Hello again! Over the last year I've gotten so many messages and reviews that say how much you love my stories and how you want updates again and I can finally say after my hiatus that I am back to updating! Though they won't be extremely frequent, I won't wait a year to update again! So with that, I just want to say thanks to everyone that kept reminding me I still had people that wanted to read, so thank you!

On story topic, events in real life are definitely out of order and do not happen as they did in reality because I couldn't tell you when half the things I write about in chronological order. As a reminder, this is a 50/50 fic (50% real life happenings/50% all from my head) so keep that in mind. The interview is mostly words taken from actual interviews. Also, rest in piece Cory Monteith. I will keep his spirit alive through this story.

All grammar/spelling mistakes are mine. Read on :)

The worn couch of the Detroit greenroom made a muffled thumping sound as Cory and Kevin collapsed onto it. They, yet again, had another high energy, entertaining and successful concert to check of their list of U.S. tour stops and the cast and crew couldn't have been happier with how everything was going.

Ryan had been especially pleased with their work and the fact that Cory and Dianna had been true to their word with returning on schedule from their impromptu trip along with being discreet, of course. He was thankful he didn't get chewed out by his superiors for letting them off the tour and also for not having to discipline the couple in return. All was well with the world.

On the couch, Cory gratefully accepted a bottle of water from a crewmember and took a long sip. Man, was he parched!

"Alright guys, what can I say? Another fantastic show! I'm proud of every one of you here tonight!" Ryan announced with a large grin and everyone shared gleefully proud looks. "Especially so tonight because it began the filming of our concert movie!"

The small room filled with cast and crew erupted with hoots and hollers.

They had been very excited when they found out they would be filming a concert movie for their tour, thinking it was a great way to share the concert experience with the fans that weren't able to make it to a live concert. Corporate agreed whole-heartedly with that reasoning even though their focus was to only generate capital. Though the cast knew this was the major reason why they were making this movie, they agreed it was more so to share the excitement and experience of the concerts with the fans. Everyone always kept the fact that the fans were the reason why they were even able to have a show, never mind the concerts and movie in the back of their heads. Without them, there would not be a Glee. That was the most important to them.

After a quick meeting of how the next few tour destinations were going to be carried out and the dates for their concert movie interviews, the group was dismissed to their tour busses for the night.

"So what do you guys think about giving the interviews for the movie?" Mark questioned Cory, Dianna, Kevin and Naya as they all sat down on the couches in their shared tour bus.

Kevin smiled happily at the thought. "I'm actually looking forward to talking about the movie. It's the first time we've down something like this and it's going to be cool to share with people."

"I agree," Dianna said, as she played with Cory's fingers in her lap. "It's really exciting."

"And it's cool we get to do our interview together," Cory added, smiling sweetly at his girlfriend. Naya made gagging sounds.

"Ugh, could you two be any more sweet? I'm getting a toothache," She quipped, but smiled to show she was only teasing. "And I get to be right there with you."

"Speaking of you two," Mark interjected. "How was your trip back home?"

Cory quickly pressed a kiss to Dianna's cheek and smiled as he drew his attention to the mohawked man on the couch across from them.

"It went really well. Everyone loved her," He informed the group, ending on a soft note as he gazed back at the woman who stole his heart those years ago.

Dianna blushed and looked down at their intertwined fingers as she could feel her boyfriend's eyes on her, gleaming with nothing but adoration and pride. Shaking the heat from her cheeks and smiling, the blonde returned her eyes to her friends.

"His family was lovely."

"And how were those Star Wars sheets, Di?" Naya teased, elbowing the blonde for emphasis.

Cory quirked a questioning brow and let out a chuckle. "Star Wars sheets?"

"He doesn't have Star Wars sheets!" Dianna corrected and laughed off the Latina's attempt and the slow return of rosiness to her face. "They were Canucks themed!"

"Just like you told us they'd be!" Naya laughed, and playfully slapped at Dianna's knee.

