Yay! Long author's note! ...

First I want to say thank you for the suggestions! I was honestly only expecting one or two tops but I got like six or seven so that's awesome! I added arounded one or two to this chapter and more to come in future ones.

This chapter was surprisingly harder than I thought it would be to write. I wasn't even sure how to write a concert. Do I put in a lot of performances but bug the heck out of you guys with all the lyrics? Do I do a lot of backstage stuff? I don't even know what happens backstage at a concert so I guessed.

I used as much concert clips/GIFs as I could to describe some of the choreography and skits they did during the concert (it might not have come out that good :/ Reading listed choreographed moves can get hella boring) Also, I went to the Boston concert for the tour so I tried to pull stuff from memory as well and make it the most factual as possible so it feels like you could have been a fly on the wall.

Um, just other stuff:

Songs are in no particular order other than first and last song

The majority of the concert experience will be in the first venue *This Chapter*

Look up Naya Dance if you've never seen it before. Really, do it because I don't want to feel like an idiot about the way I described it.

Like I said before, I had NO idea how to write a concert so I personally don't think this came out as fantastic as you guys were hoping for but I'll leave that to you to judge. Happy reading!

It had been a little over three weeks since the final wrap on Monte Carlo and Cory, Dianna and Lea were back in the states for the rehearsals for their second Glee summer tour. The rehearsals had started a little over a week once they got back so Cory didn't have much time off to recuperate but he was okay with that. He loved his job, loved to stay busy and never really got tired of it. His mom always said he was the more energetic out of him and his brother.

The cast was now in their second and final week of rehearsals and would be kicking off the tour in Las Vegas in a matter of two days so last minute dances and stage blocking were a must-learn. So here they were in their studio perfecting the moves with their lead choreographer, Zach.

Cory focused in on the man in the front of the room and followed his lead.

"Now, walk, leg, knee down and push!" He shouted as he performed the moves as well, watching the cast in the full-length wall mirror at the same time and stared at Cory through it. "Push your arms forward like you're trying to move a wall, Cor!"

The tall brunette nodded and redid his 'push' before Zach walked over to him grinning.

"Okay everyone, that was great. Take five before we come back and do the second half of 'Born This Way'!" He announced to the group before he stopped in front of Cory. "You've come a long way since the start of this season, huh?"

Cory gave him a crooked, bashful smile and nodded. "Yeah, I guess I was just more distracted then and not into it."

"What changed?"

"Her," Cory answered as he locked his gaze to the other end of the room where Dianna was chatting with Naya and Lea at the water cooler.

After following his gaze, Zach grinned and looked back to Cory.

"Yeah, I figured," He chuckled. "Dianna's a sweetheart, don't let go of her."

"Don't worry, I won't." Cory assured him with another smile. He didn't exactly know when, but he planned on marrying that girl.

"Good, now go get some water. Three minutes, Cor."

Cory gave him one final nod before he made his way over to the cooler.

"Hey," He greeted to the three women and Naya was the first to respond.

"You finally look like you're getting the hang of it out there, Frankenteen." Naya teased and beamed.

"Yeah, it's only taken over two years, right?" He joked as he filled a paper cup with water and the three shared a laugh. "I think I learned quite fast."

"Oh yeah, at rapid speed like those DSL turtles on that commercial." Lea added on and Cory only smiled off their teasing. Of course they were only joking.

"Right, isn't their name the Slowskys?" Naya and Lea continued to laugh.

"I don't think it took you too long. You've been doing great, Cor." Dianna said, effectively cutting off Lea and Naya's loud laughter.

Cory grinned goofily. "Thanks, babe," He turned to Lea and Naya. "See how nice she is? I think you guys should be more supportive like Di."

The Latina suppressed her giggles in order to speak. "You're dating so of course she's going to be supportive and nice since that's kind of a key part for a successful relationship. Plus if she didn't, she probably wouldn't be getting any…" She informed him smirking and he quirked a brow in response. "Oh who am I kidding, I bet she could say anything and you'd be turned on."

Cory huffed out a chuckle. "Um…"

"Like a light switch." Lea added and laughed.

"Okay then, that's enough," Dianna chastised and began pushing both women toward another part of the room. "Go work on the dance over there now."

"Whatever you say, Di!" Lea called back and the two kept giggling while they went on their merry way.

Once the two were out of earshot, Cory turned back to his girlfriend and smirked.

"I think that's most likely true," He chuckled before leaning close to her ear. "You turn me on so much."

