First update of this story in over... a really long time! I know many people have been waiting for this story to start again for a while and I'm happy to say that I'll be working on this as well as College, Football, Friends, and Quinn Fabray in the next few weeks so I hope to have at least a couple updates for both before I got back to school.

I already have the outline for C,F,F, & QF done so that'll be up in the next coming days, I'm excited to write this one. It should be good.

*Warning* Language

Enjoy!

Cory knew he would have to watch this movie with Dianna eventually. As soon as she suggested a 'stay in and snuggle movie night' he knew this would be her pick. What were they watching? Well only the most classic and for Cory, the most un-realistic movie he'd ever seen.

Girls may love it and think it's the best romance movie they would ever see but for him, it raised a couple questions.

"I don't get it." Cory stated still staring blankly at the television.

Dianna looked up at him from where she laid under Cory's arm. "What don't you get Cor? It's The Notebook."

"I don't know, I guess I'm just kind of confused as to what guy fixes and builds a house for a girl that isn't with him anymore? I mean, no guy in his right mind would do that!"

"Oh come on Cory…"

"I'm just saying that it's a little ridiculous." He concluded with a shrug and Dianna sat up to look straight at him.

"It is not ridiculous." She informed him with a stern look on her face. "It's very sweet and romantic."

"Mhmm…. totally." He muttered sarcastically and rolled his eyes.

"Please, I've sat through a few movies with you that I thought were a bit out of the ordinary."

"Really? Like what?" he challenged her with a quirked eyebrow. There was no way she'd come up with anything good. He watched awesome movies!

Dianna pursed her lips in thought for a few seconds before the perfect movie came to her.

"The Pirates of the Caribbean movies." She stated confidently knowing it was the best example.

"What's ridiculous about those?" he asked defensively.

"Really?" she wondered in disbelief not understanding why he thought they weren't weird. "Okay the thing I think is really weird is the guy with tentacles for a face."

"His name is Davy Jones babe." Cory told her and she shrugged not really caring what his name was.

"Okay well Davy Jones," She said his name snidely. "..has tentacles as a face!"

"Is that the only thing you have?" He asked still no where near believing that Pirates of the Caribbean was a weird movie.

Dianna shook her head with a big smirk on her face. "No way baby. I'm just getting started."

Cory nodded and waited for more of her examples.

"Then his whole crew is made of a bunch of weird fish people. How'd they even get that way?"

Cory opened his mouth to speak but wasn't able to get a word out before Dianna continued to talk.

"And on top of that, he doesn't even have a heart in his body. You don't think that's weird and how it weirdly beats in a box?"

"Are you done?" Cory finally asked seeing if he'd be able to get a word in.

Dianna searched her mind for another example but decided to let that be her last. "Yeah I guess."

"Okay well, I see your point but it isn't ridiculous like The Notebook. The Tentacle Man, AKA Davy Jones doesn't need the heart because he is THE Davy Jones. Plus, he's supposed to be a heart-less man, that's the point and they're pirates! They don't need to follow regular rules." He explained and looked at his girlfriend with a victorious smirk.

Dianna rolled her eyes. "Whatever, I just don't know how you see that movie being less weird and unusual than Noah fixing his and Allie's dream home for when he hoped she'd come back to him. So whatever."

After she said this she scooted a little farther over from Cory not wanting to feel like she lost against him. She knew her movie was more believable and all around better than Cory's but still, she didn't want to look at his 'victory face.'

Cory noticed the new gap between them very quickly and he started to feel bad.

"Oh come on Di, don't be like that." He tried to get her to look at him but to no avail. "Di…" he attempted once more before realizing what he had to do.

Dianna started squirming and laughing when she felt Cory's hands on her.

"Ah Cory!" she squealed. "You know tickling is my weak point!"

"Why do you think I'm doing it?" He asked with a chuckle and he smiled at hearing her laughs. Her laugh was one of the things he loved the most about her.

