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A/N sorry the last one was so short. Hopefully this makes up for it. It's much longer.

Friday

Darren's POV

I felt horrible. I had stayed on the phone with Catie until we'd both fallen asleep and when I woke up my phone had died. I was glad to talk to Catie, but with my phone dead that caused me to be late and not have time to charge it all day. I hadn't been able to talk to her all day because of it and it killed me. She was really sweet about it, but I woke up this morning and decided that I needed to make it up to her.

I called her when I knew it wouldn't be too early to wake her up. She picked up the phone and sleepily greeted me. I told her I was sorry about yesterday and began to sing "Your Song" to her. Then the whole cast passed my phone around and said hi and that they missed her, even Ryan. I was glad to see they had all taken such a liking to her. We talked for a while because I had a break from filming as Blaine didn't have a lot of scenes in this episode.

I had called because I needed to talk to her about something. Mia had called me now that I was back in LA and she wanted to talk to me. I wanted Catie to know about it ahead of time so that if rumors started flying she'd have heard the truth from me first. I told her all of this and she thanked me for letting her know and said that she trusted me. I had to go to a meeting for an upcoming interview so I had to go and she said she needed to shower and eat something. She wished me luck and we hung up. God, I missed her, but hearing her say that she trusted me I knew we'd be fine until I could see her again.

The meeting for the interview went great and I was glad that I had told Catie about the Mia thing because we met at a bar near the studio to talk and she begged me to take her back saying that she was so sorry she had cheated and that it wouldn't happen again. I let her know that I was very happy where I was and that she had said that the other time she'd done it and it had happened again. I told her that I didn't hate her, but that we were never going to get back together. I was glad we'd picked a public place because I could tell she would have started yelling if we weren't. I left the bar feeling sorry about how blunt I'd been with Mia, but also happy about having stood up for myself to her.

I went back home and hopped in the shower. I'd been texting Catie for most of the day and she said she was going to bed early because she and her friends were waking up early the next day to go and volunteer at a soup kitchen for people who had no power and couldn't make food. So we said good night and I congratulated myself on getting through almost another full day.

I got out of the shower and I heard someone moving around in the other room. I knew Joey was in Madison so it couldn't have been him. Chris knew where my spare key was though so I wondered if maybe he was upset about something and had come by to talk about it. It turned out I couldn't have been more wrong. It was Mia, slightly drunk and sitting on my couch with my phone in her hand. I was upset, "Mia what are you doing here? I told you that we were not getting back together. And why do you have my phone? Give it to me now!" I was trying hard not to yell, but that was a privacy thing.

"I just deleted the stuff from that bitch. Seriously Darren, when did you get so sappy? You serenaded her? And god how old is she, sixteen? I didn't know you were a cradle-robber, that's sick. Is it even legal?"

"I don't have to defend myself to you Mia. I would have done the same things for you, but you wanted nothing to do with that. Get out, and don't you DARE EVER say that word when referring to my girlfriend ever again."

"Have fun with your little toy Darren. Let me know when you get bored and want a real woman instead of a teenager."

"I won't need to and she acts more mature and selfless on a daily basis than you did during our entire two year relationship. Goodbye, Mia, and goodnight." She smirked and walked out. How the hell had she gotten in here? Oh well. I couldn't worry about that right now. I crawled into bed and fell asleep hugging the bear that Catie made me.

Saturday

Catie's POV

I woke up and saw that I had a text from Darren. I read it and my heart stopped. I texted him back and said, "Is this some kind of cruel joke Darren? Seriously. I trusted you and now you completely take that trust and run it through the mud. I love you so much and I thought you did, too. Please tell me this isn't true."

I ran in to Alyssa's room crying and showed her the texts just as Darren texted back. "How many times do I need to tell you? No it's not a cruel joke, I love her and I don't know what kind of misguided world you live in, but I will not keep repeating myself here."

I was mad then, how could he seriously treat me that way? "What the hell is THAT supposed to mean? I can't even believe you right now Darren!"

I decided to just leave it be and he must have felt the same way because he didn't write anything back either. I couldn't think too much about it because we had to go to a soup kitchen and do community service for a while that day, but the whole way there I just kept thinking, I knew it was too good to be true.