"Shut up," She playfully ordered with a push to his arm and a very healthy blush on her cheeks.

He smiled being very proud of himself for making her blush. He loved teasing her.

"Hey, you know what my favorite part of the 'Born This Way' choreography is?"

Her blush gone, she decided to humor him. "What?"

He smirk grew as he answered.

"That you have to stand in front of me for parts of it and I could totally stare at your ass."

"Oh my god," She rolled her eyes with a shake of her head and Cory cracked up. "You would say that."

"Only because it's true," He admitted while he laughed. "Guarantee I'll end up checking you out at least once every time we do that number."

"Yeah well, don't get too distracted and fall flat on your face in front of thousands of people."

Cory smiled cheekily. "I'll try not to but it would be worth it."

"You are incorrigible. Truly."

He only smiled more when she gave him another eye roll. She had perfected it.

"So… We should probably get back over there and finish the choreography so we can get this show on the road." He suggested and nodded his head in the direction of their cast mates who were making their ways back to the other end of the room.

Dianna threw back the rest of her water and nodded. "Yeah, we need to get 'Born This Way' down and pat."

"Yep, and I need to figure out when I can shamelessly stare at your-" Before he could finish Dianna punched his arm. "Ow!"

"That's what you get," She chortled and started walking to join the others before Cory jogged to catch up with her.

"What? I can't help it if my girlfriend has a great body. It's just begging to be stared at."

"I loathe you." She shook her head at him but was unable to hide her laughing smile.

"It's pronounced love," He drawled playfully. "I love you. Now say it with me. Looovvveee-" Without hesitation she connected her fist to his arm again. "Ow!"

Dianna exhaled a deep breath for comfort, composure and to basically force the nervous butterflies out of her stomach as she, along with the rest of the cast, sat backstage at their first concert location to kick off the tour, Las Vegas.

She glanced quickly around the room they were in. It was probably a big area when it wasn't full but the large amounts of crew running around to make sure everything was set and the hair and makeup people giving them their last minute touch ups made everything feel cramped. It only made her nerves heighten. She closed her eyes to block out her surroundings as the makeup woman dabbed her face with a foundation sponge to make sure her color wouldn't look drained under the stage lights.

"You okay?" She heard Cory ask from the side. He must have snuck up after she closed her eyes.

"Yeah," She assured him with a nod. "Just a little nervous, you know?"

Cory gave her his crooked smile and it comforted her.

"Yeah I'm a little nervous too but more excited. The tour last year was amazing and once we get out on that stage and start singing, I'm sure your nerves will fade away."

She breathed out deeply. "I hope so."

Cory smiled sympathetically and took her hand.

"Di, rehearsals this afternoon went fine and you killed 'Lucky' with Chord. You're going to be great and you shouldn't need me to assure you how awesome you are."

Dianna took the moment when the makeup lady was busy with something else to lean over the edge of her chair and gently place a kiss on her boyfriend's lips.

"Thanks," She whispered against his lips. "And I love you."

The brunette couldn't help but smile upon hearing the words. He would never get sick of them after two years of loving her, himself.

"No problem," He smiled. "And I love you, too… more than words can describe."

For the next few minutes, Cory stayed with Dianna at the makeup station before Ryan came in with their tour manager.

"Alright everyone, gather over here. We're going to do a prayer circle but we have to make it quick!" Ryan announced and waited for everyone to fill in.

Cory took Dianna by the hand and they walked over to join the others.

"Okay," Ryan began as they all interlocked hands. "Dear God, thank you for this opportunity to be together tonight and to bring people together with our music. Thank you for surrounding us with each other… Give us the strength and stamina to perform a great show and please don't let Heather break an ankle during 'Valerie' dancing in her heels, no matter how small they are. We kind of need her," There were a few chuckles around the circle. "Please make sure the equipment works properly like it did in sound check this afternoon and lastly but most importantly, let us start this tour off with a bang!"

The group clapped and let out a couple hoots and hollers before dispersing and getting last minute cups of water from crew before they had to go on.

"Hey!" Cory shouted, gaining the attention of the group before lifting up his cup of water. "It might not be champagne or anything but here's to an amazing show tonight!" Then he tipped back the cup to his lips to finish his water and the rest followed suit.

Out in the arena, the shouts and chants for the cast were taken down a notch as the pre recorded video of Jane as Sue played on the big screen, introducing them.

