This is still Lea's POV. Sorry for not updating sooner, I am so busy it's ridiculous, and I have four other fics I've been writing like crazy! Anyway, hope you like it!

Cory wasn't at home. Disappointment heavy in my chest, suppressing my racing heart, I jumped back into my car and dialed Dianna's number. She picked up on the first ring, saying urgently, "Did you do it?"

"Yeah," I said, flopping against the driver's seat in frustration. "We're all good."

A sigh of relief. "Thank god. What did I tell you?" I could practically hear her I-told-you-so smile.

Rolling my eyes – oh, Dianna – I backed out of his driveway and started going towards the main street. "I know, I know."

"So what did he say?" she pressed. Ugh.

Distracted, I said vaguely, "It was mutual." To be honest, I couldn't care less about it in the moment, and quickly asked, "Do you have any idea where Cory is?"

Understanding this, Di answered, "Nope. Call him!"

I shook my head, envisioning the situation. "If I call him I'm just going to fall apart and be all 'I BROKE UP WITH THEO LET'S GO FALL IN LOVE SOMEWHERE'! I don't want to ruin the effect! No, I have to wait until I see him in person."

"There's nothing wrong with saying that," Dianna said, "but I get what you mean. Okay, I'll text him and ask where he is. Hold on." There was a short pause, then she spoke up, "We'll see if he responds. Whoops, he just did. Ha!" She laughed.

"What? What?" I pulled to the side of the road, too jittery to keep driving.

"Get this – he's almost at our house. He was gonna come ask if you wanted to do something today."

Panicked, I yelped, "What am I supposed to do now?"

"I'll tell him you're not here, but to hang around a little 'cause you'll be home soon."

"Okay. Okay." I took a calming breath. An awful thought occurred to me. "Di – what if he doesn't like me anymore?"

Silence.

"Di?" I tapped my phone case anxiously. "Hello?"

"Really, Lea? 'What if he doesn't like me anymore'? Please tell me you're not that stupid."

Relieved that she was still there, I said defensively, "It's a legitimate concern!"

"If it was anybody but you and Cory, yes, but you guys are… perfect. Seriously. Just think about the way he looks at you. The way you look at him. You're meant to be. You love each other. Need I say more?"

The butterflies in my stomach calmed for a moment. She was right, wasn't she? He was my Finn. When we were apart, all I wanted was to be together again. He was always there for me, always there to hold me no matter what. We had movie nights that I wouldn't trade for anything in the world. I watched him talk, walk, laugh, and thought every time, Oh, there you are. We were dorks; we could goof off and be gross around each other and it was just another way to say I love you. The first day we met, I looked at him and felt an unbelievably strong connection, like I'd finally found something I didn't know I'd been looking for but desperately needed. It had only grown from there, and when I said I adored him it was the truth. Our love was unspoken, but undeniably there. God, I loved Cory.

And he loved me back. I was going to have doubts, but at the end of the day, I knew he did. It was conveyed in every moment we had together. Every laugh, every lopsided smile, every time we made eye contact. He loved me the most when I deserved it the least. He truly did. Hard as it was to leave Theo and believe that somehow, this relationship would work, I knew deep down that it would. When two people love each other like Cory and I, the relationship will work no matter what the odds, no matter what the obstacles.

Did Dianna need to say more?

"No," I said softly. I started up the engine. "Okay, I'm coming."

I know, I know, I'm dragging it out. But I'm in a rush right now and I want their – well, not reunion, but their getting together, I guess, to be really great. And right now I don't have time for writing a really good chapter, so thank you for your patience and definitely let me know in the reviews what you thought or what you want to see next!