"Don't you just love being their butt of a joke?" Kevin sarcastically asked the tall brunette, who nodded but shrugged and chuckled, knowing the girls didn't mean anything by it.

"Okay, that is enough, ladies!" He interrupted, feigning embarrassment so his girlfriend would feel bad. Who knows? Maybe he would get a little somethin, somethin out it. "Now we all know how I slept on hockey sheets when I was a kid. You had your laugh."

Dianna's laughter teetered out as she turned to face Cory, placed a hand on his cheek and rubbed her thumb over it. "Aw baby, we were only joking. I'll make it up to you later," She whispered the last part but not quiet enough so the rest wouldn't hear her.

"Ugh!" Mark and Naya gagged in unison while Kevin laughed.

"Well you guys have fun," Kevin said as he stood up. "I'm gonna try and catch some shut eye for a bit. I'll talk to you guys later."

The group waved him off before continuing their chat.

"So did you have Cory-Dianna fun times on those sheets?" Naya questioned with a smirk while Mark leaned in, barely able to keep his own smirk at bay.

"I don't think I want to discuss—"

"She took advantage of me, that's all I'll say. I was innocent!" The tall brunette interrupted, throwing his hands in the air in surrender to bring the point home before receiving a tight fist to his chest.

"Cory!"

A few days later had the cast doing their separate interviews for their concert movie.

Cory snuck a glance over to Dianna who was seated to his right, then to Naya on his left. He was still extremely excited and happy to have gotten the chance to interview with her by his side. He hoped he'd be able to do this for a long time.

"Hello guys," Came the interviewers voice as he entered the small sound room where they were seated for their interview, along with a couple of cameramen. "My name is Aaron, it's nice to meet you all."

Cory took the man's hand to shake as he offered it to everyone in a polite show and they greeted him back equally.

Aaron took his own seat just a couple of feet or so across from them and scanned through his notecards for the last time before giving the trio the low down on how the interview would go.

"So basically what we're going to do is casually chat about how awesome your new concert movie is going to be," The group smiled at hearing this compliment. "What type of experience it's going to be for the fans, how you think the concerts and the show, in general affect them as well as ask some fun, silly questions so we aren't too serious. We're going to get right into it as the start up."

Aaron gave them a smile and a thumb up before the cameramen began sound and speed. Then they started.

"So we have the lovely Dianna Agron, Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera with us today. Thanks guys for being here."

"Thank you for having us," Dianna replied and Cory nodded.

"Yeah, great to be here," He added with a grin.

Aaron briefly glanced down to his cards in his lap before he directed his attention back to them. "So I want to get right into the movie with you guys."

Cory nodded along. "Sure, shoot."

"How does the movie take the Glee experience to a different level for the fans?"

Naya was the first to speak for the three of them.

"It's like an all access, backstage pass for those people who didn't get to go to the concerts so they can see it," She explained while Cory and Dianna agreed from her side. "And they can see those sneak peaks and backstage moments and see us just performing and doing what we love—"

Dianna nodded and added, "You know, lots of pyro. Lots of fire explosions."

"Boom," Cory said, even throwing in an explosion like hand gesture, getting Naya and Dianna to giggle.

"I bet it's pretty crazy," Aaron commented with a chuckle of his own. "You know, fireworks and flames going off right next to you. No one suffered any burns there, right?"

They all laughed.

"No, not yet," Naya answered, her thousand watt smile shining brightly for the interviewer and cameras. Cory was still amazed with how that look was able to capture the attention of anyone it was directed at along with the entire rest of the room.

"That's good to hear," He continued. "And how is it doing the concerts versus the show?"

"Well they're very different-"

"We travel a lot," Dianna said, effectively cutting Naya off, who she shot a look of an apology to. Naya waved her off to show it was not a big deal.

"Yeah, with the travel and adrenaline rushes every night," Naya was able to finish.

"And how is it connecting with your fans from across the country and other continents?"