Cory laughed quietly as he listened to the video over the screams and shouts of fans. Jane was hilarious as she ranted on as Sue Sylvester about how much the glee club sucked.

"I cannot believe you people were willing to part with your hard earned sheckles for this. You probably should have just used it to buy a shake weight for yourself. You all need it. But hey, if you really want to spend your money on a bunch of misfit glee kids, then I can't stop you…" The video showed Jane looking around on the screen at the crowd. "Why are you standing? They haven't even done anything yet!"

The arena filled with high-pitched screams after she said this and the cast began to take their designated places for their first and most iconic song, 'Don't Stop Believin.' Before Cory made his way onto the dark stage with Lea, Chris, Jenna, Kevin and Amber as the six original glee club members to be the ones to start the song, he kissed Dianna one last time for reassurance.

"This is ridiculous! Fine, you want them, you can have them and as a matter of fact, keep them so they don't stink up the McKinley hallways with their loser-dom…. Ladies and gentlemen, future shake weight success stories of America… The New Directions!"

The arena filled with loudest screams yet as the stage lit up to present the six with their backs to the crowd and the intro music began to play.

First to spin around, like the choreography called for, was Amber as she sang the signature, 'duh-duhs' of the beginning. Next Kevin joined her to face the crowd in his wheelchair followed by Jenna, Lea, and finally Cory as he began to walk forward on stage and begin his part.

"Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world… She took the midnight train goin' anywhere…" He sang powerfully into the microphone in his hand as the screams rocked loud.

"Just a city boy," Lea continued and if it was even possible, the screams increased in pitch and quantity. Lea's voice had that effect on people. "Born and raised in south Detroit… He took the midnight train goin' anywhere…"

As the first interlude began and the guitar riff grew, every other member of the cast walked out on stage one by one from the wings and did a little signature move of their character before joining the original six in a line across the stage.

Cory grinned heavily when Dianna walked out with a beaming smile and did a little stop and wave before joining in the line. He knew she was really nervous but she showed no signs of portraying it.

One of the last people to come on stage was Mark. The crowd went wild as he completely encompassed Puck and thrusted his hips toward the audience.

Finally as a full group, they all began to sing and move around stage flawlessly.

"A singer in a smokey room…"

"A smell of wine and cheap perfume…"

"For a smile they can share the night, it goes on and on and on and on…" Lea and Cory sang simultaneously and the crowd roared.

Dianna smiled happily as she watched her boyfriend light up on stage and sing. His lack of nerves and great performance made her own nerves dwindle away as she sang.

"Don't stop believin'… Hold on to that feelin'… Streetlights people…"

By the end of the song Cory could barely hear himself think over the roar of the crowd and he wouldn't have had it any other way. Their first performance went off without a hitch and the hoards of screaming fans proved that.

While the screams continued, the stage went dark once more allowing the group to run to backstage so 'Slave 4 U' could get prepped along with Heather.

As Cory ran around backstage, he could hear the next video clip star with Matt as Mr. Schue with Jane talking about their performance.

"Come on Sue, the kids did great."

Jane rolled her eyes. "Please, William that performance was mediocre at best. My dead grandmother could have put on a better show than that even in her worse days."

"See, I told you you'd be amazing." Cory complimented Dianna as she made her way back stage.

"Not as good as you!" She returned enthusiastically with a beaming smile. "You and Lea were great!"

He shared her smile as they grabbed more water and hung out with everyone and talked about the performance as Heather made her way on stage in her blue raincoat to cover up her scantily cladded body in her 'Slave 4 U' outfit.

Once the song started up, Cory joined the guys on the wings of the stage to watch Heather's sexified performance and the girls plus Chris all sat and chatted while they caught their breath.

They gave the guys hard glares as they watched Heather but they didn't pay much attention to them because they were too focused on the blonde on stage dancing to the sexy Britney classic. What? They were guys.

"I love each of them like they were my own brothers but sometimes they disgust me." Naya commented when she turned her vision away from the men.

"What do we expect? They're guys," Lea added and they all had to admit it and shrug. "They watched during the rehearsals too."

Jenna turned to look at them again and her eyes fell on Cory.

"I'm surprised you don't have Cory trained yet, Di." She joked and Dianna smirked knowing she was totally going to prove them wrong and looked over to her boyfriend.

"Cor?" She called. "Come here for a sec."

Cory's head whipped around to see Dianna staring at him and like an obedient dog, he obliged without another glance to Heather on stage.

He walked over to the group of women and Chris. "Yeah?"

