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I do admit, this is a bit of a shorter chapter, but I will be making a jump after this chapter, since it was based in april, I'll be jumping to June, so I will give you a heads up for what happened during the break... so expect a bit of drama, laughs, and surprises... and more Cori.

Title from "Come and Get Higher" by Matt Nathanson

Hayley jolted awake, noticing a hand draped around her. She jumped out of the bed, waking the sleeping body. Sterling gruffed from his waking body. She caught her breath and then crawled back into bed. She grabbed he head as a headache started in her brain. "How much did I drink?" she asked softly, she curled up next to him, putting her head on his chest.

"Enough." He said hoarsely with a smile.

She nuzzled, "Did last night actually happen?"

He started to run his fingers through her hair, "Sadly, yes."

"Ugh." she rubbed her temple, "I seriously fucked myself up, didn't I?"

"It happens," He wrapped his arms around her, "Are you okay about-" He cleared his throat,"-Everything else that happened last night?"

She let out a heavy sigh, "I've just got to get though the day."

"Hales, I don't know what he did, and I don't want to know, But I need to know if you're okay?" He stroked her face, "I know you, and you just don't seem yourself right now."

She sat up slowly, trying to not make her headache worse. "If you didn't show up, I don't know what would've happened. He was trying to strip me down, and I-" She choked on her tears for a moment, "-I fought, I fought so hard." he sat up also and wiped her tears away. "For the first time I stood up to that asshole." She said that last sentence with a smile.

He kissed her forehead, "So, promise me you'll have fun tonight."

She grinned again through her tears, " I promise."

Sterling got up from the bed, "Speaking of tonight, we should probably wake up the two downstairs."

The two held hands as they walked out of the room and down the stairs. Hayley could tell that the three cleaned up after the party. She flinched as a hint of sunlight peeked through the curtains, and her head started pounding again. Sterling laughed as you could see that Cori and Corbin had started cuddling on the couch, but Cori must have fallen during the night, cause she still had one leg hanging on the couch. Hayley checked the clock, it was only 9:30. She then walked to the bathroom. She opened the medicine cabinet and took out some aspirin, she popped two of them and downed them with a drink out of the faucet. She knew today was going to be a long day.

Before they knew it, Lloyd showed up right on time. The two were watching t, while the others still slept. "Hi pops." Hayley greeted.

"So," he took off his jacket and tossed it on the back of the recliner, "Was your party 'awesome'?" he asked using his fingers as quotation marks. "It had to have been, no cops were called, right?"

Hayley laughed, "Yeah, totally awesome, and there were no cops."

"Okay, well, wake up sleeping beauty over there and get ready, I want to leave before eleven for traffic."

she got up from the couch an stuck her big toe in Cori's ear, which made her spazz, "I'm awake!" she said sitting up, "And never do that again, that was disgusting." Cori scowled at her friend.

"Get ready doofus, we're going to leave in a bit."

She got up from the floor, "Okay, give me like 15 minutes to figure out where I left my suitcase."

Cori twirled around the three way mirror, her knee length strapless gown flared out. "You won't believe how awesome this feels." She squealed. "My first award show, oh goodness, they'll all be jealous back home,"

"Speaking of, when do you have to go back?" Hayley asked from behind the dressing room curtain.

"On Monday, gotta be at work on Wednesday."

"aw shucks." you could hear her snap, but then she stuck her head out the side of the curtain, "Ready for my big reveal?"

Cori nodded, "Come out and show me already!"

Hayley eased out, she was already wearing the black velvet shoes she had bought the week before, and the dress was a strapless red paisley lace over a black pencil dress, with a black velvet fabric around her waist. It hit mid thigh perfectly, showing off Hayley's long leg, "So?"

"Can you just wear that everyday?" Cori said with her hand over her mouth, "You look gorgeous!"

The seamstress appeared in the dressing room, "So you like?" She asked in her Ukrainian accent, "My name is Figla, and is everything going okay?"

"Yes, yes, totally" Cori said excitedly, " I love the dresses, are they designer?"

"Yes, You're wearing Micheal Kors, and Miss Hayley is wearing Dolce & Gabanna."

Hayley's Jaw dropped, "Oh my god I love this shop."

"We're so glad Miss Demi recommend you to us." Figla said with a smile, "Oh, just make sure that they are back by Tuesday... you want jeweler too?"

Cori and Hayley looked at each other, and Cori replied "Yes, please."

"Follow me," Figla said escorting them to the lobby."

"Okay, this actually feels like prom all over again." Cori said as they waited outside for their limo, "Well except for the fact that our dates show up separately."

Hayley was texting on her phone, "And I'm not technically dating my date."

There was a moment of silence before Cori spoke again, "You know, Sterling told me about what happened last night."

Hayley put her phone down, "He did? I knew he would."

"Hales, I'm a friend, you can tell me anything," Cori started, "And after what Sterling did for you, I don't know why you want to keep hiding that boy" He has been there though thick and thin, but you keep pushing him away."