"Well," Cory began as he decided to be the one to take on the question. "Being able to connect—to give back to and being able to show…"

"Pull your thoughts together there, Cor," Dianna spoke, rubbing Cory's arm in an encouraging manner.

Cory quickly shot his girlfriend a thankful smile before he carried on.

"It's like—could you imagine going into a room of like, 20,000 people who don't usually get to see you in person, they just usually watch you on television, you know, they're following you on the internet and all these things and- and, they get to see you in person!"

When Cory had finished what he was saying, Dianna returned her eyes to the interviewer and off of her boyfriend to speak. "And that is what's so great about our live concerts. You see the people that came out to see you and you see all the emotion they're bringing and especially in their faces. They could be crying and screaming with excitement and showing how you're affecting them. It's something we don't get to see when we're filming."

"Yeah, definitely," Naya agreed.

Aaron the interviewer nodded his head and looked to Dianna to begin with. "I liked how you just said that you affect your fans and it brings me to my next question… You share many social issues on Glee and through this concert experience, have you guys been able to meet people—the fans—who share those kinds of stories and how rewarding it is for you guys to meet people like that, that you not only inspire but in addition, you give then almost like a- like a place in society."

"We've gotten to meet a lot of people that have had stories similar to those on the show by just doing things like meet and greets and from getting letters that we read on the bus or jet on tour," Naya responded with such a level of sincerity, you could tell how passionate she was about the question—how passionate they all really were. "There's many, many people and it's overwhelming, it keeps us humble and let's us know that we're apart of something that's much bigger than just a television show."

"And to know that you're doing this—not just entertaining people," Cory proceeded. "But changing their lives. It's something that we never thought we'd be doing but we are and we're very grateful for it."

Naya grinned and patted the brunette on his back. "Nicely said, Cor."

He looked over to his left and returned her grin while Dianna rubbed his shoulder in agreement.

"Okay you three," Aaron spoke up, effectively breaking the trio out of their compliments session. "Now before this, I was just in the other room with some of your other cast mates to get the dirt-"

"Get the dirt?" Cory's brows shot into his forehead in surprise before he laughed.

"Yes, to get the dirt on you three," He confirmed with a smirk. "I had to ask the tough questions over there which were, who the biggest flirt was on tour and guess who they said?"

"Cory!" Naya proclaimed, confident with her guess. Dianna ran her hand slowly down the length of her boyfriend's arm to drive the point home before she was shocked by the interviewer who pointed at her.

Cory laughed when he looked over to the blonde next to him. The look of shock and played out betrayal on her face were priceless.

"Me? No way!"

"Why were you assuming it was me?" Cory asked Naya who shrugged.

"Well in the pole- in the pole you were up over the rest of us."

"Yeah, in the—apparently MTV poll you were…" Dianna trailed off, still shaking off her own surprise to be called the biggest flirt by her cast mates.

Naya knocked Cory's arm and gestured to the blonde.

"She just stole your title."

"You just robbed me of my title!" He shouted while he tried to make himself sound serious to not much avail.

Aaron was the next to comment.

"Apparently you bat your eyes and that's how you flirt with people."

"Yes! Totally spot on. I can attest to that!" Cory claimed.

Dianna's mouth formed an oh as the realization washed over her. "Oh god, I didn't even know I was sending these signals."

"Alright guys, last question if you're ready for it."

"Oh we are so ready," Cory responded with an ooze of geeky confidence that Dianna thought was extremely sexy. He was her sexy geek.

Aaron looked at Dianna but directed his question to all of them. "Are there any type of practical jokes done on you on set? You know like, Naya put stuff in your food or you stole his underwear?"

Dianna gasped, her eyes wide with playful mirth. "Oh how did you know that?!"

Cory nodded his head towards Dianna. "She's a panty snatcher. We've got a panty snatcher over there."

"No but really," Dianna started and let her laughter die out. "Naya played a prank for a while on everyone. She was sending mystery texts to people from a number that was not her own."

"Why don't uh, why don't you tell us about that," Cory suggested and shot an accusing look at the Latina.