Before Dianna could even say anything, Naya, Lea, Jenna, Chris and Amber all made simultaneous whipped sounds with accompanying whipping motions.

Dianna giggled and asked, "I just wanted to know if you'd like to join our conversation?"

He glanced at all the smirks on them and gave her a raise of the brow. "About?"

Dianna quickly glanced to the Naya who returned her glance and her smirk grew knowing Dianna could come up with something good to say. They discreetly shared this before Dianna turned back to Cory.

"How utterly gorgeous Channing Tatum is." The blonde lied and giggled as Cory's brow shot even higher than it was before.

He stared at her incredulously. "You want me to sit and talk about how gorgeous Channing Tatum is?" Dianna nodded, which made him groan internally. He didn't exactly care to gossip about another dude but he did once tell Dianna he'd do anything for her and he prayed that she would think of this fondly when he finally agreed. "Sure, I… guess."

The group laughed, threw another round of whips out and Cory only sighed.

The night progressed faster than they thought with songs like 'Don't Stop Believin,' Heather's 'Slave 4 U,' Mark's 'Fat Bottomed Girls,' 'Sing' and Lea's performance of 'Firework' already having been done along with a few others. Cory's solo performance was next.

He found himself sitting on the lit up stairs on the back of the stage as the lights went up and the guitarist began playing the intro of 'Jesse's Girl.'

"Jesse is a friend… Yeah I know he's been a good friend of mine…" He began and got up from the steps to walk downstage.

"But lately something's changed that ain't hard to define, Jesse's got himself a girl and I wanna make her mine…"

He continued to sing and tried to make sure he didn't jump this time when the small cannons went off behind him at this part of the song. He literally almost had a heart attack when they went off during rehearsals earlier that afternoon not knowing they were even being used for the performance.

"You know, I wish that I had Jesse's girl!" He sang and ran down to the front of the stage towards the lucky fans that had floor seats. "I wish that I had Jesse's girl… Where can I find a woman like that…"

As he walked across the stage, he shook a few hands that were clawing for him before continuing.

Instead of sitting around this time, Dianna stood where the guys had for 'Slave 4 U' and watched her boyfriend rock on stage. She couldn't help but almost connect the song with the past. Was this what Cory was feeling when she was with Alex? Did he wish that he could have Alex's girl? But she didn't feel bad anymore and smiled because he got exactly what he wanted. She was his now and she wanted it that way.

Back on stage, Cory continued to connect with the audience and have fun as he sang, even going as far as to take the sticks from the drummer and play the quick drum solo.

Before Dianna even knew it because it was a short song, Cory was running off stage towards her.

"Hey," he panted a little out of breath. "How'd I do?"

"Amazingly!" Dianna complimented proudly. "So sexy."

"Oh yeah?" Cory wiggled his eyebrows before chuckling and pulling her in for a kiss.

"Alright, enough you two," Ryan came over and ordered. "Lea and Chris are starting 'Happy Days Are Here Again' on the far stage and everyone needs to be on stage sitting now."

Once Ryan walked away, Dianna and Cory shared a look.

"Guess we better get out there."

Cory nodded in agreement and the pair walked out with the rest of the cast as all eyes were on Chris and Lea.

Dianna prepped herself mentally as she sat next to Chord and Cory sat a seat below them.

"You ready?" Chord questioned, keeping one hand on the neck of his guitar as he held out the other to low five Dianna.

She put on a confident face, grinned and smacked down her hand on his. "Hell yeah."

Chord smiled before turning his head to watch Lea and Chris belt out the last parts of their song.

"That was amazing," Naya said as rehearsed while she sat in her own chair on the large stage. "But I think it's my turn to steal the spotlight," She turned around in her seat to face Chord. "So Sam, how about we take 'Trouty Mouth' out for a spin?"

"What do you guys think?" Chord asked the crowd before directing Naya. "I actually had something else in mind," He turned to Dianna and held out his hand. "Will we have this duet?"

Dianna smiled and stood up to take his hand and they made their way down to center stage while Cory watched on as they sang 'Lucky.'

"Do you hear me, I'm talkin' to you…. Across the waters, across the deep blue ocean, under the open sky…" Chord started and strummed on the guitar as Dianna swayed next to him before her verse came up and she began to sing as well.

