A gleeful reality

chapter 4

Yep, some great plans I have.' Cory thought sarcastically as he flipped through the channels on his TV until he finally stopped on ESPN to watch a re-run of an old Canucks vs. Red Wings game.

He so wanted to just focus on the game; on every penalty, power play, fight, and goal, but he just couldn't. One, it was the fact that he had already seen this game on TV when it was live and he already knew the Canucks won, and two, all he could think about was what Dianna and that jerk Alex were doing. Maybe he should have tagged along, at least to keep an eye on them and try to prevent Alex from getting too close to Di without it looking suspicious on his part.

He just couldn't though. Seeing her with someone else killed him. It made him feel broken down to his core.

So instead, he stayed home in his apartment and played out his 'important' plans of munching down on junk food and possibly doing some P90X afterwards… maybe to that last one.

Cory looked over to the lit up numbers on the cable box.

'Hmm… 7:30pm. Maybe I'll make some food or something else easy… like cereal.' He slowly sat up from his couch, where he had been sitting for about two hours, and made his way to the kitchen.

He dug through his pantry for some Reese's Puff cereal but had an immense amount of trouble trying to search for the bright orange box in all the clutter. Since he had been pretty depressed lately he hadn't had the motivation to go through the cabinets and organize stuff.

After about ten minutes of searching, he finally got his hands on the box only to open it and find it empty.

'Damn. Forgot to go grocery shopping a couple days ago.' He remembered while he threw the used box away. Yeah, he literally didn't have the motivation to do much besides the show these days.

After some quick thinking, Cory remembered he had one of those DiGiorno pizzas in the freezer. He took the slim box from the freezer drawer, peeled the cardboard open, put the pizza on a pan, and threw it in the oven.

For the next half hour, he plopped himself back down on the couch and watched some more television while he waited for the pizza to cook.

While he tried to pay the TV as much attention as he had before, which wasn't much, he heard his iPhone buzz on the coffee table in front of him where he was currently propping his feet upon.

He picked it up and read a text.

Hey Cory! Lea, Chris, Jenna, and I are going to that Italian restaurant Madeos. Wanna join us? –Amber

Normally he'd jump on the chance to go out with his cast mates for dinner since it was always fun to hang out with them off set and they usually picked excellent places to eat, but he just wasn't feeling up to it tonight. Usually, he wasn't one for wallowing in self-pity either. Mostly, he was the person who got the other one out of their funk but he figured he could allow himself one night.

That sounds like it would be a great time but I can't tonight. Maybe another night? –Cory

A few minutes later he got a reply.

Oh Cor. You'll be missing out on fun :) Are you sure…Hmm? –Amber

Cory had a quick laugh at Amber's last attempt to get him to join them. It was always the resident diva to get the cast together for a good time.