She was really drunk now. Cory had watched her and even saved her a few times that evening. It was suppose to be an evening to find him a girlfriend, but as soon as Lea started drinking, she really drank. Not that she had that much drinks, but Lea was small, and she got drunk pretty fast. Cory thought it was entertaining. He liked watching her and especially when she was this silly. Dancing around and hugging random people. That was the Lea he remembered. Lea wasn't always serious, not like he had seen her these past days. Of course she had grown up more, but she was still silly. And now when she was with Cory, it all showed up again.

''Cor!'' Lea giggled and she reached him. ''Where were you, Mr.?'' She questioned, trying to keep standing on her feet. ''You're tall..''

''I know I am.'' Cory chuckled. ''Hey Lee, don't you think you've had enough drinks?''

Not that he minded. But he knew Theo wouldn't really appreciate it if he brought Lea back even more drunk than that she already was.

''Why don't I bring you home now?'' Cory suggested. ''It's already late..''

''Corrryyy! You're such a party-pooper!'' Lea giggled. ''But if you wanna go home..fineee! I'll come with you!''

Cory frowned. ''Uh..no. I don't think that is such a good idea. I'll just bring you back to your hotel.''

''I don't wanna go back there!'' Lea said childishly. ''I wanna stay with you..'' She wrapped her arms around him and smiled. ''I love ya, Cor! I really do!''

''I love you too, Lea.'' Cory sighed, meaning it more than she would realize. Not even sure she would realize a thing that had happened that evening. ''Fine then. We'll go back to my place but I'm gonna bring you back to your hotel later, anyway.''

''Yay!" Lea cheered, letting go of Cory but instantly grabbing his hand. ''Let's goooo!''

It really was entertaining. The way she led him through the crowd. She just pushed everybody on the side. Like she was this giant girl who was so much stronger than the rest, but the opposite was true, actually. That was the funniest thing.

Cory was glad that he decided to walk to the bar. He was pretty sure that he could never get Lea back into that car. She was simply humming while she dancing on the streets.

''Cory! Sing along with me! You don't have to dance..I know you don't wanna dance! But sing with me!''

''I can't just sing on the streets..''

''Come on! You know, back then, you would have done it! Do something fun and crazy! You used to do it all the time, but it now just seems like you never do it anymore.''

She was drunk, clearly. But she did have a point. He didn't do anything in his life anymore. Except working and sleeping…And he hated it.

''Okay then. What do we sing?'' Cory said eventually, after seeing Lea pouting.

''Yay! Let's sing 'Don't stop believing'! Yes!''

''I hope I remember the words..'' Cory laughed.

''Of course you do! They're still in ya head..''

''Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world. She took the midnight train goin' anywhere.'' Cory sang, a little awkward.

Lea smiled and sang the next part. ''Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit. He took the midnight train goin' anywhere.''

He had never really forgotten her voice. He once in a while looked her up on YouTube again, just to hear her sing. He would eventually watch a lot of video's of her and end up going to bed around 3 am. When he heard her sing, he just felt the same way as he used to do. So…happy. Like he could do anything.

They didn't sing the rest. Cory didn't know why, though. But it wasn't like he would suddenly start singing again. They made their way to his apartment while Lea hummed again. Cory opened the door and they entered the apartment.

''It's very clean.'' Lea pointed out after a while. ''I hadn't expected that from a guy.''

Cory didn't know why but it seemed like Lea was suddenly less drunk…

''Thanks..I guess.''

''I don't even know what you do? What do you earn your money with?'' Lea questioned, stopping with walking so she could look at Cory.

''I have two little jobs…I work at the cinema, selling popcorn and stuff. And I work as an assistant for this production guy.''

''The second one is pretty cool.''

''I think so too.'' Cory nodded.

There was this awkward silence. The kind of silence Cory hated. He watched Lea slowly making her way back to him. When she was just a few inches away from him, he opened his mouth to speak.

''W-what are you doing?'' He questioned.

''Letting my heart lead.'' Lea replied.

Cory frowned. He didn't understand what she meant by that. Until he felt her lips softly touching his. It was just a little, soft kiss. But it didn't stay with that. Before Cory knew it, Lea had pushed her lips back on his, but this time it wasn't such a soft kiss anymore. She wrapped her arms around his neck while he lifted her off her feet. He made his way to the couch where he carefully laid her down on, without breaking their kiss.

Cory suddenly fully realized what he was doing. He was kissing Lea. The love of his life. It was everything and more that he had ever imagined. But it wasn't right. He knew where this would lead to and he knew he couldn't do that. He slowly broke the kiss, seeing Lea's eyes widening while he did so.

''Oh my..Cory, I'm so sorry.'' Lea whispered.

''Don't be. We just..we can't continue right now..''

''I know.'' Lea sighed. ''It was fun, though.'' She said playfully, watching a smile form on Cory's face.

''I thought so too.'' Cory agreed. He thought it was a lot of fun. More that it should be actually.

A/N: Thank you for reading! Let me know what you think!:D