Gleeful Grace - A Darren Criss Fanfic

Work Work Work

Chord and I arranged to meet in a quiet little pizza place on the outskirts of LA, it was quite late and we hadn't seen each other for a few hours as he had dance rehearsals and I was in the studio recording a song.
He was already there when I arrived, tucked away in a darkly lit booth right at the back. He looked rather cute in a ripped pair of jeans with a white t shirt. I went over and sat in the booth opposite him.
"Heeeey" I smiled
He looked up from the menu and smiled at me before looking around.
"Hey Lindsey, did you see any paps around? I didn't notice any but I swear they are like The FBI nowadays" he said, looking suspiciously around him.
"No I didn't, luckily for me I won't have that problem for at least another two months" I stuck my tongue at him and he scowled playfully.
"You will if they see us together, I might have to grab you for a big sloppy kiss now if I see them just for that" he threatened. I chuckled and picked up a menu
"Hey, did you call Darren, I didn't see him for the rest of the day?" I asked
"Oh...yeah, he caught his girlfriend doing the dirty with her manager, he is pretty cut up" Chord said, I looked over the top of my menu with him with wide eyes.
"Oh my god, what a cow. Poor Darren" I sighed, remembering back to my college days and how hurt I felt when Simon cheated on me with my supposed best friend.
"Yeah, she wasn't good for him anyway in all honesty....so shall we order?"
"Sure thing Chordless" I said cheekily
"Hey I told you to stop calling me that!" He laughed trying to whack me with the menu.

Third person P.O.V

Chord arrived back at his apartment and fell back onto his couch. That was a great first day back at Glee, except for what happened to Darren of course. 'I must remember to call him again tomorrow' he thought as he sat himself up and started to empty his pockets onto the coffee table. He pulled out his phone and an opened up create a new text....

Hey Flimsy, it was really great working with you today. You are totally gonna regret giving me your digits, I send inappropriate jokes...A LOT :) x

He put three kisses on the end and decided that was too much, one will do. He frowned, why was he so bothered about how many kisses he sent. He pressed the send button and leaned back in the chair.
A few minutes later his phone bleeped

Chordless, thank you for a great day also, luckily for you my jokes are.....WORSE :P xx

Chord smiled. A reply with two kisses....he rubbed the back of his head and stood up, he let out a annoyed groan and fell back down again, he grabbed a cushion to cover his face.

"Why am I crushing on the new girl??" He muffled to himself from behind the pillow.

*******

Two weeks had passed and work was intense, between choreography, recording and shooting my schedule was jam packed. I hadn't seen much of anyone off set as the minute I finished I was in a meeting, reading through scripts or in the studio. I had finally met everyone on the cast and we got along really well, but we never really got the chance to hang out after work which was a shame.
I also felt bad for Blake, he asked for a room mate for company and I never seemed to spend any time at home anymore. I had a day off Saturday so we arranged a slob day with movies and junk food.
I was walking down the corridor and noticed Darren walking the other way towards me.
"Hey" I said, he looked up and half smiled.
"Hey Lindsey, how's it all going, do you like it?" He asked. He stopped in front of me. He was in costume, chinos, red shirt with a bow tie and all his hair slicked back Blaine style.
"Yeah it's amazing, hard work though" I said
"Yeah it is a little gruelling"
"I'm sorry to hear about what happened" I said looking down at the floor.
"Word gets around fast" he seemed a little annoyed
"No...it's just I heard you off camera that day
and I was concerned so asked Chord...I'm sorry if you think I'm prying" I looked up into his eyes and was glad to see his expression had softened.
"Hey, no..that's cool. I'm sorry. It's just a little raw" I could see the pain etched across his face.
"I have been there, I understand, love sucks!" I exclaimed
"You're not wrong there dear. Oh wait, have you read through next episode's script yet?"
I shook my head
"we have a scene to shoot and need to run lines....I have to go now but..."he pulled out his phone "if you give me your number we can arrange something for later if you like? I know it's not needed but I like to be ready for rehearsals"
"sure"
He handed me his phone and I punched in my number and handed it back. He put it away in his pocket and continued on down the corridor. He turned around and started walking backwards
"Thanks, good luck for your first kiss scene with Chord" he said loudly
"Thanks" I said
We continued on our separate ways until I stopped in my tracks and frowned.
'Why would he know about that?'