Life without Corey

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It's been about a month since Corey and I broke up.
When filming on 'The Lost Boys' wrapped, I went back home to my family, and Corey finally got away from his mom and moved in with his dad. I was missing how things used to be, when Corey and I lived just down the road from each other and spent time together pretty much everyday. The teen magazines still hadn't calmed down about our breakup, there were headlines which read 'COREY HAIM AND Y/N L/N KEEP THEIR ROMANCE PRIVATE, AS BREAKUP WITH FELDMAN IS STILL FRESH ON Y/N'S MIND.' Where were they getting that information? Or there would be pictures of Corey alone with the headline 'COREY FELDMAN IS MADLY JEALOUS OF HAIM'S RELATIONSHIP WITH EX-GIRLFRIEND, Y/N L/N.' Corey H and I have no relationship. We're still friends though, and since coming home we've called each other almost every single day. I haven't heard from Corey, we agreed to stay friends, but I haven't heard a thing from him which breaks my heart, even before we were dating we'd been close, and now it felt as though I'd completely lost him.

Still, I decided to move on with my life. I was back at school for the time being, and there was a boy in my class who was kind of cute, maybe finding someone new would help me get over Corey. I'd kind of given up on my hopes to be a fashion designer, it reminded me of Corey and I decided I didn't need to think of him. I'd stay in school, go back to how my life was before, but without Corey. I could see my old friends again, and my family, I'd missed them all. I managed to keep this mentality for about a week, until one day I looked at the front of one teen magazine I read regularly, and saw Corey on the front cover with Alyssa Milano holding his arm. The headline read: 'COULD COREY FELDMAN FINALLY BE OVER Y/N L/N?' No. No he could not. Or maybe he was, Corey looked so happy in that picture, he'd clearly gotten over me. Sadness gripped at me for a few moments, but it was replaced with anger. So as soon as we broke up, he could just move on to someone else? As though we meant nothing? Well two could play at that game. If the media already thought Corey H and I were together, would it hurt to give them a little more reason to think that?

Technically, Corey H was better friends with Corey than with me, but we still spent a lot of time together and he was always up for a prank. So I called him up, I had a plan and I wanted to see if he'd be on board.
"Hey Y/n, why'd you call?"
"Well...have you seen the front cover of Teen Beat this week?"
"With Corey and Alyssa?"
"Yeah, yeah. I was wondering, would you be up for playing along with the idea that we're dating?"
"So you mean..."
"Yes. We act like a couple, go out in public together a lot, maybe hold hands, stuff like that you know?"
"Hmm...I don't know..."
"Come on! Please?"
Corey H was quiet for a moment, "Yeah, yeah ok. It could be fun." he chuckled.

And so it began, Corey H and I arranged to meet whenever we could, we held hands in public. Gave each other kisses on the cheek, Corey H would sit with his arm around my shoulders, stuff like that. The paparazzi went crazy, headlines like 'COREY AND Y/N'S ROMANCE CONFIRMED.' and 'HOW WILL FELDMAN REACT TO HIS BEST FRIEND OFFICIALLY DATING HIS EX?' appeared on the front of magazines and for once I didn't mind, it felt a little wrong, but if Corey was going to be all over the headlines with Alyssa, he should be prepared for me to be all over the headlines with Corey H. I was ready to be completely over Corey, I felt like maybe I really didn't need him anymore. Corey H and I were spending the day at the beach tomorrow, just as friends, but we'd have to keep up our little acts of 'romance' in case anyone saw us. Right now, I was in my bedroom, trying to find my bathing suit in my closet, when a picture fell off one of the shelves. I stopped what I was doing and picked it up to examine it. It was a photo of me and Corey, when we were on the beach a couple of years ago. Corey had his arm around my shoulders, and was kissing me softly on the cheek. I felt a pang of sadness, I really did miss him. Maybe I shouldn't be doing this, maybe I should call Corey H and tell him this whole thing was off.  Just as I had that thought, the phone in my bedroom began to ring.
"Hello?"
"Y/n?"
"Oh hey Corey." it was Corey H.
"I was just wondering? Are we still good for tomorrow?"
"I...I think so...why?"
"Because apparently River Phoenix is gonna be there too, he called me, with Martha Plimpton, so of course a lot of paparazzi will be there and we could get a lot of publicity. It might be good."
I thought about it, this could mean more headlines, if I'd seen the headlines with Corey and Alyssa, maybe he'd seen the ones with Corey H and I. I wondered how he felt when he saw them. But what do I care how Corey feels? This was his decision in the first place, and if he hadn't broken up with me, I wouldn't need to do this anyway.
"Yeah, I'm still good for tomorrow." I said, determinedly. 

Breakups are always someone's loss, and I'm not so sure this is mine.

(A/N: Sorry I took so long to update this! I hope you all like this, not much is happening and it was a little short I know, but the next chapter will probably be better. Hope you enjoyed, I'll update soon, stay cool and I'll see you next chapter!😘)

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