I didn't really know what to do about this, I mean the next few years and the summer would be awkward, but we'd get over it I guess. We'd have to at least be civil for a while, even though he was being a jerk I didn't want him to lose fans because we were professing out love to each other one day and then two days later I was so mad at him I was seeing red. I had thrown his stupid bear under my bed before I left and I knew I couldn't avoid it forever, but I just needed to ignore it for a while. I'd text Chris in a few days to see what was going on if I didn't get an explanation and a serious apology by then.

The day went by in a blur of forced smiles and sadness. I was quiet all day and I knew Alyssa knew I was upset, but she knew me well enough to know I'd talk about it when I needed to.

Darren's POV

I got a text from Mia in the morning obviously having forgotten both our conversations the night before and I was irritated so I sent her a curt reply and hoped she'd get the message. I decided not to reply to the second message she sent me hoping she'd figure out that I really meant what I'd said.

I texted Catie next and only got a short reply. I knew she was busy so I figured that she'd text me later to talk about our days and hopefully we could talk on the phone before bed. I missed her voice and with the whole Mia thing I knew she could comfort me. She didn't text me again though, it was odd, but I wasn't sure exactly what her plans had been for the day. Her phone could die too right?

Sunday

Catie's POV

Darren didn't send anything to me so I didn't text anything to him. Sunday went by in much the same way as Saturday had. We found out that classes wouldn't start until at least Wednesday because some people still couldn't get to campus due to gas rationing and road closures. I was stuck on campus with nothing to do but think about how stupid I'd been to think that I was really in love with someone so quickly. Alyssa and I had decided to keep going to the soup kitchen, I hoped it would keep my mind off of a certain glee star, but I was wrong. There were a lot of teenagers that day and they all came up to me and said, "Aren't you Darren Criss's girlfriend? Oh my god you are so lucky! The two of you are so cute together. We've literally watched the interview of the two of you about ten times."

I thanked them and smiled. The wished me luck with him and walked away. Alyssa had been next to me and she told me to go into the bathroom or go outside and take a break. She knew I was on the verge of tears and that I wouldn't want to cry in public. She said she was sure he had good reason to say that and that she was sure that the text I'd gotten wasn't true. I gave her a teary eyed smile and hoped with my whole being that she was right. My heart was breaking and I couldn't handle it. I cried myself to sleep that night and I slept right through dinner.

Darren's POV

I texted Catie good morning, but got no reply. I hadn't gotten any reply last night either. I was getting nervous. Had I texted her what I thought I'd texted Mia? I checked my phone and saw that I hadn't and I couldn't figure out what I'd done to make her so upset that she wouldn't even text me a "good morning" or a "goodnight" back.

I waited the whole day and still got nothing. I decided that I'd talk to Chris about it the next day when he came over to work on the script with Lea and Dianna.

Monday

Catie's POV

The next day I asked Chris if Darren was upset with me about something. He texted me back saying of course not and asked why I thought that. I forwarded him the messages and he called me right away. I was on speaker and Lea was with him too. They both assured me that definitely didn't happen and that they thought something must be up, that Darren would never write that to me. I was crying while we were talking and Chris told me to hold on that he'd just gotten a text from Darren. It said he didn't know what was wrong but that I hadn't texted him back in like a day and a half and he was worried about me being upset with him. I told Chris that he hadn't texted me in over a day and that I would not text him back after what he'd said to me. Chris told me that he was going to Darren's place in a few hours and that he'd get to the bottom of this. He said he had a sneaking suspicion that Mia was behind it. He told me to log onto Skype and that if Darren Skyped me to make sure I answered; it was part of his plan. I said ok and that I hoped his plan would work. He said he was sure it was and that I'd have my man back by the end of the night.

Chris's POV

I had worked too hard to get those two together and I would not let Mia get in the way of it. I knew she had something to do with this so I decided that when I got to Darren's house I would have Lea distract him while I took his phone and texted her that I knew she'd changed the names in Darren's phone and deliberately not texted him back to make him think Catie was ignoring him. I knew she'd come if I did that and I'd be sneakily Skyping Catie when she did, so Catie would actually believe everything. She was a forgiving person, but even she could not be expected to forgive something that Darren himself had just broken up with someone over.