Naya let her head fall back as she laughed about it for a second then looked up. "Like A from Pretty Little Liars," The group chuckled and she continued. "And I would sign off from every text with 'kisses A'."

"She had another phone with a number nobody knew," The blonde informed Aaron the interviewer.

The Latina smiled to herself. "It was good. It was funny and it was all in good fun."

"I'm sure," Aaron smiled with them. "But before I let you guys go I just want to say that I saw a few rough cuts from the filming you guys did the other day and I think it was great. The movie will be fantastic."

"Aw, thank you," Dianna replied and shook Rob's hand.

"Well, I appreciate you guys coming in and for your time."

"Again, thanks for having us," Cory said and shook the man's hand once more before they left for the day.

Dianna, on the other hand, had to confront her cast mates about being called the biggest flirt.

The following few days after the cast did their interviews for their concert movie, they were allowed a couple days rest in between concerts and Cory had plans.

It was kind of a spur of the moment decision for him, one he made while he sat in his hotel room, scrolling through his twitter feed. As he was reading some tweets from very excited fans, the picture of him and Dianna sharing a kiss in front of the Eiffel Tower that he had taken of them while he filmed Monte Carlo popped up on his screen with an accompanying text.

Hey babe, I'm going out with Naya and Heather for some shopping and lunch. I'll see you at the hotel later tonight. Love you xo –Dianna

After reading, Cory shot back a quick reply of, 'all right, see you then. Love you too' and pulled up his saved pictures in his iPhone. He scanned his hundreds of pictures before he found the one that was Dianna's contact picture.

He smiled softly as he stared down at the picture of the two of them kissing in the City of Love. The moment had been so surreal for him. There he was, in one of the most famous, romantic cities in the entire world, holding and sharing the sweetest of kisses with the woman he adored and had adored for as long as he can remember. Still to this day, he couldn't believe that she chose him of all the people in the world. She was beyond beautiful—just completely gorgeous and out of the many guys that sought her attention, she somehow picked him, the awkwardly tall, goofy Canadian.

He just could not stop thinking how lucky he was to call Dianna his and he knew he never wanted to let her go. She was it for him and just like his mom had said, when you know, you know, and that was the thought that lead him to call Lea and Mark.

"Hey, Lea," Cory greeted as he heard his pint sized best girl friend answer her phone.

"Hey, Cor what's going on?"

"Are you busy?"

"No, not particularly. I'm just doing some knitting."

Cory stifled his laughter when he heard this. He always made jokes about her being an old lady because she enjoyed knitting. She never took too kindly to what he found so amusing.

"Could you maybe go to a jewelry store with me? I would really appreciate your opinion."

"Oohh, thinking of buying something nice for Lady Di?"

Cory chuckled. "Yeah, something like that. Oh, and could you call Mark and ask if he's free to tag along? I want a guy's opinion, too. I'd do it myself but I have other calls to make. I don't want any photographers snapping any pictures of me in jewelry stores and Dianna seeing them."

Cory had to retract his cell from his ear and create some distance so Lea's squeal didn't burst an eardrum.

"Oh my god! Are you picking out an engagement ring for her?!"

"No! I- I mean, I don't know," He said when he figured it was safe to put the phone back to his ear. "I just want to take a look at some for future reference."

"Mhm… whatever you say, Cor."

Cory rolled his eyes. He could tell by the tone of her voice that she had a smug grin plastered on her face.

"Alright, so give Mark a ring and meet me at the back exit of the hotel in a half hour."

Once he was off the phone, Cory threw it to his side on the bed where he had been sitting, laid down and let his thoughts drift freely.

Did he love Dianna? Well that answer was easy—of course he did, without a doubt in his mind or heart. He was certain that she was the love of his life so he had no concerns of where his true feelings were.

Did he want to marry her? Another simple answer—yes. Yes he definitely wouldn't mind sharing the rest of his life with the blonde in marital bliss and he would happily welcome a family with her.

Then the harder questions started surfacing.