After a few minutes of torturous tickling, Cory finally stopped after many of Dianna's pleas.

"So are we going to finish this movie?" he questioned and Dianna smiled.

"I thought you thought it was a ridiculous movie."

"No, I thought the guy was a little out of it but I like the movie overall." He answered and pulled her closer to him like she was before.

Dianna looked at Cory then to the movie playing on his television, then she picked up the remote and turned it off.

"What are you doing?" Cory wondered with knitted eyebrows.

Dianna smiled at him then leaned up to whisper into his ear. "I thought of something better we could do."

The corner of Cory's lip tugged into a slight smile upon hearing her words whispered sexily into his ear.

"Really?"

"Yeah." She confirmed and nipped at his earlobe.

"I totally like this plan better than the movie." He said excitedly and pulled her into a kiss.

After a few kisses with Dianna sitting in his lap, Cory slowly laid her down on the couch and hovered over her, placing kisses on her lips then moving to her neck.

Dianna was starting to thoroughly enjoy herself when she remembered that she meant to ask Cory something hours ago. 'Damn, we're gonna have to stop.'

"Cor?" she murmured against his lips that were still very much melded onto her own.

"Baby." She tried to get his attention again and decided to give him a gentle push up since he wasn't responding to her words.

"Huh?" Cory mumbled in confusion as he sat up and Dianna followed him up.

"I've been meaning to ask you something."

"Uh, what's up?" Cory asked, still confused as to why she stopped them.

"Will you do me a favor?"

Cory nodded and softly smiled at the blonde next to him. "Of course, anything."

Dianna bit her lip in contemplation before she asked her favor. She didn't want to mix the past and present but well, she really needed her stuff back.

"Would you mind coming with me to Alex's to get the last of my stuff that I never got back after the break up?" She finally got out, hoping it wasn't too much to ask of him.

Cory kept his soft smile on his lips when he responded. "Yeah sure. If you need me there you know I'll go."

Dianna bit her bottom lip again and smiled. "Thank you."

"Of course." He said and pulled her closer to him once more. "But does it need to be done at this moment or could we maybe finish what we're doing now?"

She shrugged one shoulder and smirked. "I think my stuff can wait a little longer."

Cory's smile grew at her response but it was quickly hidden by her lips.

Cory threw on his baseball hat as they sat in his car in front of Alex's place.

"You ready?" he asked and gripped on to Dianna's hand for reassurance.

She looked to him and nodded her head. "Yeah, let's go."

He nodded as well and they both exited his car.

Cory walked around the car to the passenger side where Dianna was just standing staring up at the building.

He could tell she was hesitant to see Alex again after their big fall out.

"Do you want me to go first?" He nodded to the door as he asked.

Dianna bit the side of her cheek and only nodded, thankful that she had someone as great as Cory with her now.

Cory took her slight nod as a yes and began to walk up to the front door and into the lobby. He disappeared through the doors first followed by Dianna.

Just as Dianna was entering a man across the street snapped a few photos of only her walking in to the building.

"What are you doing? Back to see your ex maybe?" the man said to himself as he snapped one last photo of Dianna.

"This is his apartment right?" Cory asked and Dianna nodded in confirmation. "Okay, I guess I'll knock."

Cory did so and a minute later the door to the apartment opened.

"Can I help you?" Alex glared at Cory.

"Yeah, I'm here to help get Di's things back. She said she left them at your place." Cory replied trying to stay as civil as he could. It was just very hard for him with Alex.

"Well if Dianna wants her things you can tell her to come here herself." The blonde man shot back, not noticing her behind Cory's tall frame.

"I am here." She spoke up hesitantly from behind her boyfriend and stepped close to his side.

Alex glanced back and forth between the two at his door before ultimately opening his it further for them to go in.

"I put your stuff in the guest bedroom." He informed his ex girlfriend and nodded towards the doorway to the room.

