So I've decided from now on I am going to stop giving times where I say this story will be updated. I just get really busy (i.e. with school) and can't follow through. So yeah, I'll update when I can.

But I was in between classes now so I finished and put it up for everyone :)

Thank you to all of my loyal reviewers/readers. This story has some pretty amazing followers. Thanks again!

'Why am I doing this? It's way too early to be looking at this stuff.'

Cory was bored lying on his couch with laptop in hand scrolling through Tiffany's website at engagement rings. Yeah, it was super early in their relationship. He hadn't even officially asked her to be his girlfriend yet but it didn't really matter.

He didn't even know why he brought himself to this website but he just couldn't help looking at all of the different rings. The only reason he could fathom for his actions was him knowing for fact that he wanted to marry Dianna one day.

Sure, marriage in the world of celebrities was a little more complicated and over done than usual and there was also the part where marrying someone you work on a show with would be a little complicated but really, none of that mattered to him. He was going to marry her one day. He wanted to marry her so much that he would give up everything just to be with her. Really.

Cory was about to ex out of the page when he thought of something. Maybe this was how he could ask her to be his girlfriend.

He quickly sat up, shut his laptop and pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number.

After a few rings the other line picked up.

"Hello?"

"Hey Lea! Do you think if you aren't busy you could swing by my apartment?"

"Um when?"

"Uh like… now would be good."

Lea chuckled over the line. "Yeah I guess I can do that. Just let me pick up a coffee really quick. You want anything?"

Cory grinned a little. "No thanks I'm good."

"Okay then Cor. I'll see you in probably like, the next twenty minutes."

"Sweet sounds good. See you then." He finished and ended the call.

While he waited for Lea he continued to scan through the Tiffany website and updated his Twitter.

CoryMonteith Hanging out with msleamichele soon :) She's the best!

A short while later he heard a knock on his door.

"Hey!" he greeted her as he opened the door and gave her a hug.

"Hey to you too! What's up? What do you need?" she questioned after stepping into his apartment.

"What do I need? I'm a little hurt by the way you're asking that. Why do you just always assume I need something?"

She arched her brow up. "Because the majority of the time I'm over here you need something whether it be advice, help, someone to vent to, or teach you how to cook."

Cory scrunched his lips to the side and looked away. "Okay well I need help this time but cooking lessons next week sounds good."

Lea smirked and chuckled. "Of course you do. What's up?"

"Alright, I need you to come look at this." He told her and began to walk to his living room with her in tow.

"Look at that." He pointed to the screen of his computer.

Lea took a few steps over to the laptop on his coffee table and bent down to look what was on the screen.

"Engagement rings? Cory are you insane? You're going to ask Di to marry you? You guys aren't even together!"

"What? No!" he slapped a hand over his face.

"Then what am I looking at?" Lea questioned with quirked eyebrows.

"Okay sit down and listen to this."

Lea was still confused as ever but she did as she was told and took a seat on Cory's couch.

"What do you think of me asking Dianna to be my girlfriend in a proposal style?"

"With an engagement ring?" she asked slowly.

"No with like, a piece of paper."

Lea narrowed her eyes at him and tilted her head in confusion. "A piece of paper?"

"Or something like that, I don't know."

"Hmm…"

"Okay so I wanted to put a piece of paper in a ring box and basically propose to her in a way like I would if I were asking her to marry me but instead it will be a proposal to ask her to be my girlfriend." He explained with a big smile.

He watched as a soft smile appeared on Lea's face. "You know at first, I thought asking Di to be your girlfriend with a piece of paper was kind of cheap and stupid, no offense, but the way you're describing it kind of sounds sweet and romantic."

Cory grinned. "Thanks... I think. Plus, I was going to get her a necklace or something to go along with the proposal so I didn't look too cheap."

"I like it Cor. It sounds like a good plan."

"Cool well, you can help me more if you want." He ventured with a smile and a raised brow.

Lea rolled her eyes and let out a breath. "Why not?"

Lea drove down a busy East Hollywood road. She and Cory were driving to the Tiffany jewelry store and she looked over to the passenger seat to Cory who was smiling.

"Who ya textin?" she wondered but decided to answer her own question. "Wait, I bet I already know. By that smile I'm guessing you're talking to Lady Di."

