So I'm not exactly sure how long this update took. I never actually look at my last update date and I usally just guess but I think this one was faster than the previous ones. Maybe? Anyway, I wanted to include scenes from episode 11 for obvious reasons but it took me a little bit to write since I didn't remember what happened in the episode besides the Fuinn kiss at the end. I tried to find the episode on the internet but couldn't get it without the risk of viruses from those websites so I just waited until the second half of season two came out. I got it (whoo!) and watched it today and took some notes. Hope it's enjoyed :)

Sorry for typos/grammatical mistakes

'Off with your head, Dance, dance, dance till you're dead…' he sang Thriller/Heads Will Roll in his head as the cosmetics lady began his make up process. He winced a little as she applied some cover up over his healing bruises.

The make up artist pursed her lips. "I'm sorry Cory but I have to cover up these bruises. You can't exactly be Finn with them."

"Yeah, because there's no story line for that." Cory joked, trying to take his mind off the soreness of every touch.

She laughed. "Exactly." She gently applied more skin toned make up to Cory's jaw and lower eye.

"So how long do you think doing the zombie make overs will take when we film for it?" he questioned.

She shrugged as she tested some new cover up shades on her wrist. "It depends on how extensive everyone's zombie look is. For example, I know you'll be getting 'zombified' by Kim and since you need to look really real with fake skin peeling…"

Cory smiled at the thought of how cool he would look as a zombie.

"Yours will most likely take a couple hours to make you look perfectly undead." She finished with a chuckle while doing her last touch ups to Cory's bruises.

"So that means sitting in a chair for two hours?" he groaned.

"Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do."

"Well I guess I look forward to it." He told her with a smile on his face.

She smiled back at him. "Good well, you're done."

He thanked her and made his way to his dressing room.

As he walked out of the make up trailer, he ran into Dianna.

"Hey Cor." She greeted, smiling at him.

"Hey!" he smiled even bigger at seeing her.

"You look really good." She stared up at him.

The corners of his mouth arched and he forced his brow down in confusion while he looked down at himself. He was only wearing a pair of sweats and a v-neck. "Um thanks. I mean, they're only lounging types of clothes but I guess these sweat pants are nice."

She giggled and put her hand over her mouth to attempt to stifle them a little.

"I meant your face. It doesn't even look like you ever had bruises. The make up ladies work miracles but I suppose those are lovely sweats."

Cory placed his hand over his face in embarrassment. "Oh right… That's what you meant."

She bit her bottom lip and smiled sweetly at him. "Aw, don't be embarrassed. You're just too cute."

Cory couldn't help but smile at her compliment. "Gee thanks. I try to be."

They kept on smiling at one another like love struck teens for a few more seconds before Dianna looked at the watch on her wrist.

"Actually Cory, I was on my way to my dressing room to change into my Cheerios costume and to be fitted for my wig."

Cory smirked upon hearing this. "Oh you mean your smurf wig?"

Dianna playfully shook her head at him while giving him a little push. He just loved to tease her. "Yes that wig but I like to think of it as my beautiful Katy Perry look."

"Right well, Katy can pull it off and make it look awesome but can you?" he teased her again which in turn earned him a cocky grin.

"Even more." She stated with heavy confidence. She was not letting him win this battle between them.

"Well I'm going to have to see it with my own eyes." He continued as sure of himself as he could be, not wanting to lose.

Cory watched as Dianna got a twinkle in her eye. She bit the side of her bottom lip then let it gently glide from under her teeth back to its regular form. God he thought that was so hot!

"Watch me." Her tone was that of a challenge but more of a… seductive challenge.

Cory let a small smirk play on his lips as he watched her sexily smile and walk passed him to her trailer.

Oh yeah, he sure as hell was going to watch the Cheerios routine being filmed.

California girls

We're unforgettable

Daisy Dukes

Bikinis on top

Sun-kissed skin

So hot

Will melt your popsicle

Oooooh Oh Oooooh

Cory sat in his chair on the side behind the film crew and watched the dancers and BMX riders dance and do tricks. He watched the first half of the routine being completely impressed by the fire twirlers and pyrotechnics.

He spent the second part of filming watching Dianna dance on top of one of the jumps. The whole time he just admired her beauty and he had to give it to her, she could pull off a bright, blue wig.

He got all hot and bothered when she would look over at him a few times and give him a smirk as she moved her hips.

Overall, he enjoyed the whole performance. The show definitely went all out for this episode. He knew it was their most expensive so far.

"I'm bored!" Jane shouted through her Sue Sylvester megaphone as the routine ended in front of her.