"I'm not pushing, I just don't want something to backfire."

"Backfire? Ster is not David. See, Ster actually LOVES you." Cori threw her arms up. "You need to just be yourself, and if that means holding hands with him in public, or accidentally kissing him on the sidewalk, then do It, I want you two to be together so bad."

Hayley turned away and completely change the subject, "Look, I see the limo."

Cori gave her a glare, "Don't do that."

"Don't do what?"

"Don't try to avoid the subject, I'm trying to have an important conversation with you. You should know how much that aggravates me." Cori said approaching the limo; following Hayley."

Her friend turned around before climbing in, "I'm not avoiding, I'm just denying to answer."

Cori groaned at her as she got in.

After the show ended, Cori and Hales stood in one of the hallways with a few other celebs, everyone talking with one another.

"Gah, twilight actors, why are you so pretty?" Cori said as a few of the actors passed by her. "Ugh."

Hayley reached over and pretended to wipe drool from Cori's mouth, "Girlie, Maybe one of these days." She laughed, "and maybe I'll meet Jackson Rathbone."

"Oh in your dreams," Sterling said interrupting the two, "He'll never be a pretty as me." pretended to toss his hair, making the two girls laugh. "So we ready to go?"

-a couple days later-

Hayley sat on the edge of her bed, another early morning for work, she felt almost like a zombie as she got ready. She opened her closet and picked out the two closest things she could find, a pair of skinny jeans and a large green t-shirt that she tied up the side to fit her better. She yawned as she waved to her dad as she slipped on her black flip flops just before heading out the door.

she made it to work just in time to to meet up with Tiffany and Allyson. "Hey girlie!" Tiffany said starting a conversation. "You happy for Peyton's first time introducing."

"How could I not be?" Hayley said with a smile.

Peyton went out on stage , all done up, hair pulled back, skinny blue jeans,a orange t-shirt under a sequined black vest, and necklaces. "Hey everyone!" She waved at the audience, "Peyton here, and this is my first intro for So Random! So I thought I could tell you guys about our show tonight-"

"Whoa-Whoa-whoa." Chad Dylan Cooper interrupted, coming from one of the side doors, causing applause, "Peyton, what are you doing out here?"

"It's my turn to introduce the show," She grinned widely, "And no, I don't need your help."

"Really?" He draped his arm over her shoulder, "not if I get to it first." He covered her mouth, "We got a good show for you tonight, we got Colbie Callait performing."

Peyton broke away and punched him on the shoulder before saying "Enjoy the show!" she then chased him off stage.

The crew started moving the set, getting ready for the next sketch. Hayley and Sterling ran into each other in the costume room, he quickly pulled her in close for a kiss, breaking apart as they grabbed their outfits and went their separate directions to change.

"Know-it-all McCall is up next." the overhead speakers announced, giving the audience a heads-up on what was next. The lights went up, showing a lunch room, with Hayley in a short red wig and Tiffany in a brunette wig, waiting in line, Doug as the lunch lady and a few others as background actors.

The brunette turned around to see someone she recognized, "Ah, you're the new girl that sat behind me in math class, I'm Sally Bane."

"The names Keeley McCall", she replied as she picked a banana off the food bar, "Did you know that Bananas are an excellent source of potassium?"

Sally looked unamused, "Yeah, I knew that actually," she then spotted the tuna, "Ew, tuna, I really hope that thats Dolphin free."

"Hey, did you know that the dolphin's blowhole is an evolved nose that has moved upwards to the top of it's head."

Sally moved away and went up to the register and quickly paid for her lunch, Keeley was close behind.

"I like you Sally, you seem like a really good friend" Keeley smiled with a mouth full of braces, "Oh , and did you know that the average facefolder user has 130 friends and sends an average eight friend requests per month?"

Sally looked at her wrist, "Oh goodness look at the time, I had a meeting in the library and I've got to do... stuff." She quickly ran out of the lunchroom.

Keeley stood there for a moment, but then approached the lunch lady, "Did you know the first soup was made from hippopotamus and it dates back to 6000 B.C.?

The camera faded out of the scene as it ended, the audience applauded.

"Good guys, good, good." The producer watched them leave the set, "Okay next set."

Sterling and Hayley met on the side of the stage, this sketch was one without them. "That was surprisingly good." He said to her as he draped his arms around her.

She smiled widely, with the fake braces still in, "Really? I like Know-it-all McCall, I get to learn all these random facts I can use on my dad later."

He laughed as he pulled her into him, "And just so you know, those braces look hot on you." His tone was almost too sarcastic.

"I should sneak them home," She smiled once again, "and you should keep those pants, they're pretty hot too." She was referring to the bright blue spandex pants, he was dressed for a 80's rock star sketch that would be him, Brandon, and Doug.

"Ha, speaking of, I should probably finish getting dressed," he smiled at her, his blues eyes looking into hers, "You should get ready for your next sketch too." He kissed her on the nose, "See you in a bit."

The rest of the show went off without a hitch, and Hayley loved every moment.

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