Authors note: HEY GUYSS. I'm so happy for all the people who added this story on favorites. I'm sorry for all grammar mistakes but this is my first FF in English. So be patient. Hope you like this chapter.

The following days were full, between rehearsals, concerts, interviews, Lea came home destroyed. But this didn't stop her to think about Cory or Theo.

It was the last day, the last concert in America, they had to leave for London. She was sitting in the middle of the stage, waiting for the break to end. She took the iPod, closed her eyes and concentrated on music. She had put random play, and it happened "Pretending." She loved that song and especially she considered it perfect for her situation. She was pretending with Theo because she wanted to be with Cory. And she was pretending with Cory, because she didn't want to hurt Theo.

She had realized that a few days before, after speaking again with Dianna, but this time they were also joined Jenna, who had known her forever, and Naya, Hemo and Amber. All the girls come together for her. Looking back on that day she smiled. They were all there for her and that meant everything.

Someone interrupted her thoughts touching her shoulder, she expected it to be Chris, since it had to try their duet, but it was Theo. Lea leaped, she didn't expect him. She took off the headphones. "Hey what are you doing here?" She asked, terrified, as she stood up. "You're not glad to see me?"

"No- I mean, we have rehearsal" she tried to be nice but she felt horrible. She did not want to hurt Theo, but this was the only way. So she took the decision, she felt that if she had not made it at that time, she would never have done. "Theo listens, I must talk." she said calmly. "Me too, I must talk." He answered quickly.

"Then you go first." Lea said curious of what he had to say. "But it is certainly the same thing as that you want to tell me." He paused.

"Lea I love you and you know it. But recently we have moved away and I am not referring only to the last few weeks. We can never see us and we hear each other barely. In addition I can not .." ".. to feel what I felt before. " She finished the sentence. It was what she meant. "I understand. I feel the same things and I was afraid to tell you because you're a good friend and I love you. So much Theo. But I no longer feel the same things." "It's okay.. Even for me is the same." Lea smiled and hugged him.

Meanwhile, Cory had volunteered to look for Lea. Because he had to tell her that before trying the duet with Chris they had to prove "Sing".

When he approached the stage, he saw them embracing. And the depression of the previous days returned, but he threw away immediately and came over to them.

"Emm." He coughed, they turned toward him and Lea found himself in the middle between the boy with whom she wanted to stay and the guy who knew her very well.

"Cory what's up?" asked Lea, and saw that Cory was looking at Theo, straight in the eye.

"We must try Sing. You'll try the duet with Chris later "

"Ok. I'm coming."

Lea saluted Theo, again with a hug and he whispered "I know you're in love with him."

She pulled away and looked at him and smiled. "Bye Theo." She greeted him and went with Cory in the backstage.

And there came a message ".. I think he will returns."

"Why Theo was here?" Cory asked in a voice a little hard. "He came to greet me." Lea said. She didn't know why she had not told the truth, but now, it was better to start rehearsals.

The concert went well, they enjoyed themselves as always. But something change, after "Don't Rain on my parade" Cory stopped Lea for singing "Jessie's Girl". He made her sit next to him on those stairs and turned around and began to sing that song, that was for Rachel on the show.

But somehow Cory dedicated that to Lea. They stay sat all the time. Lea was surprised she did not know what to do. But she smiled when he made one of those smiles that reserved just for her. After the concert they all found themselves in the room of Dianna, like every night.

"So Lea why Theo had come?" asked Chris, "n-nothing, he wanted me to greet" Lea said, embarrassed. She had the look of Cory on her. Dianna looked at her and knew immediately "Don't tell me you two had broken up?" Lea turned and looked at her wrong, then saw that the others waited for an answer and she burst "Yes, we broke up. Glad to know that?" and she stood up and went to the window to watch her city. Cory approached her while Dianna quickly changed topic.

"The city is beautiful at this hour isn't it?" He said softly.

"Yes. It's amazing" Lea said, thrusting a few tears.

"Look Lea-" "Cory. Why you did that thing todat? Why you stopped me on the stage?" "You know-To make the fans happy. You know how much they love Finchel" Why I just lied to her? Cory wondered to himself.

"It's just for this? Are you sure? "Cory nodded and then returned to the other. He did not know why he had done that, when he was on stage, at the end of the evening, he was convinced that he would tell her what he felt for her. But he did not want mess up her even more.

Lea followed him with her eyes. And then came back to look outside. But she was going to cry so she ran around the room and went into the Dianna's room. Cory looked at her and he was getting up, but Dianna stopped him and she went to her. She approached the door and knocked.

"Hey Lea? It's me, Dianna. "And she opened the door, saw her sitting on the bed crying. "Can I come in?"

She walked over her friend and hugged her. Lea began to cry and vented her anger. She didn't know where all that sadness came from, but she needed to wreak that. When she calmed down and pulled away from the friend, she looked at her.

"Do you want to know a secret?" Said Dianna and Lea nodded. "Cory told me while you were singing Do not rain on my parade that tonight he will have revealed his feelings."

"Well he did not tell me anything." "You know why?" asked Dianna smiling to her friend. "Because you broke up with Theo. And he does not want be your rebound. "

"But - it would not be that." "I know. But he does not know Lea. Let him know how you feel, too. " Lea smiled and nodded. The next day she would take care of that.

"Now, if you want, tell me what Theo told you." Lea began to tell her everything that Theo had said, even the part about Cory. They were interrupted by Naya and others that said goodnight. Then they fell asleep.

The next morning Lea woke up early, she had breakfast and ran to greet her parents. They had the plane at three in the afternoon and so she had to hurry. They had to be all outside the hotel to go away. When Lea came on the bus she sat at the end with Dianna and Jenna. And she could not taking his eyes off Cory, in fact there were some embarrassing moments when he turned around and she did nothing but smile.

She was decided, she had thought about it all morning. And even if he was avoiding herLea knew that Cory was wrong. When they arrived on the plane, Lea began to browse through a newspaper when she was interrupted by Chris.

"Hey man." She smiled.

"How are you?" "Fine. And you? Sorry about last night "

"No, it's okay. Sooner or later, you must have known that."

"So how did you get the break?"

"Not very well. But even that bad. We broke up as good friends, was a decision of both. "

"Ah. And with frankenteen? What do you say? "And she looked at him. Cory was eating and talking with Dianna, Chord and Darren.

"I do not understand. We both know, that we feel something for each other. Then you saw yesterday at the concert right? "she paused remembering to what he had told her later.

"He told me he did it for the fans. Do you believe it?"

Chris smiled and looked at Cory "Oh frankenteen. He loves you too much and he doesn't want mess up you. "

"How do you know?" "I can imagine. Come on, you saw the way he looks at you. "

Lea nodded. Then Amber called Chris who gave a kiss on the cheek to Lea, and went to the others. Lea looked for a while Cory, then she took the iPod and looked out the window. In the shuffle, it happened "Pretending" again, like the day before.

Lea knew it was not a coincidence, so she took the phone and decided to send a message to Cory. Maybe it was the only way to communicate at that time.

She decided to write to him just one piece of the song.

"Keeping secrets safe

every move we make

seems like no one's letting go

and it's such a shame

cause if you feel the same

how am i supposed to know.

Will we ever say the words we're feeling.

will we ever have a happy ending

or will we forever only be pretending"

And she sent the message. Cory was laughing at something that Darren had said, picked up the phone when that rang. He read the message and got stuck at first, then smiled. He turned and looked at her. Lea stared into his eyes, smiled and then continued to stare out the window and staring out of the clouds.

Maybe they had done pretending.