The scene lasted for a few more minutes before it was finished.

"And cut!" the director yelled through his own. "That was so great guys. I loved the energy. Consider that extremely complicated and elaborate scene in the books!"

Everyone hugged congratulating each other about their finished scene.

Dianna sauntered up to Cory who was waiting on the side.

"So?" she wondered wanting his opinion on her performance.

Cory smiled at her and held a hand up for her to high five. She high fived him back and he said, "Okay I'll give it to you."

"Give what to me?" she smirked as she asked the question.

He sighed. Was she really going to make him admit exactly how he was wrong?

"Oh Cory?" she persisted still with her ever lasting 'haha, I totally got you' smirk.

He playfully groaned in defeat. "I guess you can pull off a smurf wig."

"You guess?" she raised an eyebrow.

"Okay fine, you can pull off the Katy Perry look… Really good actually."

She giggled at his response. "Why thank you. I'm glad that you can finally admit that I beat you."

Cory laughed and shook his head at her. "Yeah well, don't go spreading that around. It'll ruin my rep." he joked.

"Oh no, I'm so telling everyone on set right now!" She assured him and started running off away from him.

"I don't think so!" he shouted after her and ran to catch up with her. When he finally caught up to her, they were in the main hallway of the gym building they filmed in.

Cory grabbed her from behind around her waist. He picked her up and spun her around while she giggled and screamed.

"Okay okay! I won't tell anyone and ruin your winning reputation!" she screamed in between laughs as she was being spun.

Cory finally stopped spinning her and placed her back down on the floor so she was standing straight in front of him.

He leaned in close to her. "Good. And guess what?" He leaned even closer to her to whisper into her ear and she shut her eyes.

"I win again." His hot breath on her ear sent shivers down her spine and all through her body. At that moment she realized how much her body ached for him.

He pulled back from her ear with a devilish smirk and watched as her eye lids reopened.

"Cory Monteith to dressing room two!" a voice came over the intercom in the hallway.

He looked up to the intercom and back to Dianna who was still rooted to the spot she had been standing in.

He thought it was her reaction to him winning but what he didn't know was that it was actually because she was so aroused by what he had just done.

"Well I guess I'll see you in a bit." He told her and she nodded. He gave her a light wave and jogged down the hall and out to the dressing room.

'Oh good god.' She said in her head. He was becoming harder and harder to resist.

In the dressing room, Cory changed from his sweat pants and t-shirt and into some jeans, another t-shirt and his football jacket. After, he quickly rushed to hair and make up where a stylist fixed his hair, making it neater, and then he headed off to the choir room set.

On the set, he found his assigned seat for the scene and got ready with everyone else. They had already filmed their speaking parts the previous day so today, all he had to do was sit and watch Lea and Mark sing Need You Now.

Before he knew it, the scene was set and the director yelled, "Rolling!"

Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor, Reaching for the phone 'cause I can't fight it anymore

He had to look at Lea during certain parts when the camera would be on him. Like planned, he stared down to the petite brunette singing along side Mark.

And I wonder if I ever cross your mind

For me it happens all the time

After Lea and Mark sang this line, he couldn't help but glance over to Dianna who was sitting next to Chord. He did truly wonder, does he ever cross her mind like she always did on his?

It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone, And I need you now. Said I wouldn't call, but I've lost all control,

And I need you now, And I don't know how I can do without, I just need you now.

Looking down and pretending to be jealous was really beginning to be his specialty. He had been getting pretty good at it whenever he had to watch Dianna with Alex. He was a pro, so pretending to be jealous as Finn was no problem.

Another shot of whiskey, can't stop looking at the door, Wishing you'd come sweeping in the way you did before.

And I wonder if I ever cross your mind

For me it happens all the time

It's a quarter after one, I'm a little drunk, And I need you now. Said I wouldn't call, but I've lost all control, And I need you now. And I don't know how I can do without, I just need you now.

Whoa, whoa

Whoa, whoa

Guess I'd rather hurt than feel nothing at all

It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone, And I need you now.

Cory took his last look at Dianna before he looked back to Lea.

And I said I wouldn't call, but I'm a little drunk, And I need you now.

And I don't know how I can do without, I just need you now.

Oh baby, I need you now… now.

"Alright and that's a wrap for that!"

The cast and crew clapped like they did after every song number they filmed. Dianna looked over to Cory and smiled to herself as she saw him fist bump Mark.

Around five after getting an early dinner, they filmed their "zombie camp" scene where they all had to learn to dance like zombies.

Even as early as ten minutes into filming Cory realized he was a worse dancer than he had originally thought.