Were you supposed to be together for longer before proposing? Well, according to his mother, there's no set amount of time that must be endured before a proposal because when you know, well you just know and why would you prolong the inevitable? But he didn't necessarily feel comfortable with that explanation. He agreed with the when you know, you know concept but at the same time, shouldn't a couple date longer to share more happy memories and to truly make sure you're both in it for the long haul?

Then there were more worries about popping the question when it came to Dianna and him and their relationship in the public eye. Would they suffer from public scrutiny and harsh and judgmental opinions from what would look like a shotgun engagement so early in their relationship? People would surely think she was pregnant or something else crazy to explain their new status.

Should they move in together first?

Cory exhaled a deep breath and dropped his hands over his eyes, rubbing the stress out of them.

No, he wouldn't let all these thoughts invade his mind right before he was about to go ring browsing. He just kept repeating how much he loved her to himself in his head to psych himself up.

It was just ring browsing after all. Not ring shopping because that would require buying one.

With that last thought, Cory allowed a smile to take over his lips and threw on his jacket and shoes before leaving to meet with Lea and Mark.

After procuring a driver to take them to the closest jewelry store to their hotel, the black SUV pulled into a side street that was adjacent to a Tiffany & Co.

One by one, they slipped into the store but not before making sure there were no paparazzi around. Once inside, a Tiffany & Co. salesperson immediately approached to help them.

"Hello and welcome to Tiffany & Co." The petite blonde said in greeting. "If you need any assistance in your shopping today, just let me know and I'd be more than happy to help you out."

Cory nodded to the woman in lieu of a verbal response and began to walk slowly through the walkways of glass cases.

"So you're buying Di a ring?" Mark questioned with raised brows, sounding shocked.

The tall brunette shrugged his shoulders. "I don't- I don't know. I'm just looking around, really."

"But you guys haven't even lived together yet!"

"Shut up, Mark," Lea backhanded the mohawked man's bicep. "You don't need to live together to get engaged. I don't know why all boys think that."

"Cory totally thinks that!" Mark defended with a pointed finger at the accused, which earned him another glare from the pint-sized brunette before she directed her attention to the man in question.

"Is that what you think, Cor?"

He sighed. "It's not that I think it's a rule or anything but I just feel like the next natural step is to move in together. I don't know. Maybe it's just a guy's opinion but that's how I personally feel. If we had been dating longer then we have, like years longer, I would propose to her in a heartbeat but that's not the case."

"Haven't you ever heard of the, 'when you know, you just know' concept?"

Cory released an exasperated breath and chuckled upon hearing Lea's comment. "First my mom, now you. I think that's totally a woman thing."

"No, it's a human being thing," She retorted with an eye roll and pulled out her phone to reveal a picture of her and Dianna before zooming in to the blonde. "Do you love this woman?"

"Really?" Cory arched an eyebrow in annoyance. "We're doing this right now?"

"Yes!" Lea proclaimed and Mark let out a hushed, "Apparently."

"Yes, I love her!" Cory answered, figuring there was no point in fighting Lea. "And I know you're going to say that I should buy her a ring and propose and I will, I promise you that, but just not at the current moment of life's time."

Had Cory actually just made a decision—a decision to wait just a little while longer? He had and he was going to stick to it.

Lea sighed dramatically, doing Rachel Berry proud, and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Why not now?"

"Listen Lea, there's no doubt in my mind that I'm in love with her and I know she feels the same about me and I'm not worried that she's going to go anywhere. I don't have to live with her to know that I want to marry her, so it's not a test to see if she's wife material if that's what you're thinking, but because I'd like to enjoy her being in my life in a much more intimate way like sharing a place.

"I know we're not breaking up any time soon so I'm not rushing a proposal. I just want to enjoy our time together. I want her to be closer to me and the logical step for me is to move in together. So how about we just get some ideas of rings she would like so I can buy it one day, if that's okay with you?"

Knowing she wasn't going to win this battle, Lea sighed again but nodded her head.