"Boy I hear you, in my dreams… I hear you whisper, across the seas…"

The corner of Cory's lips arched to create his crooked smile. He loved Dianna's voice the most out of all the girls and not just because she was his girlfriend. He loved it because her voice was so different from the rest; it was light, sweet and airy in comparison to someone like Lea's who was powerful and well, rather loud. Man, all he wanted to do was stare at her.

Cory pulled himself out of his 'Dianna Haze' when he heard the pair start to sing the chorus and share flirtatious looks for the sake of Sam and Quinn.

"Lucky I'm in love with my best friend… Lucky to have been where we have been… Lucky to be coming home again…"

As Dianna sang, she continued to walk slowly around stage and made sure to make brief eye contact with Cory as she sang the lyrics because she meant them.

Whenever Dianna did this, Cory smiled brighter knowing she was singing to him and it helped him be less jealous. Not jealous because he was suspicious of Chord or whatever, but just jealous because he wished he could have been performing this song with her. He never got to sing more than one or two songs with her during each season. He was lucky to 'I Don't Wanna Know' this past one.

About a minute later their song was done and they returned to their seats. Cory gave his girlfriend a high five as she walked by him.

"Wooh! That was sweet right? Really amazing, I mean it but I'm going to say it again, when is it gonna be about me?" Naya announced and Amber stood up from her seat across the stage.

"Oh my god, Santana just get your booty down here and let's bring down this house."

Cory thought this was going to be one of their more fun numbers to do on the tour and man was he right. As Amber and Naya sang 'River Deep, Mountain High' they all got up and got to dance and run around and like the little kid Cory considered himself to be sometimes… most of the time… he absolutely loved it and he got to run around with Dianna so it was more fun.

After Naya and Amber's performance, they all ran backstage for some much needed air and water while Darren and The Warblers took the stage.

"That was awesome!" Cory shouted breathlessly and sipped his water. "I got to show off my sweet moves to the crowd."

"Oh yeah?" Dianna giggled. "I saw you're little body shimmy or whatever it was out there. It looked like you were having a seizure and/or being electrified."

Cory smirked and let out a laugh. "And I still stand by that I'm clearly an amazing dancer."

"Of course you are." Dianna said with a playful eye roll.

"Okay everybody," The pair heard Amber's voice call from another part of backstage. "Naya is going to do 'The Naya Dance' so if y'all want to see it you better get your butts back here!"

Cory and Dianna shared interested looks upon hearing this. They had both heard of 'The Naya Dance' but had never actually seen it. Naya always claimed she has this dance but was always too embarrassed to show them stating it was kind of weird, so when Amber announced she was finally going to debut it outside of her bedroom mirror, they jumped on the chance.

Quickly running to the back, they made it just in time as the rest of the cast made a circle around the Latina before she did a few small side steps in different directions and threw down her arm towards her foot with snaps. She continued to do this for a few more seconds before embarrassment over took her and she started to blush and laugh.

"The infamous Naya Dance everyone!" Cory announced and they all clapped.

After watching Naya dance, they felt like it was a good way to waste time while The Warblers performed so they all took turns dancing in the circle. Kevin, Chord and Mark attempted break dancing while Cory did a more modest dance but decided to spice things up and ended with 'the worm,' which was more of a flopping fish, really followed by Lea, Amber, Jenna, and lastly Dianna who got her moves shouted out to her by Amber.

"Charlie Brown! Now go! Go! Work it! Work it! Work it, work it, workit, workit, workit!"

Dianna was all over the place with her Charlie Brown and just ended up 'working it' to the Running Man.

They all shared a laugh once everyone had danced before they had to change their costumes and get into their 'Born This Way' shirts. Now where was his 'Can't Dance' shirt?

The stage was dark but flashing surrounded by jets shooting up fog or smoke or whatever it was. Cory wasn't that sure as he watched them before he went on but more importantly he focused on how he was going to be making his way around stage because that was the easiest part of this number. All they had to do for the beginning was walk around and show off their t-shirts before stepping backstage for a minute for the beginning parts of the song, easy enough.

When the girls started to sing came the hard part, Cory thought.

On his cue, he ascended one set of stairs onto the stage and was met by Dianna's eyes as she came up the opposite set. On the way to start their walks around, they passed by each other quickly before she stepped out of his line of sight. Not being able to help himself, he turned around so he could see her walking away but to his surprise, she was doing the exact same thing. He slightly blushed at being caught staring even though he knew with the lighting she wouldn't be able to tell, but still.