"Cut, cut!" the director shouted.

Zach came out from the sidelines of the cameras. "Okay guys, you are all doing a decent job but for some of you; you need to be more limber and less stiff. Some of you- and I'm not making fun, but some of you… Cory…" he looked to Cory and everyone got a little chuckle out of it since it was common knowledge Cory was not dance inclined.

"You need to be more loose and let your arms swing around places and maybe hobble or something. You're supposed to be the living dead so let's see it."

Cory nodded and practiced while Zach went around and corrected others.

Even Cory knew that when he attempted to dance like a zombie he looked like a stiff Frankenstein... Frankentein.

He stopped his "dancing" when he heard giggles from next to him.

"What's so funny?" he asked the laughing blonde.

She sweetly smiled up at him and said, "You."

He started to chuckle. "Me?"

"Yeah, it's your dancing."

"Oh thanks for the update Zach." He responded sarcastically.

"Here I'm going to help you." She walked in front of him and grabbed his hands.

He quirked an eye brow up at her holding his hands but he began to laugh as she moved his arms up and down in different directions trying to give him some zombie moves.

"Just go wild with it." She suggested and he nodded.

They spent a few more minutes of her coaching him before cameras started to roll once again. After a few more takes, he nailed it and it was another scene down for their return from hiatus.

'Man, working long hours suck. What time is it?'

Cory looked up to the clock in the make up room by only moving his eyes. Thank god the clock was near him.

He had been sitting still for almost two hours in a chair as Kim worked on his zombie look. After they were all done with make up, the boys were going to be filming the dance sequence to the song She's Not There which Cory recorded. It was actually a pretty sweet song and he liked it even better when he found out the dance steps weren't really that hard. All he had to do was move around like he did during zombie practice. Granted, he had to be coached by Dianna and he still looked like a stiff zombie, he knew he could work the motions out.

After a few more minutes, Kim informed him that she had finished and he checked his face out in the mirror.

They had outstanding make up artists because when he looked at himself, he really did look like someone that had just come out of a grave or something. He had some weird peel-y make up on with the rest of his face painted in all different gross shades. It was AWESOME!

The next day of filming was just as busy and as hectic as the one before. Today they were going to be filming the big dance number of the show. They would be getting 'zombified' yet again. Cory kind of cringed at the thought of getting all that make up again. It took him probably a whole hour with lots of face wipes to get that stuff off plus a good half hour shower of scrubbing.

By around 8:30pm, they were finishing up their scenes before the dance number.

"Rolling!"

Heather, Naya, and Dianna all stood in front of the prop cannon.

"I'm gonna die." Heather said to the others.

"It'll be worth it."

After Naya's line Cory knew it was his cue to run in.

"Hey!" he shouted softly as he jogged into the shot in his football uniform.

Dianna looked at him. "What are you doing here?"

He looked to her. "Stopping you from going to Sue's regionals competition." Then he looked to all three of them. "You guys gotta come to the game with me."

Dianna spoke her lines. "Haven't you been paying attention? If we're not Cheerios we're nothing."

Cory returned his gaze quickly back to the beautiful blonde in front of him. "Y-You thing that but it's not true." He stepped back and addressed all three of them now. "You joined Cheerios to be popular, but you joined Glee Club because you loved it. Sue doesn't care about you guys! She's fine killing Brittany…" He paused for a second like he was supposed to before continueing. "Tell me honestly, if you didn't think it'd hurt your reputation which would you choose?"

"Glee Club." Heather delivered her lines in Brittany manner perfectly.

Cory nodded his head a little before stepping closer to Dianna.

"I know you, and you don't think you are but you're strong enough to do this."

Dianna felt right then that it was actually Cory talking to her as himself, not him talking to her as the character of Finn. When he said those words to her, she felt like they were truer than ever. She sometimes thought about breaking up with Alex but at the last minute, she'd second-guess herself and not follow through with the plan because she didn't think she was strong enough to do it. With him saying the complete opposite, it really did make her feel like she could… and she would.

She smiled softly at him almost forgetting to say her lines. She was so caught up in the moment.

"Okay."

"Okay?"

"Okay." She repeated.

She was snapped out of her moment when he turned away from her and looked to Naya.

"What about you Santana?"

"Screw her. She put me on the bottom of the pyramid."

He turned back to all of them and they began to walk.

"Come on we've got a few minutes."

Cory watched as one of the cameras panned to Jane and that meant they had to stop walking.

"No time for a foursome ladies the bus leaves in five."

"We quit Cheerios." Dianna said.

"You can't quit Cheerios it's blood in, blood out now get your sweet little cans on that bus."