She thanked him and made her way to the room while Cory stood and waited in the living room with the Brit.

"Thanks for letting her get her stuff back." Cory finally spoke to Alex and he scoffed.

"Yeah, sure."

Cory only rolled his eyes.

"Hey Cor, do you think you could bring these couple boxes down to the car while I finish grabbing the rest?" Dianna asked as she walked through the bedroom door with boxes in hand.

Cory grabbed them easily out of her arms but her question worried him a little. "Are you sure you're going to be okay here alone with him?"

Dianna nodded her head. "Yeah, I'll be fine."

"You sure?" He just wanted to make sure.

"I am." She assured him once more and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Okay well, I'll be up again soon."

And with that Cory made his way back downstairs to his car. He didn't have a good feeling about leaving though.

"So Di, you and the tall oaf?" Alex started as he walked into the guest room a couple minutes later.

Dianna rolled her eyes and picked up another box. "Not that it's any of your business but yeah Alex, him and I are together."

Alex rubbed at his forehead and pursed his lips. "Eh, I knew it was only a matter of time."

"What?"

"Oh please Dianna," Alex scoffed. "Don't act like it just happened with the two of you. I'm sure you two planned this way in the beginning."

Dianna had just walked out to the living room to place the box down when she heard his comment.

"So you think that little of me where you thought I was already with him when you and I were dating?" she retorted angrily.

Alex just shook his head and walked away from her. "It doesn't even matter anymore does it?"

Now Dianna was pissed herself so she started to walk towards him. "No, it does matter! Don't act like I was the bad person in our relationship! At least I never cheated when we were together!"

Alex let out a humorless laugh and turned to her. "Oh then boy did you miss out."

"Excuse me?" She spat. "You are just an-" but before Dianna could finish her sentence Alex grabbed on to her.

"Let go of me!" she screamed and attempted to push him away from her but he was much stronger and it took every ounce of strength she had to try and wrench herself out of his grasp. Just as she thought she could free herself she felt his lips crash into hers with such force her head jerked backwards some.

He continued to force himself on her for what felt like forever for Dianna. Then she heard the front door creak open and she knew she'd be saved.

Cory was immediately in shock when he opened Alex's front door to find Alex kissing Di and her struggling against him. His shock didn't last long at all before it turned to anger and the need to rescue his girlfriend.

"Hey!" Cory shouted. "Get the hell off of her!"

He ran over to the two and forcefully grabbed and pushed Alex off Dianna and stood between the two.

As soon as Dianna felt herself separated from her ex she couldn't help but feel the need to cry and although she didn't want to, she could feel tears start to well in her eyes.

"What the fuck is your problem?" Cory heatedly shouted at Alex who only laughed.

Cory was extremely annoyed when Alex started to laugh and it really made him want to punch the guy in the face and even as much as he really, really wanted to, he promised Ryan no more fights or else he'd get in a lot of trouble with the show.

"Yeah, laugh it up. You're lucky I just don't give you another bloody nose and black eye." Cory threatened and backed up towards Dianna who was a few steps behind him.

"Go get in the car and wait for me okay?" Cory told Dianna who grabbed on to his arm.

"What are you doing?" she asked through her tears.

"Listen, I just need you to go to the car now, please." He ordered and she reluctantly obeyed. She just didn't want Cory to get hurt or do anything stupid.

Once he knew Dianna was gone, he turned back to Alex who still stood a few feet away.

"You will never go near her ever again you got me?" Cory warned with very serious and threatening eyes.

"And who would stop me?" Alex challenged and slowly walked towards him.

"I will." Cory said. "And I'll make sure of that."

"Mhm… I bet." He responded. He had the strongest desire to hit the giant Canadian but he didn't need any damage on his face done since he had publicity tours coming up for Beastly. Any visible bruises or any thing of the sort would not look good for him so instead he just nodded to the door. "Now get out of my apartment."