We got to Darren's house and I asked him when he'd let Mia get a hold of his phone. He asked me how I knew that had happened and he said that's the only thing he could think of as to why he'd texted me asking if I knew why Catie was ignoring him at the same time I was talking to Catie on the phone about why he had sent her this message, "Sorry I didn't keep the conversation going very much tonight. I was distracted. Mia came over and begged me to take her back. I realized I'm still not over her and I love her. We were having sex when you last texted so I was a little too preoccupied to respond. I'm sorry Catie, but I think I rushed into something with you just to keep her out of my mind, but now she's back and I want her on my mind."

He looked like he was about to cry. He handed me his phone and stormed into his bedroom. I switched the numbers back and texted Mia that the jig was up and that she better get her ass over here at once. I then Skyped Catie and let the whole scene play out before her very eyes. I told her to mute her microphone though so Darren wouldn't know she could see it. She did, but I could tell she wasn't happy about it. I told her to hang on and watch, that everything would be revealed soon.

Eventually Darren emerged from his room after Lea coaxed him out saying it was better to figure out what happened and what could be done about it. He said, "I need to call up Mia and tell her to get the hell over here so I can rip her a new one for probably destroying the best relationship I'll ever have and for causing me to hurt the most amazing girl I have met in my entire life! Then I need to call Catie and grovel for the rest of my life to get her to believe me that I would never ever do something like that to her let alone write that over text if it did happen. How am I gonna do that? Mia I can handle… Chris where's my phone I need to get this settled… but how am I going to get Catie to answer me when I try to apologize? She probably hates me now, and rightly so, it's not like she has any reason not to believe what Mia wrote especially after what I texted her next when she asked me if I was serious. I swore I'd never break her heart and I did without even knowing I did it."

I handed Darren his phone and said that I'd switched the two names back for him and that I'd already handled Mia and that we should be expecting her soon. I got a text from Catie just after she heard that saying, "Seriously Chris? I am going to have to sit through this? He's right I should be mad at him, how could he let Mia do that? The worst part is I want to believe him so badly, but I'm so hurt and confused that I don't know what to do or how to feel. I still love him so much, but he's an actor Chris. How do I know that he's not just putting on a show here?"

I assured her that he wasn't and said, "Yes you most certainly do have to sit here and listen to this. Mia will be here and she is a horrible actress. Once you see the way she is acting you'll know how much he really meant everything he just said about you. He was gutted the past day and a half when you didn't respond to his texts and I know you were too so just hold tight I promise you won't be disappointed." She just wrote back, "Fine" and I turned the microphone up higher on the computer so she could hear.

Darren thanked me for texting Mia for him and he said something about recording this confrontation to play for Catie so she would know how he really truly felt about her. I told him I had that covered too and he just had to concentrate on telling Mia to back off and to write a formal apology to his girlfriend for screwing things up right when midterms were ending and finals work was beginning. He agreed and right then Mia stormed in to the living room.

"Where the hell do you get off, Darren?! Telling me to stop being jealous of that little bitch who I'm sure you'll dump as soon as someone better comes along just like you did to me! I can't believe you stooped that low Darren. Jealous of her, ha! She's not even that pretty Darren. What's the matter did you want a sure thing and you jumped on the first opportunity to get some? How many times has that little slut fucked you Darren? I at least-"

That was the last straw for Darren; he could only take those names being thrown out about Catie for so long. "Woah Mia, now you've gone WAY too far! That is my girlfriend who you are talking about, a person who I love more than anything in the world, more than life itself. You ARE jealous of her, that's why you are so mad. There's no other explanation. I've tried to be civil about this and stop myself from really hurting your feelings, but obviously you have no regard for the feelings of others so I have half a mind just to expose you for the bitch you are and tell everyone what really happened between us. As it stands only you, me, my girlfriend, and my closest friends and family know why we broke up because I knew that it would ruin your career if I said anything about it. I still won't say anything about it because I won't stoop even remotely close to your level of shit, but this: your rudeness and hatred of Catie, the name calling, the interfering in my personal life – which no longer includes you- it's done Mia. Absolutely done. I will NOT stand here and listen to you or anyone insult the love of my life the way you just did, nor do I have to. You will make this right, Mia. You will make a formal apology to Catie and tell her everything that you did and how that caused me to act towards her or so-help-me I will make you wish you never did."

"Ooo those are big word coming from you Darren Criss and they are all things you've said before. What makes this time any different?"