"Well we still quit." Naya added.

"You're my stars! If you leave I'll have no performance!"

The four of them began to walk again but slowly.

"Sucks for you." Heather delivered her last line which was also the last line of that long scene.

Cory went home that night and spent an hour in the shower scrubbing his face to get off the remaining prosthetics and make up of their half time show performance. The dance number had been insane but it was so cool. He loved the song and dancing to it, plus all the extras as the crowd was a big rush.

After his shower, he ate some of his left over chinese food that he ordered the previous night and got ready for bed. He had to be on set for six in the morning.

Normally they didn't leave the last scene of the episode to the last day but for this week of filming they had been so busy since everything was so elaborate that they had to end it that way.

He was really excited for the scene even though it was super early but he didn't care. It was another scene with just him and Dianna. They were always his favorites.

He grabbed a quick bite to eat before the scene. He got a plain bagel with nothing on it so he could eat fast. The scene was going to start in ten minutes.

Across the room, Dianna was talking to Brad.

"So do you think that would be fine? I just think that it would open up more possibilities for future episodes." Dianna suggested to the co creator who was rubbing his chin in thought.

"Actually, yeah, I like that." He informed her and she smiled in delight. "I like the idea of Quinn kissing Finn. We kind of just left them hanging in season one and with him and Rachel broken up now, I could see Finn and Quinn picking up something again. We could definitely write that. Thanks for the suggestion."

"I'm glad you like it. I'll go tell Cory of the change in script." She started to turn around to walk away when Brad stopped her.

"No, no! Let it be a surprise. Let's see what type of reaction we could get. Cory is always good on improvisation."

Dianna furrowed her brow. "You want a real reaction?"

"Yeah."

"But he could be really taken aback."

"I just feel like that's how Finn would react in that situation. Plus, now that I look at it differently, an ending hug just isn't enough."

Dianna pursed her lips in thought before ultimately nodding in agreement.

"Okay."

"Great, now take your place." Brad directed and he made his way to the sides and Dianna moved to the lockers.

Cory walked across the room to his position where he had been talking to Max and would have to turn around to see Dianna.

"And… Rolling!"

Cory took a quick breath then turned around. He watched as Dianna smiled at him and he slowly walked over to her.

"Hey." He started.

"Hi… I never got a chance to thank you… for helping me do the right thing."

He gave her his lop sided smile. "Eh, you would have come to it on your own soon enough." He looked her up and down before asking, "So how does it feel to be out of the uniform?"

"Weird… Did turn a couple heads." She answered with a small shrug.

He chuckled like scripted before she started her lines again.

"You were amazing this week. On the field and off… Reminded me of why I loved you."

'Okay here goes nothing.' She thought to herself as she reached up with one hand and wrapped it around the back of his neck and pulled him a little closer. She leaned up and pressed her lips to his.

Immediately she could tell he was not expecting it what so ever.

He didn't know what to do. He began to lift his arms to wrap them around her waist but he stopped midway there unsure if that would be okay or not. He left his arms frozen in mid air near her sides and forced his brows into confusion.

He didn't even have enough time to react any farther before she pulled way and just stared up at him.

She looked into his utterly confused face and closed eyes. She knew she wasn't supposed to say anything but she just wanted to give him some light on the situation.

He opened his eyes and just stared down at her before she turned and walked away. He watched as she left and he quickly turned in her fleeting direction and kept his eyes on her, still more shocked and confused than ever.

"And that's a wrap!" the director shouted after Dianna disappeared around the corner.

Cory looked to the director then at Brad who was walking over to him.

"I'm sorry I don't know what just happened. Was that okay? I can re do that! I didn't mean to look shocked I just-" Cory tried to explain to Brad before he was cut off.

"No don't worry about it Cor that was great. We aren't changing a thing about it. That's how we want you to look for the final cut."

"But but, that wasn't even in the script…" he muttered still shell shocked.

"Yeah I know but it was a great suggestion by our lovely Lady Di so I knew I had to take it."

"Di?"

"Yes, Dianna." Brad repeated. "It was great right?"

Cory nodded numbly. "Yeah, totally."

"Anyway, great job." Brad gave him a pat on the shoulder before he moved away from him.

Cory knew right then that he had to find Dianna.

It didn't take him long before he spotted her.

"Hey Di!" he called acroos the crowded room.

She looked in his direction and smiled.

"Hey um, what was that about?" he questioned her rubbing his forehead and pointing back to the set.

"I thought it would be a better shot…. And I wanted to." She simply informed him.

"Kiss me?"