Cory glanced over to her before letting his view fall back onto the phone's screen. "Obviously." He answered with a slight laugh.

"Well tell her I say hi."

Cory nodded and continued to type.

Lea says hey btw –Cory

You're with Lea? –Dianna

Yeah we're hanging out –Cory

Oh cool what are you two up to? –Dianna

You know, just stuff –Cory

Like what kind of stuff? –Dianna

Haha just don't worry about it. Everything's good –Cory

Was it wrong for her to be a little worried about it? Why wouldn't he tell her what they were doing? Was it possible for him to cheat on her when they weren't exactly a couple? They were basically together but not by title. Besides, Lea was her best friend. She would never do anything with Cory because she knew that it would hurt her and he was so into her that he wouldn't jeopardize whatever relationship they had right?

No I'm not worried :) –Dianna

Okay, so maybe that was a little, teensy weensy lie.

After he got her text he decided to change the subject. He didn't want her to ask any more questions about what he was doing with Lea. He wanted the proposal and everything that was going along with it to be a complete, full on surprise. He knew if he kept talking to her about it that he would eventually slip.

"We're here." Lea informed him as she pulled into the jewelry store's parking lot.

Once the car was parked the two of them jumped out of the car and walked into the store.

"Welcome to Tiffany and Company. Can I help you two with anything today?" A well dressed brunette woman asked them.

"Uh yeah actually your help would be much appreciated." Cory returned and walked up to the jewelry cases.

"Are you looking to propose to someone? I have some beautiful rings for selection if you'd like to see those."

"Um well, I am looking to propose but it's actually to ask someone to be my girlfriend. I'm kind of old school like that." He informed the woman.

"That's very sweet. Is it going to be for that girl over there?" she pointed to Lea who was currently browsing the earrings.

Cory rubbed the back of his neck and chuckled. "Uh no it's not her. That's actually my friend who came to help me pick some stuff out."

"Oh I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to assume."

"No no please, don't even think twice about it." He responded with a smile. "Actually, could I see some necklaces?"

"Absolutely." The saleswoman started towards a glass case to the far end of the room and Cory followed along with Lea who was done looking at the earrings.

"Here they are." she announced. "What type of necklace are you looking for today?"

Cory shrugged. "Well, I guess I'm looking for something that shows that she's means a lot to me and that she always has me, kind of like she has my heart."

The saleswoman smiled. "I think we have just the type of necklace you're looking for."

The woman stepped into the back room for a minute before returning with a small drawer in her hands.

"These are our heart lock pendants. It's perfect for what you're looking for."

Cory gave her a slight nod before looking into the box in her hands. He scanned the five necklaces and his eyes immediately flew to a shining silver looking one with small diamonds forming the heart and a small keyhole in the middle.

"I like this one." He said pointing. "What is it?"

"This one is platinum."

Cory leaned over to Lea who had walked up beside him. "What's the difference between platinum and silver?"

"Platinum is more valuable and much nicer. If you really want to make an impression I'd go with the platinum. Plus, it's gorgeous Cor."

He nodded his head and turned back to the woman. "I'll take it. Also, this will most likely come off as a weird request but can I get a ring box as well?"

"So good luck tonight Cor." Lea patted him on the shoulder.

He gave her his lop sided smile. "Thanks Lea and thanks for coming with me to Tiffany."

"No problem Cory that's what I'm here for. Plus, I got some pretty nice earrings out of all this."

Cory laughed. "Yeah they are pretty sweet."

Lea chuckled along too. "Anyway, I gotta get out of here. Good luck again."

Cory nodded and walked her to his front door before saying goodbye then he sent out a text.

Hey, how would you like to go to dinner with me tonight? –Cory

He waited for a few minutes before he got a text back.

I'd love to. What time? –Dianna

I'll pick you up at six. It's a little early but I have something planned for after –Cory

Sounds great. See you then handsome ;) –Dianna

Cool so he and Di were going out for dinner tonight. Now he just had to make some reservations.

An hour and a half later it was 5:15 and Cory had finished showering, shaving, making reservations at their favorite restaurant and got dressed into a nice pair of jeans, a light blue button up shirt and a tan blazer over it. He thought about putting on a tie but opted not to in the end.