Cory shot dagger like eyes at the blonde once more before leaving the apart and going to his car. Once he was in it he was bombarded by questions.

"Are you okay? Did you get in a fight? Please tell me you didn't. You know what Ryan will say if you did." Dianna said a mile a minute.

He turned to her and tried to smile. "Yes I'm fine and no we didn't fight. I remembered what Ryan said."

"What happened then?"

Cory inhaled deeply then let it out. "Nothing. Just know he won't be in your life ever again."

"And how's that going to happen?"

"You could think about a restraining order." He offered as a response and she shrugged.

"I'll think about it."

It took them about an hour to unpack all of Dianna's stuff and put it away and after that, he just comforted her.

Cory was hanging out on set with Mark and Chord shooting some hoops. The three decided to play a little basketball on their lunch break instead of eating since they had a pretty busy filming schedule for the episode that was their regionals episode called 'Original Song.'

"That's a three!" Chord exclaimed as he shot the ball and watched it swish through the net.

"Alright alright, I think I can make that shot too." Mark said and lined himself up where Chord had been.

When Mark had easily made the shot Cory thought he had to kick it up a notch. He decided that he would try and make a half court shot.

"Watch and learn boys." He cockily instructed as he dribbled the ball a few times and then lifted his arms to shoot. Just before he was about to release the ball he heard a shrill voice shout his name.

"Cory!" the voice called from a short distance away, which messed him up, and he watched as the basketball sailed past the hoop, not even close.

"Dammit." He breathed quietly as the guys made fun of him.

"Oh we watched and we learned... not to do that!" Mark teased as him and Chord bursted out into laughter.

"Oh Cory." He looked over to see that it was Lea who had called him.

"What's up Lea?"

"You need to see something." She nodded in the direction of her trailer.

"Right now?" He asked, still really wanting to play ball since lunch was going to end soon.

"Yeah I think that would be best."

"Okay." He sighed.

"Here." Lea turned around her laptop so Cory could read the small article.

"Is this another gossip website?" he wondered knowing that she was always checking these things.

"Well, yes but I really think you should read it." She insisted and pushed the computer closer to him.

Cory rolled his eyes and bent down to look at the screen anyway but in the end, he wished he didn't.

"I can't believe this!" Cory commented throwing his hands up in the air.

Lea only nodded.

"I can't believe they'd think of something like this. Alex and Dianna aren't and haven't been together for like two months. Why would they think she and him were back together?"

"Well," Lea began. "It is a picture of her going into his building-"

"But I was there!" he interjected.

"But not in the picture." She informed him and he reluctantly shrugged.

"Also, it's not like you and Di have gone around telling people you're together so how are paparazzi supposed to know she's actually taken and not trying to get back together with her ex?"

Cory opened his mouth to come back with something but he couldn't think of anything to counter that.

"Okay then, so what do I do about it?"

"What do you do?" Lea echoed. "Well you could always set it straight that you and Dianna are a couple."

"I don't know Lea… we wanted it to be kept private."

"You guys have been private for a little over a month now. I'm just saying, eventually it's going to be found out that you two are dating. So sooner or later, the public will know." Lea got up from her couch and shut her laptop. "Just think about it Cor."

Cory had thought about going public with their relationship for a few hours after that and decided to bring it up to Dianna after they filmed their regionals competition scenes.

Once they were done for the night, Cory texted Dianna to meet him at his trailer to which she responded sure.

Minutes later he heard a knock on his door.

"Hey babe." He greeted her with a kiss when she was inside.

"Hey, what's up?" she wondered as he pulled her to sit at the table wit him.

"I've been thinking about something." He paused and took hold of Dianna's hand across the table. "What would you think of going public with us?"

So there it is. This was kind of a filler chapter. I know what I want to happen in the future of this story but it's taking a little bit to get there. Anyway, I hope I didn't disappoint with this one so let me know how I did please. Much appreciated :)