He watched as a healthy rose color crept onto her cheeks.

"Yeah, kiss you. Cory… Alex and I…." she began.

"Had another fight? Did he hurt you again?" he asked concerned, totally forgetting what she had just said.

His worry made her giggle a little.

"No we didn't have another fight per say…. We aren't together anymore."

Cory's face had just gotten out of a shocked state only to be put back into one.

"Y-You and Alex aren't a couple now?"

She nodded. "I found out last night that he was cheating on me with models when he was in England from one of his friends who he let it slip to. Can you believe the whole time that he had the audacity to accuse me of cheating when he was really the one doing it?"

He immediately went into his consoling mode. "Wow that really sucks."

"Yeah, so now I know why he freaked out over the phone that one time I asked him what he had been up to. Who would have thought huh?" she said with a light chuckle to not deflate the mood.

He knew she was hurting. "I'm so sorry Di."

Her face brightened up a little. "Listen, don't be. It only helped my other reason for breaking up with him."

Cory smiled a little. "Ah and what other reason would that be other than that he was a douche?"

She looked right up into his gorgeous Hershey eyes. "Because I have feelings for someone else."

Cory couldn't help but begin to smile at her confession as she continued.

"I don't know why it took me this long to finally admit that out loud to myself. I've known for a while now and I've known that this someone else has had feelings for me for quite some time too."

Cory was softly smiling now. "I know he has." He felt her grab onto his hand and he held it gently.

"So what do you think we should do about this?" she coyly asked him.

He started to feel his stomach tighten and the nerves begin to build. After around two years of him pining for her was this now really happening? This was always what he wanted but he never really knew what to do when he hoped it would come one day.

He felt his mouth become dry. Why did he feel like this? He felt like a real Finn Hudson teenage boy that was asking out his crush for the very first time. He had asked out girls before but it was never this hard. It was because none of them had meant this much to him as Dianna did.

'Come on Cory! You can do this! Ask her out on a date! You've wanted this to happen for god only knows how long and now that it's finally here you need to muster up the courage and do it!' He mentally coached himself.

He finally opened his mouth to speak. "Di, you don't know how long I've been waiting for this moment. I always thought it was some big secret that I liked you but it clearly wasn't because everyone knew besides you but I liked to keep it that way. You were always unavailable and I've just… been to big of a pansy to admit to you that I liked you until…"

"Until the day at the airport." She interrupted knowing exactly what he was talking about.

He lightly smiled again. "Yeah. I was going to tell you my feelings for you when I went to pick you up. I even had your favorite flowers and I even wrote down exactly what I was going to say on a notecard beforehand since I was so nervous I thought I'd forget but then you brought back Alex and everything kind of changed…"

She nodded slowly and looked down but was quickly returned to his gaze when he gently lifted her chin up.

"But now I have the chance again... Dianna Elise Agron, will you go out with me tonight?"

He watched as she continued to stare at him without a word and he took that for a bad sign.

"I mean, you don't have to! It was just an idea, it doesn't even have to be a date or whatever… "

"Cory." She softly said but he clearly didn't hear her.

"We could just be friends hanging out like normal if you want or…"

"Cory." She repeated a little louder this time but still to no avail.

"I'm sorry I just probably look really stupid after all that and-"

This time he heard her.

"Cory!"

He stopped in his rambles and listened to her.

"I'd love to go on a date with you." She told him with a sweet smile.

"Really?" he wondered still in disbelief this was all happening.

"Really." She assured him.

"Okay I'll give you a call a little later to let you know what we're doing."

She raised her eyebrows at him. "You aren't going to tell me now?"

"It's a surprise."

'Of course it is.' She thought, but then again, she loved that about him.

"Okay then."

"Great." Cory said.

Dianna leaned up to him and just as her lips were about to meet his she whispered, "Can't wait." Then she backed away and started out of the room.

Cory shook his head with a big smile plastered on his face. Damn she was such a tease, but he loved it. He loved her. And now things were finally starting to come together for the two of them.

Now he just had to figure out what they were going to do for himself.

He whipped out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed some numbers. He had to make some calls.

So overall, I don't really like how the chapter turned out but it was obviously necessary. I just wanted to do a chapter that was based off filming and I figured this would be a good episode to do it for since it was a big one. I don't plan on doing any more chapters with heavy filming at all. Now that Cory and Dianna are actually starting to form a relationship it will be mostly about them. It took 12 chapters but finally right? Anyway, please leave a review! Thanks to everyone that has left reviews already they mean soooooooo much you don't even know. Leave date ideas please! They will be very helpful and if I really love it I will totally use it... duh