While he waited for the time to go by he grabbed a piece of light blue cardstock paper from his supply closet (why did he have cardstock he didn't remember) and a marker as well and began his best calligraphy writing he could on the piece of paper.

When he was done he looked at it read it back to himself to make sure everything looked fine.

Will you be my girlfriend?

It was only five simple words but it literally took him ten minutes to write it nicely and straight across the small area of the paper. Then he cut it out and taped the small piece into the under side of the top of the ring box. Then he went and grabbed the necklace out of its own box and placed it gently and neatly into the ring box. Thank god it fit.

He darted his eyes over to the clock once more. 5:30. Okay, he could leave in fifteen more minutes to pick up Dianna, so he had fifteen minutes to spare.

He sat down on his couch and flipped on the TV. He channel surfed for a few minutes then ended up watching a football rerun.

A touchdown later he looked back at the clock and it was finally time to go so he sat up, smoothed out the wrinkles in his jacket and put the small black box in his inside jacket pocket.

It was 5:58 when he pulled up to the curb at Dianna's apartment and exactly 6 when he knocked on her door.

"Wow you are scary prompt." Dianna giggled as she opened the door and gave him a quick kiss.

Cory shrugged and smiled. "I don't like to keep you waiting. You look great as always by the way."

"Thanks." She said and did a mock spin to show off the rest of her outfit.

"How many dresses do you have?" he asked surprised since she always seemed to wear a new outfit every time they went out.

"I don't know… Too many to count sometimes that's for sure."

He looked at her in disbelief. "Oh come on, that has to be an exaggeration."

She quirked her eyebrow at him and smirked. "No really I'm completely serious. Wanna see my closet?"

"Wow…" he mumbled with eyebrows so high that it forced lines into his forehead.

Dianna chuckled and grabbed onto his arm. "Come on, let's go."

"Oh my god I love this place!" Dianna gushed, still holding onto Cory's arm as they stepped out of the car.

"Yeah, I know that every time we come here with the cast you always say how it's the best meal you had that week."

"You are just too sweet."

Cory put a lop sided smile on his face. "Eh, I try to be."

"So what are your plans for after this?" Dianna was curious to how they could end this wonderful date after a fantastic meal like that.

"I was thinking we could go walking in the park a few blocks away from here."

Dianna nodded her head and placed her cloth napkin on top of the table. "Sure I could go for that as long as I don't have to wear these heels the whole time." She joked and giggled which made him smile.

"So it's a plan. Let's get out of here."

When the waiter came back to their table, Cory paid their bill and then they left.

Cory looked around at all of the trees and farther up at the stars in the sky as he and Dianna walked through the park.

He held Dianna's hand in one of his and her heels in the other. She figured since they were walking on grass that it would be perfectly fine to take off the heels and Cory, being the gentleman that he was offered to carry them for her.

They continued to walk and would talk about little things like how nice of a night it was and how beautiful the stars were as they made their way further into the park.

Cory wasn't really sure when a good time to "propose" to her would be until he noticed a pretty fountain in the center of the park that they were heading towards.

'Perfect.' He thought with a big smile on his face.

"What are you so smiley about?" Dianna wondered with a soft laugh.

Cory quickly shifted his view over to her. "I don't know… Just how great of a night it's been and how I got to share it with you."

A slow smile appeared on her face. "I'm so glad I got to share this night with you too. Every day we spend together only gets better and better."

"Really?" He was smiling wide now too and there was even a healthy blush that began to appear on his cheeks.

"Yeah."

'The only thing that would make it perfect would be if you asked for us to be official.' Dianna mused to herself.

Cory kept smiling at her before he glanced back over to the fountain that was only a short walk ahead of them now.

"Hey, let's go see that fountain over there."

Dianna followed his glance and noticed the fountain as well.

"Sure."

They both made their way over to the fountain before Cory unlatched his hand from hers to dig through his pants pocket until he pulled out a coin.

"Here," he said, handing over the quarter. "You should make a wish. It isn't everyday that you stand at a fountain."

She giggled and gently took the quarter from his fingers. "I guess you're right. Plus, it is really beautiful…" She stared at the marble fountain. It had multiple levels of smaller fountains in it with lights and small sculptures around it.