"Okay, we can do that, as long as you can promise me that you will be making an honest woman of her someday."

Cory smiled and agreed. "Deal. I promise."

"If you aren't planning on buying her an engagement ring, the least you can do is buy her a nice bracelet or a pair of earrings," Mark suggested and Cory nodded.

Lea and surprisingly Mark had been a great help in the jewelry store and Cory ended up picking Dianna out a nice pair of diamond earrings that he knew she would love. Now all he had to do was give them to her.

As a sweet gesture to go along with the earrings, Cory decided to make reservations at a nice restaurant that was recommended by the concierge service in the hotel.

"This place is really nice," Dianna commented as the waiter returned to their table with a crisp, white wine. "What's the occasion?"

Cory leaned back in his chair and laughed when he saw his girlfriend's suspicious expression. "Can't a guy take his girlfriend out to show her how much he loves and appreciates her?"

Dianna eyes narrowed.

"Really?" She drawled forcing Cory to place his hands together, over his heart.

"Ahh Di, it pains me to hear that you don't believe me."

Dianna rolled her eyes playfully and shook her head, aware that it clearly did not pain him that much if he was sporting his goofy smile.

"So no ulterior motives, huh? Just that you love and appreciate me?"

"Of course," He assured her sternly but broke when she arched her perfect eyebrow and narrowed her eyes further. "Okay, okay, so I may have something of a motive."

"Which is?" She inquired before taking a long sip of her wine. Damn that stuff was good!

"Well, I have something for you," Cory let her know and sifted through his suit jacket's pockets. While she waited, Dianna took another sip of her vino, which she nearly spat out in excitement at noticing the signature baby blue of a Tiffany box coming out of Cory's pocket.

Oh my god! Is that what I think it is? Is he going to… propose?!

"Well, while you were out with Naya and Heather, I was in my room and all I could think about was you and how much I just… adore you. Dianna, I love you-"

"I love you, too," She breathed before he smiled and continued.

"And it got me thinking about us and our future…" He ran his hand through his brown locks nervously.

Oh wow, this is totally it! He's going to pull out a ring and ask me to be his wife. I definitely thought he would want to be living together first but hell; I'm okay with a ring now. I can't believe this is happening! Am I sweating? Oh god, I think I'm sweating.

"How it's just… going to be so great and I want…"

You want me to marry you. Just say it, it's four words. Will you marry me? Because you know I'd say yes. Ugh! My face feels so hot! Can't let that bother me in this moment though.

"So… because I love you…"

Dianna stared at the Tiffany box like a hawk and remained holding the breath she had been keeping in for god knows how long as the cover was coming off. Just as she was about to scream, 'yes!' two sparkly diamond earrings presented themselves to her and unfortunately she couldn't hide her disappointment from seeing the wrong sort of diamond accessory.

"Oh, earrings!" She attempted to sound excited as possible. "Thank you, baby, they're lovely."

Cory immediately felt bad when he saw the downtrodden expression on Dianna's features and the disappointment shining blatantly in her eyes. He rubbed the back of his neck before speaking.

"You thought I was proposing, didn't you?"

"No! I mean, no, I didn't. Those—the earrings, I mean, well they're really great and beautiful," She muttered, clearly embarrassed and looked down at her napkin in her lap. She felt like a fool, honestly, until Cory placed his hand gently over hers and their eyes met.

"Dianna, you know I'm so head over heels in love with you and I promise that there will be a ring in the box one day—a ring that's grand and as beautiful as you are because you deserve that… and if you're not too upset with me, I'd still like to be the guy that gets down on one knee and presents it to you and asks you to spend your life with him."

With welled up eyes, Dianna couldn't help but smile softly and nod.

"I want nothing more… as long as you don't make me wait for years."

Cory chuckled and laced their fingers together.

"Definitely not years. Soon. Soon."

No proposal... yet. How was it? If you would be so kind, please leave me a review and let me know if the comeback was good enough for you! I hope so! Definitely more things to come in future chapters!