They shared their lingering eye contact for another second before turning themselves around and continuing on their struts around stage. Dianna bit down on her bottom lip as she did so, feeling a bit embarrassed that she was seen staring. Great minds think alike she supposed.

Once all the girls were out singing and dancing, plus Chris, the rest of the guys walked back onto the stage and took their designated spots. Now originally, Cory's spot wasn't near Dianna's. He started on the opposite end of the stage but thankfully the choreography had him near her a few times, but for right then, he danced in his starting position, recalling every move Zach went through with them and with him a few more times.

Finally, the choreography had Cory make his way across the stage and wind up in front if Dianna while the dance called for her to step down from behind him and pass. Well, if Cory said he was going to use this dance to his advantage, Dianna would too.

She smirked a little to herself as she stepped down from the platform behind Cory and let her hand skim or actually feel (possibly grope) down Cory's shoulder, only glancing back to him briefly with that smirk and twinkle in her eye.

Cory's brows shot up into his forehead at the touch and he had even fumbled a little with his footwork when she looked back to him with that twinkle and the 'Two can play at this game' smirk.

Oh, it was so on.

Cory continued to dance and wait for the right time to battle it out with Dianna on stage, the battle being who could stare and touch the most or give the most sensual looks. He could totally stare at her ass and she knew it! That would be worth a billion points if they were keeping track. He had the utmost confidence that he would definitely win.

And he got the perfect opportunity to do just that when, like he knew would happen eventually, the choreography had her dancing right in front of him. Bingo.

He took a few seconds to shamelessly stare at her butt as they danced and he knew she was aware because when they finally moved again, she gave him a subtle glare but he easily picked up on it.

'Whatever, score one for Cory!' He mused with a gigantic smirk.

After they got off stage Dianna breezed passed him but not before stating how shameless he was.

"What?" He snickered. "I told you I was going to do it."

"Yeah but I thought you'd at least be subtle about it."

Cory was about to apologize because she seemed peeved but when he noticed the faintest of a smile playing on her lips he figured he'd just keep teasing her.

"You should be the first to know I'm the least subtle person ever. If I was don't you think I would have been better at hiding my feelings for you when you were with Alex?"

Dianna nodded her head from side to side because she had to agree. "Sure but all I am saying is that I wouldn't want your leering to become one of those GIF things."

The tall brunette began to laugh. "That would be hilarious! Just a video of me looking at your but over and over again."

"Okay I'm out of here." She rolled her eyes and marched towards the dressing rooms for their next outfits.

"Just repeated ass staring, over and over and over again." Cory chuckled to himself before following.

For the rest of the night, the concert progressed as planned as their set list continued to be performed. After 'Born This Way' Lea blew the crowd away with her rendition of 'Don't Rain on My Parade' followed by 'Loser Like Me,' Naya singing 'Valerie' with Heather and Harry successfully dancing in accompaniment with no broken anythings to Ryan's relief, Kevin knocking 'Safety Dance' out of the park and 'Empire State of Mind' which went great. Cory didn't mean to toot his own horn but hey, maybe if Glee never worked out he could totally become a rapper. Dianna told him it ranged from a maybe… to Amber's quote on quote, "No way, white boy!"

All they had left on the set list was 'Somebody to Love.'

Cory stared straight out into the massive crowd as everyone lined the steps around him had their backs to the audience. He held his microphone in his right hand as he let his fingers play with the material on the end of his sleeve with the other. He tended to do this when he was nervous or anxious. Every time he performed he'd feel this way even if it were only a little bit.

After sweeping his eyes over the arena one last time, he let his left hand fall back to rest at his side and began the song.

"Caaaaaaannnn..."

Everyone starting from his right spun around to face the arena, extending their arm lifting them to the audience and began to harmonize.

"Anybody… find me… somebody to love…"

As Lea was a natural lead, she stepped out from the group, began to walk down the stage and sing.

"Each morning I get up I die a little…" Her voice echoed through the giant arena perfectly. "Can barely stand on my feet…"

Cory spun with the rest of the group before he too stepped down to join Lea.

"Take a look in the mirror and cry, Lord what you're doing to me…"

The choreography went smoothly just like in rehearsals as they sang over the screaming fans.

"Somebody, oooh somebody…" Lea and Cory harmonized before the rest joined. "Can anybody find me…"

Lea grinned as she finished the lyric while Cory ran to the other end of the stage. "Somebody to love…"

"Got no feel, I got no rhythm… I just keep losing my beat…" Cory continued as everyone else danced and pointed to Lea to continue.