"Yeah so close your eyes and make a wish." He said a little impatiently. He really wanted to do this now and he wanted it to be a surprise to her.

"Okay." She breathed and rolled her eyes playfully at him before turning to the fountain and closing her eyes.

As soon as she turned and closed her eyes, Cory dug into his pocket for the small box, pulled it out, and got down on one knee, placing the heels down, and waited for her to turn back around to him.

What he didn't know was that her wish was exactly what he was doing. She so wanted to be his girlfriend.

After Dianna made her wish, she spun back around to Cory's direction and her mouth fell wide open as she let out a slight gasp.

There Cory was, on one knee holding a ring box in his hand. Oh my god!

"Cory what are you doing?" she frantically questioned.

He only grinned at her and attempted to suppress his chuckle.

"Dianna, will you-" Cory couldn't even finish his sentence before Dianna started speaking.

"Are you insane? We aren't even a couple yet and you're already proposing?"

"Di listen-" he started again but she just wasn't letting him get a word in to explain himself.

"I mean, I'm not saying I wouldn't marry you but honestly I'm- I'm just not ready for that yet and I-"

"Dianna…"

"Oh my god, did it get hotter outside?" she kept on rambling while she fanned herself with her hand.

Cory really had to get some control over the situation here. He was already fighting the urge to laugh at her little freak out and he wanted to be at least semi serious.

"Dianna!" he shouted and it finally got her attention. "Will you let me say something?"

She let out a breath that she felt like she had been holding on since she turned around and nodded her head.

"How about this… Just open the box." He held the box a bit closer to her. She took a deep breath and stepped forward and placed a hand on the top part of the box to tilt it open on its hinges.

Her heart raced as she slowly opened the small black ring box and Cory had to admit that his heart was racing as well. He was really nervous, maybe even more nervous than Dianna. Would she say no? Would she say yes?

He gulped as the top part of the box was almost completely open.

As soon as Dianna noticed it was a necklace inside the box she felt immediately more relaxed. It truly wasn't that she didn't want to marry Cory because she did think of the possibility but just in the future, not now.

She bit her bottom lip and smiled as she read the small piece of paper Cory had cut out and taped to the inside of the box.

Will you be my girlfriend?

She placed her hand over her mouth then she let it fall back down to reveal the biggest smile Cory had ever seen on her face. He knew it was her genuine smile and he was the one that put it there.

She then placed her hand down on Cory's cheek and caressed it as she brought him back up.

"Yes." She whispered, seemingly out of breath, still smiling.

"Really?" He asked, a little out of breath himself. He just wanted to be sure.

"Really." She promised and pulled his face towards hers and planted a passionate, ever lasting kiss on his lips while he still held the box in his hand to her side.

When they pulled away he brought the box back up into view and took out the necklace. Dianna kept smiling at him and turned around so he could place the necklace on her.

She pulled away her hair and Cory brought the chain around her front then placed it down to latch it back together.

When it was on, Dianna turned back to him and looked down to her new piece of jewelry.

"Cory this is so beautiful. You have good taste." She joked.

"Thanks but half the credit goes to Lea. She went with me and helped me pick it out."

"Ah so that's why you were with her today." She finally realized, feeling a weight on her shoulders be lifted. She didn't think Cory was cheating on her but hey, girls just get jealous.

Cory nodded. "So you love it?"

"Absolutely." She assured him. "Why a heart locket?"

Cory softly smiled and stepped closer to her. "It's just to let you know that you always have my heart."

Dianna couldn't help but let a few tears fall down from her eyes.

"Why are you crying?"

"Sorry I can't help it. I'm just really happy."

For the first time since he met Dianna, he was never happier than he was right now. She was finally his.

"Me too."

"You know, this is exactly what I wished for." she finally informed him when she collected herself.

"Yeah?"

"Yep. It's the best wish I've made yet."

Cory gave her a breathy laugh and smiled before pulling her into another kiss.

So I was going to make this longer because I had some more ideas to pack into this chapter but I decided I would do those in the next chapter. I didn't want to keep people waiting for a long time. Just so you know, there might, potentially be some drama with people. A little blast from the not so far back past perhaps.

Anyway, I'll update when I find the time because life is hectic right now. Please review :) They keep me going