Before Darren could say anything I stepped in, this needed to end and it was clear I needed to be the one to end it. "Oh he will follow through this time Mia. Because one, I have never seen him so happy in my entire friendship with him and it's because of Catie, and two, I heard everything you did and said, I will encourage him to do everything he's threatened and if he doesn't I will. And you don't know revenge until you've seen MY revenge, plus the whole Glee cast and all of Starkid love her. That makes this about 20 to 1 and I kind of like those odds." She glared at me and had nothing else to say but she stepped forward slapped Darren soundly and Lea screamed "Get out, NOW" and chased her out of the house.

Darren looked dazed, but pleased with himself. He said thank you to me and Lea. We said it was no problem and before Darren could say anything about figuring out what to say to Catie to apologize I heard his phone go off. He checked it and looked up at me really confused. I asked him what the face was for and he showed me the text, "I love you so much Darebear and I miss you like crazy. I was upset with you, but I know everything was a misunderstanding. Now you should probably go put some ice on your face and then sit in front of your computer without Chris or Lea in the room. ;D"

"Ohh," I said, "Yeah I had the whole 'getting your girlfriend to forgive you' thing covered too. Did I forget to mention that?"

"How?" He asked, grinning like a kid with a five dollar bill in a penny candy store.

I turned the sound on on the computer and a voice from speakers said, "Skype." He looked at me with wide eyes; like this was the best gift he'd ever received.

"Go ahead, Romeo. We'll work on the script more tomorrow; we all know most of it by now anyway." He sat down at the computer and Lea and I called bye to Catie and headed out the door. I smiled, my work here was done.

Darren's POV

"I am going to make this up to you I am so sorry. I love you so much baby. So so so so much. I would never ever do that to you in a million years and I'm so sorry I let that happen, she should have never even gotten a hold of my phone, but apparently she knew where my spare key was and she walked in, drunk and switched the names in my phone then texted you and then deleted it so I wouldn't see it. I know you said that you forgive me and that it was all just a misunderstanding, which it was, but I shouldn't have let it happen and I will make this up to you in any and every way possible. I love you."

"Haha, Well hello to you too Darren. I love you too and I'm sorry I over reacted a little bit. I should have called you or talked to you on Facebook right away. I knew Mia was capable of stuff like this but I didn't think she'd actually do anything of this nature. It's more her fault than yours so you really don't need to make anything up to me. Just knowing that you really do love me as much as I love you and that you want to make it up to me it enough. Just hurry back and take me on a date when you do and we'll be right back to the way things were. I miss you Darebear."

"God, I love you. And I'm glad to hear you say that, but it's not changing anything. You did not overreact, you had every right to be upset and act the way you did and I am making this up to you."

"Really Darren you don't need to do that. I promise, I'm not expecting that from you. We had a misunderstanding and it wanst your fault or mine really, so as much as I'd love for you to be doting on me like that, you dote on me more than you need to and it's amazing so extra would just be crazy. Not to mention you'd probably spend way too much money or get me something that there is no way I could return the favor by getting you anything as wonderful."

"You're the most wonderful thing you could ever give me. Your trust and support ate amazing things and I'll make it up to you when you least expect it. You know I can't help doing things for you and I broke your heart, I know I did, and even if it was just for a few days I can't stand that. I love you baby, now it's getting late for you so I'll let you go. I'll call you in the morning ok?"

"So resistance is futile huh? Well I'll find a way to repay you for whatever you do anyway I guess. I love you too Darebear. I miss you. Of course it's ok to call in the morning, but not too early, I haven't slept well in the past few days. Good night prince charming. I miss you. It was nice getting to talk to you even if the circumstances weren't the greatest to begin with."

"Good night my love. You will be in my heart."

"Always. Goodnight mi amor."

I already had a plan for how to wake her up the next day and I knew she'd love it.

A/N: Hey guys, I'm a little stuck at the moment. I have some ideas for how to continue this and I'll be using them, but after that there's a lot of time between this point and when the gleeks and starkids return and then a few days inbetween their return and the bowling "date" that Joe mentioned. That I have a plan for and there will be some more drama so it should be exciting, but if you have any ideas for anything between this point and then let me know!
Thanks so migh for reading and let me know what you guys think of the story so far! =]