"I'm okay, I'm alright… Ain't gonna face no defeat…"

"I just gotta get out of this prison cell… someday I'm gonna be free, Lord!"

The crowd cheered as Lea and Cory sang this part and got even more excited and began to clap in unison when the signature "Find me somebody to love…" chants from the cast began to be sang.

"Can anybody find me…"

They lined up at the front of the stage with their heads down and Cory shuffled to the side towards Darren to avoid getting a sparkler pyrotechnic rained down on him from the cannons. Those things will burn your hair! He had seen one land on Chord's head in rehearsals and watched as the man frantically patted the top of his head to extinguish the pyrotechnic. Thankfully it didn't do any damage other than emotionally scar Chord when Mark jokingly told him it had created a bald spot.

While pretty much everyone made sure no pyrotechnics were getting in hair-scare distance, Amber belted out her lyric.

"Somebody toooo looove?"

After, they all stepped back onto the set of stairs on stage while adding their little, 'Somebody's and 'Ooohs's.

"Somebody find me…"

"Find meee…"

"Somebody fine mee…"

"Somebody to love… Somebody, somebody, somebody…"

"To…" They raised their arms slowly towards the sky. "Loooovvvveeeee!"

Confetti rained down as the crowd cheered, screamed, whistled, clapped and pretty much anything else they could do.

The music still played as they all got down from the stairs and made a line to bow before stepping back and giving the crowd their own smiles and waves.

Just as he waved to the left section of the arena, he felt someone run into his side.

"Hey!" He yelled over the crowd just so the person could hear him.

"Hey!" Dianna shouted back with a whopping smile. She wrapped her arms around his waist and squeezed tight while he let one arm drape over her shoulders and around her neck to pull her closer.

"Thank you, Las Vegas!" Lea shouted to the crowd earning some more cheers.

"Let's thank the dancers!" Cory added after Dianna had let him go to give hugs to the rest of the cast.

Minutes later, the stage had reached its full capacity when all the dancers and the boys of The Warblers joined them to say their thanks and wave to the crowd.

All the performers made a line at the front of the stage and bowed once more before reaching down and touching the outstretched hands of fans in the first couple rows.

"I love you!" One girl shouted to Cory as he bent down and shook her hand.

He laughed and gave her a big smile and humored her. "I love you, too."

The girl grabbed at her chest and screamed with happiness as she began to jump with whom Cory assumed was a friend.

He chuckled some more and shook a few other hands.

"Thank you so much, Vegas!" Kevin spoke into his microphone. "We love you!"

After a few more thank you's, they all made their way back stage to be greeted by an ecstatic tour manager and Ryan.

"Great, really great show, everyone!" The tour manager congratulated, giving a couple high fives to some.

"I think that's the way we start off the tour!" Ryan shouted enthusiastically and everyone clapped. "Let's do it all again in Sacramento, huh?"

"You know it!"

"Hells yeah!"

After their own backstage celebrations came the quick debriefing of their schedules from the tour manager and his assistant before they all got changed into their street clothes and made their way towards their tour busses through the arenas 'tunnels'.

Cory walked with Lea and Dianna out to the lot. "We rocked the house tonight."

"Hell yeah we did!" Lea exclaimed and laughed when Dianna threw up a fist in agreement.

The trio continued to share their thoughts and favorite parts about the show tonight when screams and shouts over came them.

Outside of their row of busses was a small barrier fence to separate the area making the part with the busses private and being held back by it was a pretty decent sized line of fans screaming for them.

"Great show!" One person yelled while others had compliments for people of the cast.

"We love you, guys!" A group of girls decked out in Glee attire screamed.

Cory scanned the line of people before grinning and turning to one of their traveling crew.

"Do we have time to sign a few autographs or something?" He questioned and the man pursed his lips in thought before replying.

"I think we could spare maybe ten or fifteen minutes."

Cory smiled thankfully. "Great."

He turned to Dianna and Lea. "What do you say? Wanna go over and make someone's night?"

The women shared a look and smiled before nodding their heads in agreement.

"Hey, we have about ten minutes to spare before we need to get on the busses," Cory informed the group of Darren, Chord, Naya, and Amber. "Do you guys want to come over with Di, Lea, and I to say hi to the fans?"

Without hesitation, the group shared smiles and agreed and just in time as the rest of the cast filed out of the backstage tunnels to the parking lot.

After quickly letting everyone know what they were going to do, they made their way over to the fans by the barrier whose faces only lit up more as they saw the cast approaching.

