed her bag and slipped her shoes on.
"Lea it's already late and we won't have enough time!" She said in a tone that made her seem desperate, and Lea knew she was. Marley had been talking non-stop about a dress and some shoes she had seen in a store. And apparently they were really popular so she wanted to get them before anyone else did.
"I'm coming!" she said as she made her way to the front door where Marley was waiting for her. "I'm so sorry, Cor. Were leaving now, but I'll make sure to call you later today." She said in a bit of a disappointed tone.
"Oh right, its fine. I'm going out with the band but I'll be waiting for your call." He said with a comprehensive tone. "Bye, Lee have fun shopping with your friend. I bet you look beautiful as always." He said in a soft and supportive voice. He couldn't help but smile just knowing that she was blushing right this moment. Oh, how he loved when she blushed. She was the cutest and most beautiful woman he had ever met in his life. He also couldn't wait to see what she was gonna get, and maybe even some clothes for their next date, he thought.
Lea giggled, and as Cory knew, blushed lightly with a huge smile on her face. "Bye Cory. I'll talk to you later, promise." She said happily and closed the door as she went out of her house. Lea hung up her phone as soon as Cory did and got in the car with Marley. Then Lea drove off to where the girls would be shopping looking forward to a fun and exciting day with Marley. They always had the best of times together, and also she couldn't wait for later when she would get to talk to Cory again, and hopefully arrange a day so that they could get together again.
