A gleeful reality

Chapter 9

The weekend had gone great for Cory. He hung out with Taylor for the entire duration and found her to be quite a lot of fun but they kept it on the down low as to not arise many rumors. They were just very good friends but they did kind of act like more… maybe just a little.

She was funny, sweet, and caring, not to mention beautiful to boot. Bowling was a good time too even though he lost after talking all that smack and getting his lucky jacket that he specifically wore for bowling purposes. After she beat him by multiple strikes, he just congratulated her and told her he let her win.

She laughed at him. There was no way she believed that. Overall, the weekend was full of laughs and just an all around good time.

That Sunday, he had offered to drop her off at the airport, she agreed, and they hugged goodbye, not noticing a couple guys across the street subtly snapping a few pictures.

A week had passed since then and Cory was getting dressed in his trailer into his Sectionals costume for their 'Special Education' episode. He pulled on his black slacks and maroon dress shirt and put on his black shoes before walking to hair and makeup.

He immediately placed his sunglasses on when the bright California sun enveloped him on the lot.

He was lazily making his way to the building when a pretty blonde dressed in a white and black dress, black leggings and black heels met him at his side.

"Hey." She greeted as she kept in sync with his long strides.

He looked to his right and smiled his goofy grin. "Hey there. You ready?"

"Getting there, I just have to get my hair fixed before the shoot. It's this damn humidity this week." She laughed an airy laugh and he chuckled along.

"Eh, I think you still look great." He shrugged and nudged her playfully as they continued their pace. "What's that you got there?"

Cory pointed to a rolled up book like object in Dianna's hand.

"Oh this?" She lifted her hand from her side and held it in front of her as she rolled it out to reveal a thin In Touch magazine.

Cory smiled when he looked at the cover and saw that it had Eva Longoria on it talking about her and Tony Parker's relationship problems.

'Thank god I'm not on the cover with flowers in hand on this one.' He mused to himself.

"It's actually what I caught up to you about." She informed him, flipping through the pages.

She stopped on one and Cory was extremely surprised. There were two small grainy pictures that looked like they were taken at a distance of Cory dropping Taylor off at LAX. There was one of him letting her out of the car and another of them hugging goodbye, then it had some writing next to it which he could only assume was gossip.

"So you brought Taylor to the airport?" she asked with furrowed brows.

Cory quirked an eyebrow. Was she jealous?

His eyebrow fell and he nodded his head. "Yeah, she needed a ride and I offered to drive her there."

"She couldn't get someone to bring her there herself?" she came back rather quickly in an annoyed tone.

Even though there was a part of him that liked how she was jealous, there was another part of him that was a little aggravated. It all came back to, if she wasn't single, why did he have to be?

"Listen, it isn't a big deal alright. It's just my business and it's what I chose to do. I was being a good friend. Forget about it, okay?"

Dianna didn't say any words, she just let out a little, "Mhm." What else could she say? She had to take his word for it. She didn't want to seem like the overprotective jealous girlfriend that wasn't even his girlfriend.