"Ohmygod!" One girl shouted quickly in one breath, clearly excited. "Naya! Heather! Can I get a picture with you please?"

"Mark, will you sign this?"

"Hi, Lea, you were really great tonight! Will you sign my shirt?"

Dianna and Cory stuck together as the cast shuffled from person to person to sign as much as they could before a group of girls and a few guys asked to get a picture with Dianna.

"Finn?" Cory turned his head to find the little voice that called out to him by his show name. He couldn't help but smile brightly when he found the person. It was a younger girl and from the looks of it, she couldn't have been more than eight or nine because she was barely taller than the barrier. She really caught his attention though because she looked a lot like his niece, Alexis right down to the cool blue color of her eyes and the softness of her voice.

"Hey," Cory greeted sweetly and bent down to meet the girl at her height. "How are you?"

The little girl's face lit up upon Cory's recognition. "I'm fine, thank you."

His smile got a little wider at hearing her polite response. Mad props to the parents for raising the girl to be mannerly.

"Good. What can I do for you?" He asked the girl and she thrusted out her program of the show. "Do you want me to sign that?"

"Please." Cory appreciated the manners again.

One of the crew that had come over with the group handed Cory a sharpie and he opened the program to its first page before writing.

"What's your name, sweetheart?" He asked the little girl.

"Sarah. What's yours?"

"That's a really nice name. Mine's Cory." He replied with his smile before penning the page. "Do you want me to sign this from Finn, though?"

The girl shook her head. "No, you can sign it from Cory now that I know your real name."

He nodded his head, still smiling. "Okay, will do."

He handed it back when he finished writing.

The girl looked excitedly down to the page and her eyes lit up at seeing that he actually wrote her something instead of just signing his name like she had expected.

She read it out loud. "Sarah, I hope you enjoyed the show tonight. What was your favorite part? Mine was meeting you. You're the best – Cory Monteith"

Sarah's face lit up just as intensely as her eyes a minute ago after reading it.

"Your favorite part was meeting me?"

"You bet," he promised her. "Meeting people like you is the best part of all of this."

Sarah giggled to herself. "Well mine was when you guys sang 'Born This Way' and you turned to look at Quinn when you came on the stage. Finn and Quinn are my favorite."

Cory was surprised to hear this. Not only was he shocked to hear that people actually noticed him and Dianna sharing looks, he was even more shocked to hear the girl's favorite couple of Glee were Finn and Quinn. Usually he got Finchel as the favorite when he asked.

And as if Dianna had attuned hearing to her show name, she appeared next to him.

"Hey," she greeted her boyfriend before looking down to the girl he must have been signing stuff for. "Hi there."

"Hi, Quinn," Sarah responded happily, excited that her two favorite characters were right in front of her.

Dianna glanced back to Cory who informed her that the girl didn't know their real names before smiling back to the girl.

"I'm Dianna. What's your name?"

"Sarah. You guys are my favorite!" She informed Dianna enthusiastically.

"Would it be possible if she could get a picture with the two of you?" A woman standing behind Sarah asked and Cory assumed it must have been her mother.

"Absolutely," Dianna replied. "I was just about to ask if she'd like one."

With the permission of the tour crewman that was with them, Sarah, followed by her mother, went around the barrier to meet with Cory and Dianna for the picture.

They squatted down on each side of the girl and they all gave big smiles when the camera flashed.

"Can we do a silly one?" Sarah turned and questioned the pair. "My friend's are never going to believe I met you and I wanted to show them the picture and tell them how cool you were."

Cory glanced back to the cast retreating back to the busses before he turned to the girl.

"I think we can do a quick one." He answered and Dianna nodded in agreement.

"Okay, one, two, three!" The mother called and the three made goofy faces for the camera before they stood up and said their goodbyes to Sarah and her mom.

Cory wrapped his arm around Dianna's shoulders as they walked to rejoin their cast.

"Onto Sacramento?"

Dianna turned her up to look at him and smiled as they walked. "To Sacramento."

I think I'll add a couple more chapters for the tour but they won't be performance heavy like this. I think that'd get repetitive and frankly, really boring. Plus this was hard to write! I also won't be including every stop they make as this would be super long. I'm thinking just a few stops will only be mentioned by name but could play into the story line nicely. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter and maybe felt a little like a fly on the wall.

Reviews would be awesome and more suggestions would be pretty cool of you guys too!